Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed6.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.005 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; 'python.': 0.02; 'option,': 0.07; 'python': 0.09; 'bindings': 0.09; 'pointers': 0.09; 'restarted': 0.09; 'gui': 0.11; "wouldn't": 0.11; 'subject:python': 0.11; 'appreciated!': 0.16; 'easier.': 0.16; 'folks,': 0.16; 'libs': 0.16; 'simplest': 0.16; 'subject:area': 0.16; 'instance': 0.17; 'prototype': 0.17; 'app': 0.19; 'written': 0.20; 'are.': 0.22; 'modifying': 0.22; "i'd": 0.22; 'cheers,': 0.23; 'programming': 0.23; 'idea': 0.24; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.25; 'guess': 0.27; 'raw': 0.27; 'appreciated': 0.27; 'leveraging': 0.27; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.27; 'options': 0.27; 'this?': 0.28; 'source': 0.29; 'probably': 0.29; 'this.': 0.29; "i'm": 0.29; 'daniel': 0.30; 'window': 0.30; 'stuff': 0.30; 'code': 0.31; 'implement': 0.32; 'could': 0.32; 'zero': 0.33; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.33; 'received:google.com': 0.34; 'from:addr:googlemail.com': 0.35; 'received:209.85.220': 0.35; 'sometimes': 0.35; 'received:209.85': 0.35; 'something': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'really': 0.36; 'but': 0.36; 'alone': 0.36; 'why': 0.37; 'rather': 0.37; 'received:209': 0.37; 'far': 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'some': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'application': 0.40; 'where': 0.40; 'header:Received:5': 0.40; 'your': 0.60; 'stand': 0.61; 'is.': 0.62; 'want,': 0.65; 'brand': 0.78; 'down!': 0.84; 'etc,': 0.84; 'subject:notification': 0.84; 'subject:system': 0.84; 'to:name:python': 0.84; 'killed': 0.91 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=V9oWuKZpbjTnEG8IInMMC12vPSONssVabcsLsd2f2Lo=; b=p0XVFwwjltDLQdtMVbouTp8yneEObwuiRDi6tmhJiNpQ8i1m2ifTHaX15z+wX8/FIA 0xufDrK3BaKIicDvxRAZN79cOhA10DQ8XBV0HyRcjUk83EnDeg7uuXW3+F7d80zdLOyN qcTdc7MAhjjub8ScfOCYNkSbZQFoDixCisbpbmM9TK/e2DJmRNSIbz7ab/grCwNcAffS uRj+Rpz+mfkVUe7/ykNNBOOaKicHDHAfrrEMXIMtVQRYziKuGPwqTbI6kJcH+bHyYMDr nlGdBwvrD/ySY794VOU7GKVu5CwImM+yQWTc0aEniqgQJJK+N6REuj10Ib/khcn22rla FVOw== MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <7585937255598573571@unknownmsgid> Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 22:39:57 +0200 Subject: Fwd: system tray or notification area in python From: Daniel Fetchinson To: Python Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 45 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1350420001 news.xs4all.nl 6917 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:45625 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:31430 >> Hi folks, >> >> I'm using a stand alone window manager without gnome or kde or any >> other de. But I still would like to have a system tray or notification >> area and so far used stalonetray for this. Stalonetray is written in C >> and is a GTK application, works all right but sometimes it doesn't. >> For instance if it is killed and restarted icons don't come back, etc, >> etc, there are some quirks. >> >> So I thought I would write a brand new stand alone system tray or >> notification area in python. I guess I need to use gtk bindings or >> some such but don't really know what my options are. >> >> Where would I start something like this? >> Any pointers would be greatly appreciated! >> > Why not look at the source code of the current app your using to get > an idea how that application accomplishes said task? I actually did that already it's using the C bindings of gtk. You might ask you I'm not modifying the code in order to achieve what I want, well, the answer is that I'd much rather prototype something like this in python than work immediately with gtk from C. But I have zero experience with gui programming in python. So any pointers would be much appreciated how to implement a system tray in python. Gtk is I guess just one option, one could use other stuff from python but I wouldn't know what the simplest approach is. Cheers, Daniel > You could always use raw X11 libs but leveraging something like Gtk or > Qt/KDE would probably be much easier. -- Psss, psss, put it down! - http://www.cafepress.com/putitdown -- Psss, psss, put it down! - http://www.cafepress.com/putitdown