In this entry I will show you how to open a file via Geany text-editor (or any other program) by using Python dialog function. I intend to keep things short and simple and explain majority of things with pictures.
Python dialog function in action: Opening a file.
While I am currently doing a lot of coding and writing some programs for the next PostX version 0.3. here is a program called Power manager, which I originally released with the current PostX version.
Power manager
Here is a program I created some time ago. You will need to have zenity and feh installed in order to use it. The program also assumes that you start your system with startx or a dm like Slim, which uses .xinitrc file to startup desktop and programs alike.
Below you will see a list of screenshots, which will clarify how to use the program.
Copy the program to /usr/share and run it within a terminal using the command above. You can change the location path but then you also need to tweak some lines within the program (this is easily achieved).
Here is a Python calendar program, which I named as cli-calendar. You start it up within a terminal client by running:
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