menuLauncher.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
#Boa:Frame:Frame1

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# Copyright (c) 2009-2010 The University of Chicago, as Operator of Argonne
#     National Laboratory.
# Copyright (c) 2009-2010 The Regents of the University of California, as
#     Operator of Los Alamos National Laboratory.
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'''menuLauncher: Launch command-line statements from a wxPython menu

########### SVN repository information ###################
# $Date: 2010-06-03 16:04:15 -0500 (Thu, 03 Jun 2010) $
# $Author: jemian $
# $Revision: 184 $
# $URL: https://subversion.xor.aps.anl.gov/bcdaext/wxmtxy/trunk/menuLauncher.py $
# $Id: menuLauncher.py 184 2010-06-03 21:04:15Z jemian $
########### SVN repository information ###################
'''


import wx
import subprocess
import os
import pprint


DEFAULT_MENU_ITEMS = (
            ("xcalc RPN", "HP-style", "xcalc -rpn"),
            ("xcalc", "TI-style", "xcalc"),
            ("gcalc", "Gnome calculator", "gcalctool"),
            ("nedit-client", "window editor", "nedit-client"),
            ("nedit-nc", "window editor", "nedit-nc"),
            ("xman", "X11 man pages", "xman -bothshown"),
            ("xeyes", "Here's looking at you, kid!", "xeyes"),
            ("wxmtxy", "motor tool", "/APSshare/bin/python ./wxmtxy.py"),
            ("separator", ),
            ("xclock", "conventional analog clock", "xclock")
        )


def create(parent):
    return Frame1(parent)


[wxID_FRAME1, wxID_FRAME1BUTTON1, wxID_FRAME1PANEL,
] = [wx.NewId() for _init_ctrls in range(3)]


[wxID_FRAME1THEMENUITEMS0, wxID_FRAME1THEMENUITEMS1,
] = [wx.NewId() for _init_coll_theMenu_Items in range(2)]


class Frame1(wx.Frame):

    def _init_ctrls(self, prnt):
        # generated method, don't edit
        wx.Frame.__init__(self, id=wxID_FRAME1, name='', parent=prnt,
              pos=wx.Point(294, 331), size=wx.Size(223, 65),
              style=wx.DEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE, title='menuLanucher')
        self.SetClientSize(wx.Size(215, 31))

        self.panel = wx.Panel(id=wxID_FRAME1PANEL, name='panel', parent=self,
              pos=wx.Point(0, 0), size=wx.Size(215, 31),
              style=wx.TAB_TRAVERSAL)

        self.button1 = wx.Button(id=wxID_FRAME1BUTTON1, label='button1 label',
              name='button1', parent=self.panel, pos=wx.Point(0, 0),
              size=wx.Size(216, 32), style=0)
        self.button1.SetToolTipString('button1 tooltip')

    def __init__(self, parent,
            label="Command-line tools ...",
            contents=None):
        if contents == None:
            contents = (
                ("xeyes", "Here's looking at you, kid!", "xeyes"),
                (None, ),
                ("short name", "describe command to be done", "xclock")
            )
        self._init_ctrls(parent)
        self.registry = {}
        b = self.button1
        b.SetLabel(label)
        b.SetToolTipString(label)
        b.Bind(wx.EVT_LEFT_DOWN, self.OnClick, b)
        b.Bind(wx.EVT_RIGHT_DOWN, self.OnClick, b)
        self.popupmenu = wx.Menu()
        for entry in contents:
            #pprint.pprint(entry)
            if entry[0] == "separator":
                self.appendSeparator(self.popupmenu)
            else:
                self.appendMenuItem(
                    menu = self.popupmenu,
                    id = wx.NewId(),
                    text = entry[0],
                    help = entry[1],
                    cmd = entry[2],
                    handler = self.OnTheMenuGenericMenu)

    def appendSeparator(self, menu = None):
        '''add a separator line to the menu'''
        if menu != None:
            menu.AppendSeparator()

    def appendMenuItem(self, id, menu = None, text = 'text string',
            help='help string', handler = None, cmd = ''):
        '''add an item to the menu
            @param id: (int) to associate with handler
            @param menu: (menu object) usually self.theMenu
            @param text: (string) label for the menu item
            @param help: (string) describe actio to be performed
            @param cmd: (string) full command to be called
            @param handler: (method object) function that will receive event
        '''
        if menu != None:
            entry = {}
            entry['cmd'] = cmd
            entry['text'] = text
            entry['help'] = help
            entry['id'] = id
            self.registry[id] = entry
            menu.Append(help=help, id=id, kind=wx.ITEM_NORMAL, text=text)
            if handler != None:
                self.Bind(wx.EVT_MENU, handler, id=id)

    def OnTheMenuGenericMenu(self, event):
        id = event.GetId()
        entry = self.registry[id]
        cmd = os.path.normpath(entry['cmd'])
        #pprint.pprint(os.path.normpath(cmd))
        subprocess.Popen(cmd, shell = True)
        #print os.path.abspath(cmd)

    def OnClick(self, event):
        self.panel.PopupMenu(self.popupmenu, (0, 0))


if __name__ == '__main__':
    app = wx.PySimpleApp()
    menu_items = DEFAULT_MENU_ITEMS
    frame = Frame1(None, label="menuLauncher", contents=menu_items)
    frame.Show()

    app.MainLoop()