Module utils

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Classes

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IniReader
A simple config/ini-reader class.

Notifier
A simple and conveniet wrapper for the notification-service.

Functions

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find_first_screenlet_path(screenlet_name)
Scan the SCREENLETS_PATH for the first occurence of screenlet "name" and return the full path to it.

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get_screenlet_metadata(screenlet_name)
Returns a dict with name, info, author and version of the given screenlet.

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list_available_screenlets()
Scan the SCREENLETS_PATHs for all existing screenlets and return their names (without trailing "Screenlet") as a list of strings.

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list_running_screenlets()
Returns a list with names of running screenlets or None if no Screenlet is currently running.

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_contains_path(string)
Internal function: Returns true if the given string contains one of the SCREENLETS_PATH entries.

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list_running_screenlets2()
Returns a list with names of running screenlets.

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get_screenlet_process(name)
Returns the PID of the given screenlet (if running) or None.

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Function Details

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find_first_screenlet_path(screenlet_name)

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Scan the SCREENLETS_PATH for the first occurence of screenlet "name" and return the full path to it. This function is used to get the theme/data directories for a Screenlet.

get_screenlet_metadata(screenlet_name)

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Returns a dict with name, info, author and version of the given screenlet. Use with care because it always imports the screenlet module and shouldn't be used too often due to performance issues.

list_running_screenlets()

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Returns a list with names of running screenlets or None if no Screenlet is currently running. Function returns False if an error happened!

list_running_screenlets2()

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Returns a list with names of running screenlets. The list can be empty if no Screenlet is currently running.