# -*- python -*- ''' xpybar – xmobar replacement written in python Copyright © 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 Mattias Andrée (m@maandreese) This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see . ''' # A xpybar configuration example that demonstrates how you can # write a configuration that lets you change the clock between # local time and UTC using the keyboard. # This example requires the package python-posix_ipc, and the # example command requires the package cmdipc. # Caveat: This example is only written to support local displays. # If the host part of $DISPLAY contains a dot, this example will # not work as expected. # Caveat: The IPC objects are not cleaned up on exit. # After exiting you may want to run # cmdipc -PQrk "/~${USER}.xpybar.$(echo "${DISPLAY}" | cut -d . -f 1)" # To switch between UTC and localtime run the command # cmdipc -PQk "/~${USER}.xpybar.$(echo "${DISPLAY}" | cut -d . -f 1)" send -- clock # You may want to add an executable file in your ~/.local/bin # (which should you include in your $PATH) containing the code # #!/bin/sh # exec cmdipc -PQk "/~${USER}.xpybar.$(echo "${DISPLAY}" | cut -d . -f 1)" send -- clock # You can then add a hotkey to xbindkeys running that command. import time import threading from plugins.clock import Clock OUTPUT, HEIGHT, YPOS, TOP = 0, 12, 24, True local_clock = Clock(format = '%Y-(%m)%b-%d %T, %a w%V, %Z', utc = False, sync_to = Clock.SECONDS) utc_clock = Clock(format = '%Y-(%m)%b-%d %T, %a w%V, %Z', utc = True) my_clock = local_clock def mqueue_wait(): import posix_ipc global my_clock qkey = '/~%s.xpybar.%s' % (os.environ['USER'], os.environ['DISPLAY'].split('.')[0]) q = posix_ipc.MessageQueue(qkey, posix_ipc.O_CREAT, 0o600, 8, 128) while True: message = q.receive(None)[0].decode('utf-8', 'replace') if message == 'clock': my_clock = utc_clock if (my_clock is not utc_clock) else local_clock bar.invalidate() # Optional, just to force redrawing before the next second start_ = start def start(): start_() xasync(mqueue_wait) xasync(lambda : local_clock.continuous_sync(lambda : bar.invalidate())) def redraw(): text = '%s' % my_clock.read() bar.clear() bar.draw_coloured_text(0, 10, 0, 2, text)