Well, I don't really care about investing, but this seemed like a python example for an applet which I wanted to study - so after some fiddling around, I finally got (at least) the `/usr/lib/gnome-applets/invest- applet -d --window` to show an icon and preference window. (goddamn capitalists, using my labor, hehe :) ) Here's a pic:
http://sdaaubckp.sourceforge.net/post/gnome/invest-applet-natty.png The thing is - I basically went along with errors I saw, and tried to modify them. First of, I got a working Python applet example from here: http://www.znasibov.info/blog/post/gnome-applet-with-python-part-1.html ... and changed `PanelApplet.Applet()` into `gnomeapplet.Applet()`; apart from that, there are modifications going from `Gtk.` to `gtk.` (e.g. `app = Gtk.Window(Gtk.WindowType.TOPLEVEL)` -> `app = gtk.Window()`). Then, I found this, where it seems that someone already tried to patch `invest-applet` for natty: https://code.launchpad.net/~rodrigo-moya/ubuntu/natty/gnome-applets/no- more-deprecated/+merge/41494 .... but seemingly, I had _reverted_ some of those changes - to get it working again with my 11.04 Natty? I'm not sure if this is due to different gtk bindings for different Pythons; I think I may have seen somewhere, that `Gtk` is for Python 3 - however, that makes the above `no-more-deprecated` posting a little weird, because the default Python in Natty is 2.7 ???! Therefore - the patch is *really* nasty, as it mixes `gi.repository` and `gtk` imports - but it's basically a "proof of concept", I guess... Also - I just tried to add this patched version to panel; again there is no icon visible on panel (that could be due to me not converting every single pixbuf call; see patch) - however, one positive thing is that after that attempt, while `ps axf | grep invest` does still show the process in the background, it takes only a single `kill $pid` in order to get it removed (so no single user mode mess like in previous post). With the original version, even the standalone debug couldn't be killed with Ctrl-C (I had to do a `ps axf` and `kill $pid` in another terminal, to stop the process). I didn't try fixing anything beyond the starting icon in standalone debug mode, and the preferences window which is raised upon click of that icon (as shown in screenshot). Still, hope this will be helpful to others... PS: I'll dump a few dev notes (obtained during patch development) here as well: invest-applet works w/ from gi.repository import GObject, Gtk, PanelApplet others: import gnomeapplet $ activation-client -q -s "iid.defined()" | grep ^IID | grep -i invest IID OAFIID:Invest_Applet_Factory, type exe, location /usr/lib/gnome-applets/invest-applet IID OAFIID:Invest_Applet, type factory, location OAFIID:Invest_Applet_Factory IID OAFIID:GNOME_GtikApplet, type factory, location OAFIID:Invest_Applet_Factory $ find / -xdev -name '*invest*' 2>/dev/null | grep py /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/invest /usr/share/pyshared/invest $ ls -la /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/invest total 96 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2011-04-25 20:57 . drwxr-xr-x 66 root root 4096 2013-03-26 17:39 .. lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 35 2011-04-25 20:57 about.py -> /usr/share/pyshared/invest/about.py -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1568 2011-04-25 20:57 about.pyc lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 2011-04-25 20:57 applet.py -> /usr/share/pyshared/invest/applet.py -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7052 2011-04-25 20:57 applet.pyc lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 35 2011-04-25 20:57 chart.py -> /usr/share/pyshared/invest/chart.py -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8066 2011-04-25 20:57 chart.pyc lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 40 2011-04-25 20:57 currencies.py -> /usr/share/pyshared/invest/currencies.py -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5548 2011-04-25 20:57 currencies.pyc lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 34 2011-04-25 20:57 defs.py -> /usr/share/pyshared/invest/defs.py -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 486 2011-04-25 20:57 defs.pyc lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 34 2011-04-25 20:57 help.py -> /usr/share/pyshared/invest/help.py -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 676 2011-04-25 20:57 help.pyc lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 38 2011-04-25 20:57 __init__.py -> /usr/share/pyshared/invest/__init__.py -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5205 2011-04-25 20:57 __init__.pyc lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 44 2011-04-25 20:57 networkmanager.py -> /usr/share/pyshared/invest/networkmanager.py -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2463 2011-04-25 20:57 networkmanager.pyc lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 41 2011-04-25 20:57 preferences.py -> /usr/share/pyshared/invest/preferences.py -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10982 2011-04-25 20:57 preferences.pyc lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 2011-04-25 20:57 quotes.py -> /usr/share/pyshared/invest/quotes.py -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12786 2011-04-25 20:57 quotes.pyc lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 37 2011-04-25 20:57 widgets.py -> /usr/share/pyshared/invest/widgets.py -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8547 2011-04-25 20:57 widgets.pyc # so in /usr/share/pyshared/invest/ $ grep -r PanelApplet /usr/share/pyshared/invest /usr/share/pyshared/invest/widgets.py:from gi.repository import PanelApplet, Gtk, Gdk, GConf, GObject, Pango /usr/share/pyshared/invest/applet.py:from gi.repository import Gdk, GdkPixbuf, Gtk, PanelApplet, GObject, GConf /usr/share/pyshared/invest/applet.py:class InvestApplet(PanelApplet.Applet): /usr/share/pyshared/invest/applet.py: if self.alignment == PanelApplet.ORIENT_LEFT: /usr/share/pyshared/invest/quotes.py:from gi.repository import PanelApplet, Gtk, Gdk, GConf, GObject # changed in applet.py: class InvestApplet(gnome.applet.Applet): #(PanelApplet.Applet): now in $ /usr/lib/gnome-applets/invest-applet -d --window ... File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/overrides/__init__.py", line 38, in register self[override_class] = override_class File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/overrides/__init__.py", line 20, in __setitem__ info = getattr(value, '__info__') AttributeError: type object 'FontDescription' has no attribute '__info__' # the pasted imports have to be after the old ones; then FontDescription disappears, # and now: $ /usr/lib/gnome-applets/invest-applet -d --window Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/gnome-applets/invest-applet", line 5, in <module> from invest.applet import InvestApplet File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/invest/applet.py", line 18, in <module> class InvestApplet(gnome.applet.Applet): #(PanelApplet.Applet): NameError: name 'gnome' is not defined gnome-python-desktop-2.32.0/gnomeapplet/applet.defs: (define-object Applet (in-module "Panel") (parent "GtkEventBox") (c-name "PanelApplet") (gtype-id "PANEL_TYPE_APPLET") # save original version for diffing: sudo cp /usr/lib/gnome-applets/invest-applet /usr/lib/gnome-applets/invest-applet.orig sudo cp /usr/share/pyshared/invest/applet.py /usr/share/pyshared/invest/applet.py,orig sudo cp /usr/share/pyshared/invest/quotes.py /usr/share/pyshared/invest/quotes.py.orig sudo cp /usr/share/pyshared/invest/widgets.py /usr/share/pyshared/invest/widgets.py.orig sudo cp /usr/share/pyshared/invest/preferences.py /usr/share/pyshared/invest/preferences.py.orig ** Patch added: "partial patch, to get `/usr/lib/gnome-applets/invest-applet -d --window` to show an icon and prefs window under Natty only (rest is not fixed)" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-applets/+bug/775387/+attachment/3602279/+files/investapplet-natty.patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-applets in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/775387 Title: Invest-applet fails to start after upgrade to Natty To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-applets/+bug/775387/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
