I'm interested in doing a little Python programming on my n800, and one of the things that I would like to do is create a moon phase applet for the task navigator (to replace the Contacts menu, which I don't use). I'm all set up with scratchbox, I've got the images and code for showing the moon's phase, and I found pytaskbar.py to start off with. Now I only have two questions before I start.

1. Is it actually possible to do what I'm thinking about? Looking at pytaskbar.py, it's clear that the menus are just buttons, but is it possible to change the image of the button? That is, at least twice a day it will be necessary to change the image of the moon. Forgive my ignorance of GTK, I'm still learning it.

2. The other question is, how do I get a taskbar applet to reload in scratchbox? That is, when I make changes to the code, is there a command that will reload it?

Thanks!

You can use at or crond to issue a command on specific times, and sleep to issue timed intervals.

Well, I haven't tried it myself, but PyGTK *is* able to define buttons with images:

http://faq.pygtk.org/index.py?req=sh...=faq09.002.htp

As well, the tutorial also has an example:

http://www.pygtk.org/pygtk2tutorial/...html#imagesfig

for the question number 2, easiest way is probably to restart the whole hildon-desktop with "/etc/init.d/hildon-desktop stop && /etc/init.d/hildon-desktop start"

Thanks, everyone, for your suggestions. It turns out that yes, task navigator applets are just regular applets, so by adding a timer function, I can indeed change the image on a regular basis.

As for reloading the applet, the only effective way I have found is to use the control panel. I have to unselect my applet, select another one, hit ok, then open up the Panel option again, unselect the other applet and select my applet in order to get it to reload. I was hoping for a quicker, more effective way, but in the absence of anything better, it will do.

Please take a look at Eventuality or other freedesktop.org projects. They might overlap with your project, or be of use.

Ouch ! Hum you can use also alarmd for that. And it ll not drain your battery for nothing.