pygtk + pynotify: notification from statusicon

Code snippet that displays a libnotify bubble coming from a GTK statusicon. The bubble appears when you click the icon.

Screenshot of the notification bubble coming from statusicon

[download statusicon-notification.py]

#!/usr/bin/env python
 
import gtk
import pynotify
 
def callback(icon):
    notification.show()
 
pynotify.init("Some Application or Title")
notification = pynotify.Notification("Title", "body", "dialog-warning")
notification.set_urgency(pynotify.URGENCY_NORMAL)
notification.set_timeout(pynotify.EXPIRES_NEVER)
 
icon = gtk.status_icon_new_from_stock(gtk.STOCK_ABOUT)
icon.connect('activate', callback)
notification.attach_to_status_icon(icon)
 
gtk.main()

Posted by pierre on 2 November 2008 in python, ,

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