Phone control
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Please be aware that the recommended way to use the phone functionality is Telepathy: |
D-Bus
These D-Bus commands can be run from terminal or as shell scripts. Useful for scheduling events with fcron, executing from Desktop Command Execution Widget or Queen BeeCon Widget, startup events, install scripts, etc. They should be run as:
run-standalone.sh SCRIPT.sh run-standalone.sh dbus-send COMMAND
This is important to set up the environment correctly otherwise they may barf. If run as user "user" this is not needed.
Also note that most commands don't need "--print-reply" option. Those that don't need it should be tested without it and this page should be edited.
Phone
Open Phone application
dbus-send --type=method_call --dest=com.nokia.HildonDesktop.AppMgr /com/nokia/HildonDesktop/AppMgr com.nokia.HildonDesktop.AppMgr.LaunchApplication string:"rtcom-call-ui"
Make a phone call
dbus-send --system --type=method_call --print-reply --dest=com.nokia.csd.Call /com/nokia/csd/call com.nokia.csd.Call.CreateWith string:"$NUMBER" uint32:0
Change $NUMBER to phone number you want to call.
End current phone call
dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=com.nokia.csd.Call /com/nokia/csd/call com.nokia.csd.Call.Release
This will release/end/hangup/reject the current call (or possibly all calls if more then one call is active) or do nothing if no calls are active.
Answer current phone call
dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=com.nokia.csd.Call /com/nokia/csd/call/1 com.nokia.csd.Call.Instance.Answer
This will answer/pickup the current (first) call.
If you answer the call immediately as you receive the Call Coming D-Bus message the phone seems to be in a specific call state where answering yields a com.nokia.csd.Call.Error.NotAllowed exception.
You need to answer the call after a delay of e.g. 1 s.
Another (probably better) approach is to register to the CallStatus D-Bus message (com.nokia.csd.Call, /com/nokia/csd/call/1, com.nokia.csd.Call.Instance.CallStatus) and wait for a call status >= 2 (=CSD_CALL_STATUS_COMING) after the "Coming" message.
Get IMEI
dbus-send --system --type=method_call --print-reply --dest=com.nokia.phone.SIM /com/nokia/phone/SIM/security Phone.Sim.Security.get_imei
Get IMSI
dbus-send --system --type=method_call --print-reply --dest=com.nokia.phone.SIM /com/nokia/phone/SIM Phone.Sim.get_imsi
Get SIM status
dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=com.nokia.phone.SIM /com/nokia/phone/SIM Phone.Sim.get_sim_status
Get cellular signal strength
dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=com.nokia.phone.net /com/nokia/phone/net Phone.Net.get_signal_strength
First line is percentage, second is dBm, third unknown.
Get cellular registration status
dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=com.nokia.phone.net /com/nokia/phone/net Phone.Net.get_registration_status
Turn loudspeaker on
dbus-send --type=method_call --dest=com.nokia.osso_hp_ls_controller /com/nokia/osso_hp_ls_controller com.nokia.osso_hp_ls_controller.loudspeaker.force_loudspeaker_on
(These loudspeaker ones don't work on my N900. If I add --print-reply I get "Error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name com.nokia.osso_hp_ls_controller was not provided by any .service files".)
Turn loudspeaker off
dbus-send --type=method_call --dest=com.nokia.osso_hp_ls_controller /com/nokia/osso_hp_ls_controller com.nokia.osso_hp_ls_controller.loudspeaker.force_loudspeaker_off
Start vibrating
dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=com.nokia.mce /com/nokia/mce/request com.nokia.mce.request.req_vibrator_pattern_activate string:PatternIncomingCall
Stop vibrating
dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=com.nokia.mce /com/nokia/mce/request com.nokia.mce.request.req_vibrator_pattern_deactivate string:PatternIncomingCall
Profiles
Set General
dbus-send --type=method_call --dest=com.nokia.profiled /com/nokia/profiled com.nokia.profiled.set_profile string:"general"
Set Silent
dbus-send --type=method_call --dest=com.nokia.profiled /com/nokia/profiled com.nokia.profiled.set_profile string:"silent"
Query current profile
dbus-send --type=method_call --print-reply --dest=com.nokia.profiled /com/nokia/profiled com.nokia.profiled.get_profile
List all profiles
dbus-send --type=method_call --print-reply --dest=com.nokia.profiled /com/nokia/profiled com.nokia.profiled.get_profiles
LED
Activate LEDs
dbus-send --system --type=method_call --dest=com.nokia.mce /com/nokia/mce/request com.nokia.mce.request.req_led_pattern_activate string:"PatternCommunicationIM"
Deactivate LEDs
dbus-send --system --type=method_call --dest=com.nokia.mce /com/nokia/mce/request com.nokia.mce.request.req_led_pattern_deactivate string:"PatternCommunicationIM"
Messaging
New e-mail
dbus-send --type=method_call --dest=com.nokia.modest /com/nokia/modest com.nokia.modest.MailTo string:"mailto:"
Send and receive e-mail
It works, but it takes up to 2 minutes for modest to start refreshing and after that it depends on the speed of the connection how fast it is going to be completed, usually up to 5 seconds, 2G can be a bit slower.
dbus-send --type=method_call --dest=com.nokia.modest /com/nokia/modest com.nokia.modest.SendReceive
Set presence
dbus-send --type=method_call --print-reply --dest=org.freedesktop.Telepathy.MissionControl /org/freedesktop/Telepathy/MissionControl org.freedesktop.Telepathy.MissionControl.SetPresence uint32:2 string:"I'm here"
Note: This method does not work in Maemo 5. Workaround: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=55686
Change peak_schedule settings
Check:
run-standalone.sh gconftool-2 -R /apps/activesync
Set (check if yours is named ActiveSyncAccount1):
run-standalone.sh gconftool-2 --set /apps/activesync/ActiveSyncAccount1/schedule/peak_schedule --type=int 15
Where the last number is one of the following (as standard in GUI):
- 0 = Always on
- -1 = Manual
- 15 = Every 15 minutes
- 30 = Every 30 minutes
- 60 = Every hour
- 240 = Every 4 hours
- 720 = Every 12 hours
Media player
Open file in media player
dbus-send --print-reply --dest=com.nokia.mediaplayer /com/nokia/mediaplayer com.nokia.mediaplayer.mime_open string:"file:///$1"
Pause what's currently playing
dbus-send --dest=com.nokia.mafw.renderer.Mafw-Gst-Renderer-Plugin.gstrenderer /com/nokia/mafw/renderer/gstrenderer com.nokia.mafw.renderer.pause
Stop what's currently playing
dbus-send --dest=com.nokia.mafw.renderer.Mafw-Gst-Renderer-Plugin.gstrenderer /com/nokia/mafw/renderer/gstrenderer com.nokia.mafw.renderer.stop
Play what's currently selected
dbus-send --dest=com.nokia.mafw.renderer.Mafw-Gst-Renderer-Plugin.gstrenderer /com/nokia/mafw/renderer/gstrenderer com.nokia.mafw.renderer.play
Unpause what's currently selected
dbus-send --dest=com.nokia.mafw.renderer.Mafw-Gst-Renderer-Plugin.gstrenderer /com/nokia/mafw/renderer/gstrenderer com.nokia.mafw.renderer.resume
Play next mediafile
dbus-send --dest=com.nokia.mafw.renderer.Mafw-Gst-Renderer-Plugin.gstrenderer /com/nokia/mafw/renderer/gstrenderer com.nokia.mafw.renderer.next
Play previous mediafile
dbus-send --dest=com.nokia.mafw.renderer.Mafw-Gst-Renderer-Plugin.gstrenderer /com/nokia/mafw/renderer/gstrenderer com.nokia.mafw.renderer.previous
Notifications
Send notification (orange one line popup)
dbus-send --type=method_call --dest=org.freedesktop.Notifications /org/freedesktop/Notifications org.freedesktop.Notifications.SystemNoteInfoprint string:"NOTIFICATION"
Send dialog notification (orange multi line popup requiring user interaction)
dbus-send --type=method_call --dest=org.freedesktop.Notifications /org/freedesktop/Notifications org.freedesktop.Notifications.SystemNoteDialog string:"QUESTION?" uint32:0 string:"OK"
Not sure what string "OK" does, but it is needed and can be anything.
Securing
Lock
dbus-send --system --type=method_call --dest=com.nokia.system_ui /com/nokia/system_ui/request com.nokia.system_ui.request.devlock_open string:"com.nokia.mce" string:"/com/nokia/mce/request" string:"com.nokia.mce.request" string:"devlock_callback" uint32:'3'
Unlock
dbus-send --system --type=method_call --dest=com.nokia.system_ui /com/nokia/system_ui/request com.nokia.system_ui.request.devlock_close string:"com.nokia.mce" string:"/com/nokia/mce/request" string:"com.nokia.mce.request" string:"devlock_callback" uint32:'0'
Lock screen and keys
dbus-send --system --type=method_call --dest=com.nokia.mce /com/nokia/mce/request com.nokia.mce.request.req_tklock_mode_change string:"locked"
Unlock screen and keys
dbus-send --system --type=method_call --dest=com.nokia.mce /com/nokia/mce/request com.nokia.mce.request.req_tklock_mode_change string:"unlocked"
Networking
Enable ICD log
There are two methods to enable ICD logs
1. Print to the syslog:
(1)Use the following cmd (2)$ syslogd (3)$ icd2 –l0 (4)The log will print to the /var/log/syslog
2. Print to the standard output
(1)Get the source code of icd2 (2)Add the begging of source code of “support/osso-log.h” "#define OSSOLOG_STDOUT" (3)$ icd2 –l0 (4)The log will print to the standard output
Connect to specific saved connection
dbus-send --system --type=method_call --dest=com.nokia.icd /com/nokia/icd com.nokia.icd.connect string:"IAP_ID" uint32:0
IAP_ID is internet access point identifier and can be obtained with the following command:
gconftool -R /system/osso/connectivity/IAP
Find lines which matches /system/osso/connectivity/IAP/<IAP_ID>
For GPRS connections replace "@32@" with a space in IAP_ID string.
Keep in mind that phone has to be disconnected in order to connect via this call. If not, an error message will occur if you add --print-reply to the dbus-send command.
Connect to any saved connection
dbus-send --system --type=method_call --dest=com.nokia.icd /com/nokia/icd com.nokia.icd.connect string:"[ANY]" uint32:0
Disconnect internet
ICD2
dbus-send --print-reply --system --dest=com.nokia.icd2 /com/nokia/icd2 com.nokia.icd2.disconnect_req uint32:0x8000
ICD
dbus-send --system --dest=com.nokia.icd /com/nokia/icd_ui com.nokia.icd_ui.disconnect boolean:true
On PR1.2 : Error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod: Method "disconnect" with signature "b" on interface "com.nokia.icd_ui" doesn't exist
Connect (show change connection UI)
dbus-send --system --type=method_call --dest=com.nokia.icd_ui /com/nokia/icd_ui com.nokia.icd_ui.show_conn_dlg boolean:false
If "boolean:true" at the end, one-line notification saying "No saved connections available" appears. Maybe affects more than that? Most likely, boolean:true leads to using saved connections if there are any, and boolean:false forces to display the connection dialog.
Enable cellular radio
dbus-send --system --type=method_call --dest=com.nokia.phone.SSC /com/nokia/phone/SSC com.nokia.phone.SSC.set_radio boolean:true
Disable cellular radio
dbus-send --system --type=method_call --dest=com.nokia.phone.SSC /com/nokia/phone/SSC com.nokia.phone.SSC.set_radio boolean:false
Radio mode
2G
dbus-send --system --type=method_call --dest=com.nokia.phone.net /com/nokia/phone/net Phone.Net.set_selected_radio_access_technology byte:1
3G
dbus-send --system --type=method_call --dest=com.nokia.phone.net /com/nokia/phone/net Phone.Net.set_selected_radio_access_technology byte:2
Dual
dbus-send --system --type=method_call --dest=com.nokia.phone.net /com/nokia/phone/net Phone.Net.set_selected_radio_access_technology byte:0
Bluetooth
Identify adapter path
You need to know adapter path in order to send D-Bus call to the right place. You can get it with entering this command into the terminal:
dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=org.bluez / org.bluez.Manager.ListAdapters | awk -F'"' '/at/ {print $2}'
Enable
Using the adapter path value returned with previous command, for example /org/bluez/906/hci0.
dbus-send --system --type=method_call --dest=org.bluez /org/bluez/906/hci0 org.bluez.Adapter.SetProperty string:Powered variant:boolean:true
This one automatically inserts adapter path:
dbus-send --system --type=method_call --dest=org.bluez $(dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=org.bluez / org.bluez.Manager.ListAdapters | awk -F'"' '/at/ {print $2}') org.bluez.Adapter.SetProperty string:Powered variant:boolean:true
Disable
dbus-send --system --type=method_call --dest=org.bluez /org/bluez/906/hci0 org.bluez.Adapter.SetProperty string:Powered variant:boolean:false
With auto-discovery of adapter path:
dbus-send --system --type=method_call --dest=org.bluez $(dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=org.bluez / org.bluez.Manager.ListAdapters | awk -F'"' '/at/ {print $2}') org.bluez.Adapter.SetProperty string:Powered variant:boolean:false
Connect to specific device
devmac=00:11:22:33:44:55
service=AudioSink
adapter=$(dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=org.bluez / org.bluez.Manager.ListAdapters | awk -F'"' '/at/ {print $2}')
device=$(dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=org.bluez ${adapter} org.bluez.Adapter.FindDevice string:${devmac} | sed -ne 's/^.*object path //p' -e 's/"//g')
dbus-send --system --type=method_call --print-reply --dest=org.bluez ${device} org.bluez.${service}.Connect
Change the AudoSink to any service and the devmac to the MAC of bluetooth device.
Check for updates
dbus-send --type=method_call --dest=com.nokia.hildon_application_manager /com/nokia/hildon_application_manager com.nokia.hildon_application_manager.check_for_updates
Open link in browser
dbus-send --system --type=method_call --dest=com.nokia.osso_browser /com/nokia/osso_browser/request com.nokia.osso_browser.load_url string:"google.com"
Set volume
dbus-send --type=method_call --dest=com.nokia.mafw.renderer.Mafw-Gst-Renderer-Plugin.gstrenderer /com/nokia/mafw/renderer/gstrenderer com.nokia.mafw.extension.set_extension_property string:volume variant:uint32:50
The value can be between 0 and 100.
Reboot
dbus-send --system --type=method_call --print-reply --dest=com.nokia.mce "/com/nokia/mce/request" com.nokia.mce.request.req_reboot
This is same as rebooting from power key menu (needs uncommenting in certain XML file to appear) and has been identified as insecure way to reboot the device (no filesystem synchronization, etc.). Better command is to simply enter "reboot" in root terminal.
Shutdown
dbus-send --system --type=method_call --print-reply --dest=com.nokia.mce "/com/nokia/mce/request" com.nokia.mce.request.req_shutdown
See warning at reboot D-Bus call (needs testing).
Show dashboard
dbus-send /com/nokia/hildon_desktop com.nokia.hildon_desktop.exit_app_view
Other
D-Bus Scripts
You can also use dbus-scripts to execute any command when various actions are triggered on D-Bus.
Panucci (pause)
dbus-send --type=method_call --dest=org.panucci.panucciInterface /panucciInterface org.panucci.panucciInterface.playPause
Device Orientation
dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=com.nokia.mce /com/nokia/mce/request com.nokia.mce.request.get_device_orientation
GConf
Reset GPRS data counter
The commands are PR1.2 compliant and do not work on previous versions.
gconftool-2 -u /system/osso/connectivity/network_type/GPRS/gprs_home_rx_bytes gconftool-2 -u /system/osso/connectivity/network_type/GPRS/gprs_home_tx_bytes gconftool-2 -s /system/osso/connectivity/network_type/GPRS/gprs_home_reset_time --type=string $(date +%s)
Command line
Enable FM Transmitter
/usr/bin/fmtx_client -p 1
Disable FM Transmitter
/usr/bin/fmtx_client -p 0
GStreamer
Take a picture with front camera
gst-launch v4l2src device=/dev/video1 num-buffers=1 ! ffmpegcolorspace ! jpegenc ! filesink location=frontcam.jpg
Shoot photo after 10 seconds
The camera application must be off for it to work. And of course the camera shutter must be open...gst-launch comes with gstreamer-tools (or gst-launch-0.10 and gstreamer0.10-tools)
/bin/sleep 10 ; /usr/bin/gst-launch v4l2camsrc device=/dev/video0 num-buffers=1 \! video/x-raw-yuv,width=2592,height=1968 \! ffmpegcolorspace \! jpegenc \! filesink location=/home/user/MyDocs/DCIM/photo.jpg
To shoot from the front camera, change /dev/video0 to /dev/video1 and the proper resolution:
/bin/sleep 10 ; /usr/bin/gst-launch v4l2camsrc device=/dev/video1 num-buffers=1 \! video/x-raw-yuv,width=640,height=480 \! ffmpegcolorspace \! jpegenc \! filesink location=/home/user/MyDocs/DCIM/photo.jpg
Other way:
/bin/sleep 10; /usr/bin/gst-launch v4l2camsrc ! ffmpegcolorspace ! jpegenc ! identity error-after=1 ! filesink location=/home/user/MyDocs/DCIM/photo.jpg
Python
Make a phone call via the cellular network
import dbus def place_call(number): bus = dbus.SystemBus() csd_call = dbus.Interface(bus.get_object('com.nokia.csd', '/com/nokia/csd/call'), 'com.nokia.csd.Call') csd_call.CreateWith(str(number), dbus.UInt32(0))
Make a phone call via SIP
#!/usr/bin/python import dbus import sys # Get the target phone number (or SIP address) from the command line TARGET = sys.argv[1]; # Configure the telepathy path to the SofiaSIP account that we wish to use. # Use "mc-tool list" (from the libmissioncontrol-utils package) to see your accounts. SIP_ACCOUNT = 'sofiasip/sip/_31234567_40sipgate_2eco_2euk0' # This gets us a connnection to the session bus bus = dbus.SessionBus() # This sets up a path to the SIP account within telepathy. PATH = '/org/freedesktop/Telepathy/Account/' PATH += SIP_ACCOUNT # This sets up a proxy object as a "handle" to the AccountManager of our target account account = bus.get_object('org.freedesktop.Telepathy.AccountManager', PATH) # This launches the actual SIP call with a method call to EnsureChannel on that object account.EnsureChannel( \ dbus.Dictionary({ dbus.String(u'org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Channel.TargetHandleType'): dbus.UInt32(1), dbus.String(u'org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Channel.ChannelType'): dbus.String(u'org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Channel.Type.StreamedMedia'), dbus.String(u'org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Channel.TargetID'): dbus.String(TARGET), }, signature='sv'), dbus.UInt64(0), dbus.String(''), dbus_interface='com.nokia.Account.Interface.ChannelRequests') sys.exit(0)
Send SMS
ssms.py using new QtMobility bindings by ossipena:
#!/usr/bin/env python # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- #ssms Ossipena/TimoP #send smses from command line #licence : Do whatever you want #deps: #pyside-qt4 #pyside-mobility '''imports''' from QtMobility.Messaging import * from PySide.QtCore import * import sys from PyQt4 import QtCore app = QCoreApplication(sys.argv) '''get number and name''' stringit = sys.argv numpertemp = str(stringit[1:2]) mesits = str(stringit[2:])[2:-2] num = str(numpertemp[2:-2]) if (mesits == ""): print "Usage:" print "python ssms.py 01234567 'message text here'" sys.exit(69) else: print "number is " + str(num) print "message is " + str(mesits) '''define message to be sent''' numperi = QtCore.QString(num) numper = QMessageAddress(QMessageAddress.Phone, numperi) mesitsi = QMessage() mesitsi.setType(QMessage.Sms) mesitsi.setTo(numper) mesitsi.setBody(mesits) '''send message''' sender = QMessageService() if (sender.send(mesitsi)): print "success" else: print "fail"
From: http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=548948&postcount=52
#!/usr/bin/env python2.5 import pexpect import time from subprocess import * child = pexpect.spawn('pnatd'); child.send('at\r'); time.sleep(0.25); child.send('at+cmgf=1\r'); time.sleep(0.25); child.send('at+cmgs="+XXXXXXX"\r'); child.send('SMSTEXTSMSTEXTSMSTEXT'); child.send(chr(26)); child.send(chr(26)); child.sendeof();
There's also a python script that uses D-Bus instead from http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=558430&postcount=57:
#!/usr/bin/env python2.5 import sched, time import dbus import gobject from dbus.mainloop.glib import DBusGMainLoop def octify(str): ''' Returns a list of octet bytes representing each char of the input str. ''' bytes = map(ord, str) bitsconsumed = 0 referencebit = 7 octets = [] while len(bytes): byte = bytes.pop(0) byte = byte >> bitsconsumed try: nextbyte = bytes[0] bitstocopy = (nextbyte & (0xff >> referencebit)) << referencebit octet = (byte | bitstocopy) except: octet = (byte | 0x00) if bitsconsumed != 7: octets.append(byte | bitstocopy) bitsconsumed += 1 referencebit -= 1 else: bitsconsumed = 0 referencebit = 7 return octets def semi_octify(str): ''' Expects a string containing two digits. Returns an octet - first nibble in the octect is the first digit and the second nibble represents the second digit. ''' try: digit_1 = int(str[0]) digit_2 = int(str[1]) octet = (digit_2 << 4) | digit_1 except: octet = (1 << 4) | digit_1 return octet def deoctify(arr): referencebit = 1 doctect = [] bnext = 0x00 for i in arr: bcurr = ((i & (0xff >> referencebit)) << referencebit) >> 1 bcurr = bcurr | bnext if referencebit != 7: doctect.append( bcurr ) bnext = (i & (0xff << (8 - referencebit)) ) >> 8 - referencebit referencebit += 1 else: doctect.append( bcurr ) bnext = (i & (0xff << (8 - referencebit)) ) >> 8 - referencebit doctect.append( bnext ) bnext = 0x00 referencebit = 1 return ''.join([chr(i) for i in doctect]) def createPDUmessage(number, msg): ''' Returns a list of bytes to represent a valid PDU message ''' numlength = len(number) if (numlength % 2) == 0: rangelength = numlength else: number = number + 'F' rangelength = len(number) octifiednumber = [ semi_octify(number[i:i+2]) for i in range(0,rangelength,2) ] octifiedmsg = octify(msg) HEADER = 1 FIRSTOCTETOFSMSDELIVERMSG = 10 ADDR_TYPE = 129 #unknown format number_length = len(number) msg_length = len(msg) pdu_message = [HEADER, FIRSTOCTETOFSMSDELIVERMSG, number_length, ADDR_TYPE] pdu_message.extend(octifiednumber) pdu_message.append(0) pdu_message.append(0) pdu_message.append(msg_length) pdu_message.extend(octifiedmsg) return pdu_message def sendmessage(number, message): bus = dbus.SystemBus() smsobject = bus.get_object('com.nokia.phone.SMS', '/com/nokia/phone/SMS/ba212ae1') smsiface = dbus.Interface(smsobject, 'com.nokia.csd.SMS.Outgoing') arr = dbus.Array(createPDUmessage(number.replace('+', '00'), message)) msg = dbus.Array([arr]) smsiface.Send(msg,'') def callback(pdumsg, msgcenter, somestring, sendernumber): msglength = int(pdumsg[18]) msgarray = pdumsg[19:len(pdumsg)] msg = deoctify(msgarray) if msg > 0: print 'New message received from %s' % sendernumber print 'Message length %d' % msglength print 'Message: %s' % msg if msg == "ping": print "Sending reply: pong" sendmessage(sendernumber.replace("+","00"), "pong") else: print "Unknown command" def listen(): DBusGMainLoop(set_as_default=True) bus = dbus.SystemBus() #should connect to system bus instead of session because the former is where the incoming signals come from bus.add_signal_receiver(callback, path='/com/nokia/phone/SMS', dbus_interface='Phone.SMS', signal_name='IncomingSegment') gobject.MainLoop().run() if __name__ == '__main__': import time def schedule_task(schedule, fn, *args): import sched s = sched.scheduler(time.time, time.sleep) startTime = time.mktime(time.strptime(schedule, '%b %d %H:%M %Y')) s.enterabs(startTime, 0, fn, args) s.run() import getopt, sys try: opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:],"hlt:", ["help","listen","time="]) except getopt.GetoptError, err: # print help information and exit: print str(err) # will print something like "option -a not recognized" usage() sys.exit(2) listening = False timeofday = '' for opt, arg in opts: if opt in ("-h", "--help"): usage() sys.exit() elif opt in ("-l", "--listen"): listening = True elif opt in ("-t", "--time"): timeofday = arg else: assert False, "unhandled option" number = args[0] msg = args[1] if msg != '': if timeofday == '': sendmessage(number, msg) else: today = time.strftime('%b %d x %Y', time.localtime()) schedule = today.replace('x', timeofday) schedule_task(schedule, sendmessage, number, msg) if listening: listen()
Send dialog notification (orange multi line popup requiring user interaction)
import dbus def show_notification_dialog(message, mode="single"): bus = dbus.SystemBus() iface = dbus.Interface(bus.get_object('org.freedesktop.Notifications', '/org/freedesktop/Notifications'), 'org.freedesktop.Notifications') if mode == "single": iface.SystemNoteInfoprint(message) elif mode == "multiline": iface.SystemNoteDialog(str(message), dbus.UInt32(0), 'Ok')
This function allows you to show notification either with multiline (on Maemo pre-5 it will show a dialog with an "Ok" button) or single line (tiny notifications hiding automatically).
Take a screenshot
import gtk.gdk w = gtk.gdk.get_default_root_window() sz = w.get_size() print "The size of the window is %d x %d" % sz pb = gtk.gdk.Pixbuf(gtk.gdk.COLORSPACE_RGB,False,8,sz[0],sz[1]) pb = pb.get_from_drawable(w,w.get_colormap(),0,0,0,0,sz[0],sz[1]) if (pb != None): pb.save("screenshot.png","png") print "Screenshot saved to screenshot.png." else: print "Unable to get the screenshot."
Credits: took code from here.
There is also a way using PyQt:
import sys import time from PyQt4.QtGui import QPixmap, QApplication app = QApplication(sys.argv) file = "/home/user/MyDocs/.images/Screenshots/Screenshot-"+time.strftime("%Y%m%d")+"-"+time.strftime("%H%M%S")+".png" QPixmap.grabWindow(QApplication.desktop().winId()).save(file, 'png')
Make an "Email Style" notification dialog
import dbus bus = dbus.SessionBus() proxy = bus.get_object('org.freedesktop.Notifications', '/org/freedesktop/Notifications') interface = dbus.Interface(proxy,dbus_interface='org.freedesktop.Notifications') interface.Notify('Notification', 0, 'control_bluetooth_paired', 'Testing 123', 'Hello World', [], {}, 0)
Credits: MohammadAG (on irc).