#!/usr/bin/python
# notify.py is a simple notification program displaying a message on the
# screen.
# Copyright (C) 2011-2013 Simon Ruderich
#
# 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 .
import sys
import locale
import pygtk
pygtk.require('2.0') # there might be a GTK 1 version installed, ignore it
import gtk
import pango
import gobject
# Pressing the mouse inside the window quits notify.
def mouse_press_callback(widget, event):
gtk.main_quit()
if __name__ == '__main__':
if len(sys.argv) != 2:
sys.stderr.write("Usage: %s \n" % (sys.argv[0]))
sys.exit(1)
# Display configuration.
BOLD = True
FG_COLOR = 'blue'
BG_COLOR = 'yellow'
# We need a popup so the window manager doesn't touch our window.
window = gtk.Window(gtk.WINDOW_POPUP)
# No window border or close/resize buttons.
window.set_decorated(False)
# In case set_decorated(False) doesn't work with the used window manager
# quit when the window is manually closed.
window.connect('delete-event', gtk.main_quit)
# Enable mouse click events, by default windows don't receive them.
window.add_events(gtk.gdk.BUTTON_PRESS_MASK)
window.connect('button-press-event', mouse_press_callback)
# Background color.
window.modify_bg(gtk.STATE_NORMAL, gtk.gdk.color_parse(BG_COLOR))
string = sys.argv[1].decode(locale.getdefaultlocale()[1])
# Colored message string.
label_message = gtk.Label(string)
label_message.modify_fg(gtk.STATE_NORMAL, gtk.gdk.color_parse(FG_COLOR))
window.add(label_message)
if BOLD:
attributes = pango.AttrList()
attributes.insert(pango.AttrWeight(pango.WEIGHT_HEAVY, end_index=-1))
label_message.set_attributes(attributes)
# Display at the top at full screen width.
screen = window.get_screen()
window.resize(screen.get_width(), 30)
window.move(0, 15)
window.show_all()
gtk.main()