X-Git-Url: https://git.ralfj.de/lilass.git/blobdiff_plain/6895277c1f24aa9381822a0cbb20259b97cd075f..0d513b43eb63d88ff9b1262dedda26b330d2505e:/gui.py diff --git a/gui.py b/gui.py index b6906e1..b3929cb 100644 --- a/gui.py +++ b/gui.py @@ -12,25 +12,54 @@ # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License -# along with this program (gpl.txt); if not, write to the Free Software +# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. -# This file bstracts GUI stuff away, so that the actual dsl.py does not have to deal with it +# This file abstracts GUI stuff away, so that the actual dsl.py does not have to deal with it import sys -from PyQt4 import QtGui -from qt_dialogue import PositionSelection -app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv) + +''' +This module implements two functions: def error(message): - '''Displays a fatal error to the user''' - QtGui.QMessageBox.critical(None, 'Fatal error', message) - -def getDialogue(externalName, internalResolutions, externalResolutions): - '''Returns a class implementing the following functions: - * run() opens the dialogue. returns True if it was accepted, False otherwise - * getRelativeScreenPosition() returns one of the RelativeScreenPosition values (see dsl.py) - * getIntResolutionIndex() returns the index of an element in the internalResolutions list - * getExtResolutionIndex() returns the index of an element in the externalResolutions list - * externalIsPrimary() returns whether the external screen is the primary one (True) or the internal one (False) - ''' - return PositionSelection(externalName, internalResolutions, externalResolutions) + This function displays the error message to the user in some appropriate fassion + +def setup(internalResolutions, externalResolutions): + Both arguments are lists of (width, height) tuples of resolutions. You can use dsl.res2user to obtain a user-readable representation of a resolution tuple. + The user should be asked about his display setup preferences. + The function returns None if the user cancelled, and an instance of dsl.ScreenSetup otherwise. +''' + +# frontend detectors +def qtAvailable(): + try: + import PyQt4 + return True + except ImportError: + return False + +def zenityAvailable(): + return True # FIXME + +# actual frontends +if qtAvailable(): + from PyQt4 import QtGui + from qt_dialogue import PositionSelection + app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv) + + def error(message): + QtGui.QMessageBox.critical(None, 'Fatal error', message) + + def setup(internalResolutions, externalResolutions): + return PositionSelection(internalResolutions, externalResolutions).run() + +elif zenityAvailable(): + import subprocess + from zenity_dialogue import run as setup # this provides the setup function + + def error(message): + '''Displays a fatal error to the user''' + subprocess.check_call(["zenity", "--error", "--text="+message]) + +else: + print >> sys.stderr, 'No GUI frontend available, please make sure PyQt4 or Zenity is installed'