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
>>
>
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