bin/notify.py: Add, displays a message on the screen.

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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+# notify.py is a simple notification program displaying a message on the
+# screen.
+
+# Copyright (C) 2011-2012  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 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+
+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__':
+    # 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.
+    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()