To my shame, I did know about shell=True! Go with this if it's a better answer for you.
On Mon, 29 Mar 2021, 13:06 Justine Smithies, <[email protected]> wrote: > I didn't know about the shell=true option. So that would allow me to use > my original version as using notify-send or dunstify allows me to display > without the title whereas the python way always seems to need the title > line be it empty or not so creating a larger notification. > > On Mon, 29 Mar 2021, 11:39 Guillaume Gelin, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> or you could have probably used qtile.cmd_spawn('...', shell=True) >> >> :) >> >> Le dim. 28 mars 2021 à 22:49, elParaguayo <[email protected]> a >> écrit : >> >>> Great - and sorry, looks like I pasted some bits of the code twice in >>> that email! >>> >>> On Sunday, 28 March 2021 at 21:47:20 UTC+1 [email protected] wrote: >>> >>>> Thank you that was exactly what I was looking for and worked a treat. ;) >>>> >>>> On Sunday, 28 March 2021 at 21:35:29 UTC+1 elParaguayo wrote: >>>> >>>>> OK so a couple of things here: >>>>> >>>>> 1) That $(cat...) syntax is really shell syntax so I don't think works >>>>> in python. Even if it could, I'd recommend writing this in a more pythonic >>>>> (sorry, hate that word) way. >>>>> 2) You don't need notify-send as qtile has a notification utility >>>>> >>>>> So... this is untested but hopefully will get you on your way: >>>>> >>>>> from libqtile.utils import send_notification >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> def right_clicked(): >>>>> # Read your file and store contents in a variable >>>>> with open("/tmp/network.tmp", "r") as tmpfile: >>>>> tmp = tmpfile.read() >>>>> >>>>> # Send the notification - you could replace this with subprocess >>>>> calling "notify-send" if you'd prefer! >>>>> send_notification("Title here", tmp)from libqtile.utils import >>>>> send_notification >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> def right_click(): >>>>> with open("/tmp/network.tmp", "r") as tmpfile: >>>>> tmp = tmpfile.read() >>>>> send_notification("Title here", tmp) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Your mouse_callback could then just be "Button3": right_clicked >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Probably lots of bugs here but that's how I'd look to do it. >>>>> >>>>> On Sunday, 28 March 2021 at 21:16:58 UTC+1 Justine Smithies wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I've created a widget which works fine but now I'm adding mouse >>>>>> callbacks. Button1 works as expected for testing but button3 is driving >>>>>> me >>>>>> made as that notify line works from the command line but in qtile it >>>>>> literally echoes "$(cat /tmp/network.tmp)" via notify-send instead of the >>>>>> output that i get doing the same in a terminal like below. >>>>>> >>>>>> notify-send "$(cat /tmp/network.tmp)"' >>>>>> >>>>>> The line in my config is >>>>>> >>>>>> widget.GenPollText(update_interval=1, **widget_defaults, func=lambda: >>>>>> subprocess.check_output(os.path.expanduser("~/.local/bin/network.sh")).decode(), >>>>>> mouse_callbacks = {'Button1': lambda: qtile.cmd_spawn("dunstify 'Left'"), >>>>>> 'Button3': lambda: qtile.cmd_spawn('notify-send "$(cat >>>>>> /tmp/network.tmp)"')}), >>>>>> >>>>>> Someone please help i'm pulling my hair out lol >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "qtile-dev" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qtile-dev/6f320554-f189-47a7-827c-c5c1035440a3n%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qtile-dev/6f320554-f189-47a7-827c-c5c1035440a3n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> >> >> -- >> Guillaume Gelin >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "qtile-dev" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qtile-dev/CAPn4x%2BpGUL0%3De0aVvchKBh6AbCE-HBni__5WeuTcMYFjRsdFtA%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qtile-dev/CAPn4x%2BpGUL0%3De0aVvchKBh6AbCE-HBni__5WeuTcMYFjRsdFtA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "qtile-dev" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/qtile-dev/I4kHRqCWktE/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qtile-dev/CADrRWNZJWNXGDmnCq20uSZ_Or1Np6_-5txVO2VhMNTvyFcH2gg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qtile-dev/CADrRWNZJWNXGDmnCq20uSZ_Or1Np6_-5txVO2VhMNTvyFcH2gg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qtile-dev" group. 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