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2008-07-11 , 21:48
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Hey programmer-types,

I wrote a tiny Python app to open a window and put some text in it. But because it is in Python, I need to depend on Python for my package, which otherwise wouldn't have any dependencies.

Could someone write a small compiled program (in C or something) that uses the stock libraries to do the same thing?

Here's the Python code. I mostly ripped it off from the Maemo Python tutorial. It should be very obvious what I want, and I can't imagine it is difficult for any C programmer to whip something up.

Code:
#!/usr/bin/env python2.5
import gtk
import sys

wmname = sys.argv[1]
exttxt = sys.argv[2]

window = gtk.Window(gtk.WINDOW_TOPLEVEL)
window.set_title (wmname)
window.connect("destroy", gtk.main_quit)

label1 = gtk.Label("This is the "+wmname+" host window.\n"+exttxt)
window.add(label1)

window.show_all ()
gtk.main()
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2008-07-12 , 03:41
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There are a couple of threads on here for "zenity" and "gxmessage" which may be what you want.
 
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2008-07-12 , 04:35
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You can try with Vala too.
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2008-07-12 , 05:14
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Thanks for your suggestions.

I am familiar with gxmessage and Zenity. I don't want a dialog box, I want a window. I also want no dependencies.

As I asked in the first post, I would like someone to post (or PM me) a dependency-free, compiled file that does what the python script does, please. I don't care what language it is written in originally. I don't need the source, either.
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2008-07-12 , 05:22
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Do you want to run it from the menu?
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2008-07-12 , 05:43
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I want to run it as part of a script that is run from the menu.

If you want more context: I need a host window for the Xephyr nested x-server. This host window supplies the panel icon and task menu entry for Xephyr, which doesn't have such things in Hildon.

If you've tried my easy chroot package, you see this window before IceWM starts.

EDIT: Here's a screenshot of what the Python script does:

Running the following:
Code:
/usr/bin/openhostwin.py IceWM "Please log out of IceWM before closing this window."
Produces this:
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2008-07-12 , 07:26
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It would really be cool if the program could be linked to an arbitrary png file (say, "hostwin.png") that would show in the left-hand task bar and on the task chooser menu, and that I could modify.

I'm willing to discuss payment via PayPal. I was the recipient of some donations, I should pass on the joy.
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2008-07-12 , 09:40
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I almost done it 2 hours ago, but had to go out
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http://bundyo.org/maemo/hostwin.bz2

Is this okay?

Btw, if you run it from the menu, i'm registering it with osso_initialize, so i guess it will show you the icon.

Or maybe i can do it so you can pass a script to run as third parameter?
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2008-07-12 , 16:12
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Perfect! That does what my Python script does, but faster. That is just what I asked for!

Enhancement talk:

So if I made a dbus service entry for it, that would add more integration?

The only way I could run it from the menu would be if I could pass a script name that this app could run after opening the window...
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