dzen_panel.py

#! /usr/bin/env python

import threading
import time
import sys
import string
import os

status_cmd = 'herbstclient tag_status'
idle_cmd = 'herbstclient --idle'

def parse_tags(output):
    #Takes herbstclient tag_status and parses it
    #returns a nested list of tags.
    tags = output.split()
    taglist = ''
    for i in range(len(tags)):
        if tags[i][0] == '#':
            taglist += '^bg(' + colors[11] + ') ' + tags[i][1:] + ' '
        elif tags[i][0] == ':':
            taglist += '^bg(' + colors[17] + ') ' + tags[i][1:] + ' '
        elif tags[i][0] == '.' or '!':
            taglist += '^bg(' + colors[1] + ') ' + tags[i][1:] + ' '
    return taglist

def parse_xres():
    os.chdir('/home/damian/')
    fin = open('.Xresources')
    colors = []
    for line in fin:
        color = line.strip()
        if 'color' in color:
            rgb = color[color.find('#'):]
            colors.append(rgb)
        elif 'background' in color:
            colors.append(color[color.find('#'):])
        elif 'foreground' in color:
            colors.append(color[color.find('#'):])
    return(colors)

def print_colors(colors):
    res = ''
    for i in range(len(colors)):
        res +='^bg(' + colors[i] + ')' + str(i)
    return res

def get_date():
    return time.strftime('%a %d %b %Y %R')

def get_battery():
    try:
        fin = open('/sys/class/power_supply/BAT1/uevent')
        full = 0
        now = 0
        for line in fin.readlines():
            if line[13:25] == 'CHARGE_FULL=':
                full = int(line[25:])
            elif line[13:23] == 'CHARGE_NOW':
                now = int(line[24:])
        res = str(now / full * 100) + '%'
        return res
    except:
        return 'No'

def get_event():
    #rename, clean up
    proc = os.popen(status_cmd)
    output = proc.readline()
    taglist = parse_tags(output)
    print  taglist + '^bg(' + colors[1] + ') ' + get_date() + ' ' + '^bg(' + colors[1] + ')Bat: ' + get_battery() #, print_colors(colors)
    sys.stdout.flush()
    proc.close()

def event_thread():
    get_event()
    while True:
        line = idlein.readline()
        if 'tag' in line:
            get_event()
        elif 'reload' in line:
            idlein.close()
            os._exit(0) #Extremely hacky, the interpreter doesn't free up res's

def timer_thread():
    while True:
        get_event()
        time.sleep(1)
    return o

def main_thread():
    """docstring for main_thread"""
    t1 = threading.Thread(target=event_thread)
    t2 = threading.Thread(target=timer_thread)
    t1.start()
    t2.start()

colors = parse_xres()
single_line_out = ''
idlein = os.popen(idle_cmd)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main_thread()