[Request for Comments] Distributing/releasing Queen BeeCon Widgets (deb-packages on extras)

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AapoRantalainen | # 1 | 2012-03-12, 16:46 | Report

I'm Requesting for comments about this solution to release/distribute/package Queen BeeCon Widgets inside debian-package.

Issues are described here:
http://wiki.maemo.org/Queen_BeeCon_W...ipts_please.3F

So far I have made first debian-package and pushed it to the extas-devel.
WARNING: It can ruin your working widgets (during installation, upgrading or removing). I have not installed it on my primary phone myself!
Package name is qbw-harmattan-date

With apt-get source qbw-harmattan-date you can get all files.
(http://maemo.org/packages/view/qbw-harmattan-date/)

I will describe how it is made so it can be analysed and potential failing parts could be spotted.
I'm using unmodified queen-beecon, but it can be tuned, if something can be then done more robust way.

I will use name HarmattanDate for this instructions. Name can't contain spaces or dashes.

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So...
You have good widget on your phone. Export it to the file (exported_widget.txt).
copy file "/var/lib/gconf/apps/osso/hildon-desktop/applets/XXX/%gconf.xml" (conf.xml) where XXX is something like queen-beecon.desktop-0. This file contains coordinates for widget.

on debian/rules:install

Code:

	mkdir -p $(CURDIR)/debian/qbw-harmattan-date/var/lib/gconf/apps/osso/hildon-desktop/applets/queen-beecon.desktop-HarmattanDate
	cp conf.xml $(CURDIR)/debian/qbw-harmattan-date/var/lib/gconf/apps/osso/hildon-desktop/applets/queen-beecon.desktop-HarmattanDate/%gconf.xml

	mkdir -p $(CURDIR)/debian/qbw-harmattan-date/opt/qbw-harmattan-date/
	cp exported_widget.txt $(CURDIR)/debian/qbw-harmattan-date/opt/qbw-harmattan-date/exported_widget

	#Optional: Add to another desktops also (tune also postinst/postrm)
	mkdir -p $(CURDIR)/debian/qbw-harmattan-date/var/lib/gconf/apps/osso/hildon-desktop/applets/queen-beecon.desktop-HarmattanDate2
	cp conf.xml $(CURDIR)/debian/qbw-harmattan-date/var/lib/gconf/apps/osso/hildon-desktop/applets/queen-beecon.desktop-HarmattanDate2/%gconf.xml

debian/postinst

Code:

#!/bin/sh

#Add new widget data (from exported_widget) to the .queen_beecon
echo >>  /home/user/.queen_beecon
echo "[queen-beecon.desktop-HarmattanDate]" >>  /home/user/.queen_beecon
tail -n +5 /opt/qbw-harmattan-date/exported_widget >> /home/user/.queen_beecon

#Add new entries to the 'header' of the .queen_beecon
#HarmattanDate is instanceTitle from exported_widget
#date ... is instanceCmd from exported_widget
sed -i  '/^c_titles/s|$|HarmattanDate;|' /home/user/.queen_beecon
sed -i  '/^c_commands/s|$|date +"%A, %-d/%m/%Y";|' /home/user/.queen_beecon

#Add icon to the desktop
echo "
[queen-beecon.desktop-HarmattanDate]
X-Desktop-File=/usr/share/applications/hildon-home/queen-beecon.desktop
">> /home/user/.config/hildon-desktop/home.plugins



#for another desktops.
#change InstanceTitle with sed (add postfix '2')
echo >>  /home/user/.queen_beecon
echo "[queen-beecon.desktop-HarmattanDate2]" >>  /home/user/.queen_beecon
tail -n +5 /opt/qbw-harmattan-date/exported_widget | sed 's/HarmattanDate/HarmattanDate2/' >> /home/user/.queen_beecon


sed -i  '/^c_titles/s|$|HarmattanDate2;|' /home/user/.queen_beecon
#no reason to add commnand again
#sed -i  '/^c_commands/s|$|date +"%A, %-d/%m/%Y";|' /home/user/.queen_beecon

echo "
[queen-beecon.desktop-HarmattanDate2]
X-Desktop-File=/usr/share/applications/hildon-home/queen-beecon.desktop
">> /home/user/.config/hildon-desktop/home.plugins

#push this another widget to desktop2
gconftool-2 --set /apps/osso/hildon-desktop/applets/queen-beecon.desktop-HarmattanDate2/view --type int 2




#these should be owned by user
chown user /home/user/.config/hildon-desktop/home.plugins
chown user /home/user/.queen_beecon

exit 0

debian/postrm

Code:

#!/bin/sh

#Do we need remove these?
#sed -i  '/^c_titles/s|$|HarmattanDate;|' /home/user/.queen_beecon
#sed -i  '/^c_commands/s|$|date +"%A, %-d/%m/%Y";|' /home/user/.queen_beecon

#Remove widget from the .config/hildon-desktop/home.plugins
#remove two subsequent rows 
#  [queen-beecon.desktop-HarmattanDate]
#  X-Desktop-File=/usr/share/applications/hildon-home/queen-beecon.desktop
sed -i ':a;N;$!ba;s/\[queen-beecon.desktop-HarmattanDate\]\nX-Desktop-File=\/usr\/share\/applications\/hildon-home\/queen-beecon.desktop//'  /home/user/.config/hildon-desktop/home.plugins

#Remove widget from the .queen_beecon
#We know the name of widget
#We think the last option for widget is empty updOnDBUSMatchRule=
#
#*Because every widget contains that 'updOnDBUSMatchRule=' and sed is greedy, it will eat every widget after what we are looking for
#  -> solution: use perl -pe with .*? so it stops on first 'updOnDBUSMatchRule='
#
#*It is multiline file and we want it works on 'single-line mode', but for some reason it won't work
#  -> solution, change every linebreak to the FOORAB (foobar might be in use). do the thing. change every FOORAB back to linebreak
cat /home/user/.queen_beecon | sed ':a;N;$!ba;s/\n/FOORAB/g' | perl -pe 's/\[queen-beecon.desktop-HarmattanDate\].*?updOnDBUSMatchRule=//' | sed 's/FOORAB/\n/g' > /root/.queen_beecon_temporary_file
mv /root/.queen_beecon_temporary_file /home/user/.queen_beecon





#for another desktops too
sed -i ':a;N;$!ba;s/\[queen-beecon.desktop-HarmattanDate2\]\nX-Desktop-File=\/usr\/share\/applications\/hildon-home\/queen-beecon.desktop//'  /home/user/.config/hildon-desktop/home.plugins

cat /home/user/.queen_beecon | sed ':a;N;$!ba;s/\n/FOORAB/g' | perl -pe 's/\[queen-beecon.desktop-HarmattanDate2\].*?updOnDBUSMatchRule=//' | sed 's/FOORAB/\n/g' > /root/.queen_beecon_temporary_file
mv /root/.queen_beecon_temporary_file /home/user/.queen_beecon






#these should be owned by user
chown user /home/user/.config/hildon-desktop/home.plugins
chown user /home/user/.queen_beecon

exit 0

Package will contain some files, and postinstallation/postrm are used for adding/deleting widget (or widgets, if many desktops are used). Removing package (i.e. running postrm) should be possible (and safe) even widget (or some of them) is reconfigured by user, or even manually removed.

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ivgalvez | # 2 | 2012-03-12, 16:55 | Report

Great idea, there are a lot of useful widgets out there and maybe some of them are lost with the MegaUpload disaster.

osmanayman | # 3 | 2012-03-12, 17:38 | Report

Really good idea... We'll wait other widgets (sensible, geel etc)...

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AapoRantalainen | # 4 | 2012-03-21, 20:08 | Report

Download source package if you want try with your own widget. These are copies from there so more people can see and inspect them.

So export your widget and put it to the file exported_widget.txt, then check (or modify) instanceTitle on that file and use it to debian/rules : install
(e.g. exported_widget.txt:instanceTitle=HarmattanDate)

Code:

	mkdir -p $(CURDIR)/debian/qbw-harmattan-date/var/lib/gconf/apps/osso/hildon-desktop/applets/queen-beecon.desktop-HarmattanDate
	cp conf.xml $(CURDIR)/debian/qbw-harmattan-date/var/lib/gconf/apps/osso/hildon-desktop/applets/queen-beecon.desktop-HarmattanDate/%gconf.xml

	mkdir -p $(CURDIR)/debian/qbw-harmattan-date/opt/qbw-harmattan-date/
	cp exported_widget.txt $(CURDIR)/debian/qbw-harmattan-date/opt/qbw-harmattan-date/exported_widget

debian/postinst
(there are only one row to change: PACKAGE_NAME)

Code:

#!/bin/sh

PACKAGE_NAME=qbw-harmattan-date
###################################



NAME=`grep instanceTitle /opt/$PACKAGE_NAME/exported_widget  | tail -c +15`

#Add new widget data (from exported_widget) to the .queen_beecon
#be sure file exists
touch /home/user/.queen_beecon
#work with copy
cp  /home/user/.queen_beecon /home/user/.queen_beecon_new_rows
echo >>  /home/user/.queen_beecon_new_rows
echo "[queen-beecon.desktop-$NAME]" >>  /home/user/.queen_beecon_new_rows
tail -n +5 /opt/$PACKAGE_NAME/exported_widget >> /home/user/.queen_beecon_new_rows

mv /home/user/.queen_beecon_new_rows /home/user/.queen_beecon

#Add new entries to the 'header' of the .queen_beecon
#split:
grep c_titles /home/user/.queen_beecon > /home/user/.queen_beecon_temporary_titles
grep c_commands /home/user/.queen_beecon >  /home/user/.queen_beecon_temporary_commands
grep -v c_titles /home/user/.queen_beecon | grep -v c_commands > /home/user/.queen_beecon_temporary_file

#fetch title/cmd
grep instanceTitle /opt/$PACKAGE_NAME/exported_widget  | tail -c +15 > /home/user/.queen_beecon_new_title
grep instanceCmd /opt/$PACKAGE_NAME/exported_widget  | tail -c +13 > /home/user/.queen_beecon_new_command

#merge (add needed ;) and remove linebreak 
cat /home/user/.queen_beecon_temporary_titles > /home/user/.queen_beecon_temporary_titles2
cat /home/user/.queen_beecon_new_title >> /home/user/.queen_beecon_temporary_titles2
echo ";" >> /home/user/.queen_beecon_temporary_titles2
sed -i ':a;N;$!ba;s/\n//g' /home/user/.queen_beecon_temporary_titles2

cat /home/user/.queen_beecon_temporary_commands > /home/user/.queen_beecon_temporary_commands2
cat /home/user/.queen_beecon_new_command >> /home/user/.queen_beecon_temporary_commands2
echo ";" >> /home/user/.queen_beecon_temporary_commands2
sed -i ':a;N;$!ba;s/\n//g' /home/user/.queen_beecon_temporary_commands2

#merge rows back
echo "
[config]
version=1" > /home/user/.queen_beecon_temporary_file2
cat /home/user/.queen_beecon_temporary_titles2 >> /home/user/.queen_beecon_temporary_file2
cat /home/user/.queen_beecon_temporary_commands2 >> /home/user/.queen_beecon_temporary_file2
echo "" >> /home/user/.queen_beecon_temporary_file2
tail -n +5 /home/user/.queen_beecon_temporary_file >> /home/user/.queen_beecon_temporary_file2

mv /home/user/.queen_beecon_temporary_file2 /home/user/.queen_beecon
rm /home/user/.queen_beecon_temporary_titles /home/user/.queen_beecon_temporary_commands /home/user/.queen_beecon_temporary_titles2 /home/user/.queen_beecon_temporary_commands2 /home/user/.queen_beecon_new_title /home/user/.queen_beecon_new_command /home/user/.queen_beecon_temporary_file 




#Add icon to the desktop
echo "
[queen-beecon.desktop-$NAME]
X-Desktop-File=/usr/share/applications/hildon-home/queen-beecon.desktop
">> /home/user/.config/hildon-desktop/home.plugins


#these should be owned by user
chown user /home/user/.config/hildon-desktop/home.plugins
chown user /home/user/.queen_beecon

exit 0

debian/prerm
(there are also only one row to change: PACKAGE_NAME)

Code:

#!/bin/sh

PACKAGE_NAME=qbw-harmattan-date
###################################



NAME=`grep instanceTitle /opt/$PACKAGE_NAME/exported_widget  | tail -c +15`


#COMMAND_ENTRY='echo "`date +'"'"'<span font=\\"Nokia Pure Text 70\\" color=\\"#ffffff\\" >%I:%M%p</span>'"'"'`"'

#split .queen_beecon to three part
# c_titles
# c_commands
# every other (without c_titles and c_commands)
grep c_titles /home/user/.queen_beecon > /home/user/.queen_beecon_temporary_titles
grep c_commands /home/user/.queen_beecon >  /home/user/.queen_beecon_temporary_commands
grep -v c_titles /home/user/.queen_beecon | grep -v c_commands > /home/user/.queen_beecon_temporary_file


#remove title and command from 'header'
sed -i 's|'"$NAME"';||' /home/user/.queen_beecon_temporary_titles

grep instanceCmd /opt/$PACKAGE_NAME/exported_widget  | tail -c +13 > /home/user/.queen_beecon_new_command
sed -i 's|\\|\\\\|g' /home/user/.queen_beecon_new_command
COMMAND=`cat /home/user/.queen_beecon_new_command`
sed -i 's|'"$COMMAND"';||' /home/user/.queen_beecon_temporary_commands


#merge rows back
echo "
[config]
version=1" > /home/user/.queen_beecon_temporary_file2
cat /home/user/.queen_beecon_temporary_titles >> /home/user/.queen_beecon_temporary_file2
cat /home/user/.queen_beecon_temporary_commands >> /home/user/.queen_beecon_temporary_file2
echo "" >> /home/user/.queen_beecon_temporary_file2
tail -n +5 /home/user/.queen_beecon_temporary_file >> /home/user/.queen_beecon_temporary_file2



#Remove widget from the .config/hildon-desktop/home.plugins
#remove two subsequent rows 
#  [queen-beecon.desktop-HarmattanClock]
#  X-Desktop-File=/usr/share/applications/hildon-home/queen-beecon.desktop
sed -i ':a;N;$!ba;s|\[queen-beecon.desktop-'"$NAME"'\]\nX-Desktop-File=/usr/share/applications/hildon-home/queen-beecon.desktop||'  /home/user/.config/hildon-desktop/home.plugins


#Remove widget from the .queen_beecon
#We know the name of widget
#We guess the last option for widget is empty updOnDBUSMatchRule=
#
#*Because every widget contains that 'updOnDBUSMatchRule=' and sed is greedy, it will eat every widget after what we are looking for
#  -> solution: use perl -pe with .*? so it stops on first 'updOnDBUSMatchRule='
#
#*It is multiline file and we want it works on 'single-line mode', but for some reason it won't work
#  -> solution, change every linebreak to the FOORAB (foobar might be in use). do the thing. change every FOORAB back to linebreak
cat /home/user/.queen_beecon_temporary_file2 | sed ':a;N;$!ba;s/\n/FOORAB/g' | perl -pe 's/\[queen-beecon.desktop-'"$NAME"'\].*?updOnDBUSMatchRule=//' | sed 's/FOORAB/\n/g' > /home/user/.queen_beecon_temporary_file

#and now place it on real name
mv /home/user/.queen_beecon_temporary_file /home/user/.queen_beecon



#remove temp-files
rm /home/user/.queen_beecon_temporary_titles
rm /home/user/.queen_beecon_temporary_commands
rm /home/user/.queen_beecon_temporary_file2



#these should be owned by user
chown user /home/user/.config/hildon-desktop/home.plugins
chown user /home/user/.queen_beecon

exit 0

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Estel | # 5 | 2012-03-21, 20:47 | Report

Just thumbs up - I think it's great idea, their place is in repositories.

/Estel

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Tiran | # 6 | 2012-03-30, 18:53 | Report

Many thanks for widget qbw-harmattan-clock!

A question: How it is possible to change a mode of display of time? I want that instead of 10:30PM was displayed as 22:30AM. Whether It is possible instead of symbols PM or AM to display second??? I am sorry for bad English, thanks for the answer!