Pympress package

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Modules

pympress.util – various utility functions

pympress.util.fileopen(f)[source]

Call the right function to open files, based on the platform.

Parameters:f (str) – path to the file to open
pympress.util.get_default_config()[source]

Returns the path to the configuration file containing the defaults.

Returns:The path to the portable configuration file.
Return type:str
pympress.util.get_icon_path(name)[source]

Load an image from pympress’ resources in a Gdk Pixbuf.

Parameters:name (str) – The name of the icon to load
Returns:The loaded icon
Return type:Pixbuf
pympress.util.get_locale_dir()[source]

Returns the path to the locale directory.

Returns:The path to the locale directory
Return type:str
pympress.util.get_log_path()[source]

Returns the appropriate path to the log file in the user app dirs.

Returns:path to the log file.
Return type:str
pympress.util.get_portable_config()[source]

Returns the path to the configuration file for a portable install (i.e. in the install root).

Returns:The path to the portable configuration file.
Return type:str
pympress.util.get_pympress_meta()[source]

Get metadata (version, etc) from pympress’ __init__.py or git describe.

Returns:metadata properties (version, contributors) mapped to their values
Return type:dict
pympress.util.get_ui_resource_file(name, ext='.glade')[source]

Load an UI definition file from pympress’ resources.

Parameters:
  • name (str) – The name of the UI to load
  • ext (str) – The extension of the file
Returns:

The full path to the glade file
Return type:

str
pympress.util.get_user_config()[source]

Returns the path to the configuration file in the user config directory.

Returns:path to the user configuration file.
Return type:str
pympress.util.hard_set_screensaver(disabled)[source]

Enable or disable the screensaver.

Parameters:disabled (bool) – if True, indicates that the screensaver must be disabled; otherwise it will be enabled
pympress.util.list_icons()[source]

List the icons from pympress’ resources.

Returns:The paths to the icons in the pixmaps directory
Return type:list of str
pympress.util.load_style_provider(style_provider)[source]

Load the css and in a style provider.

Parameters:style_provider (CssProvider) – The style provider in which to load CSS
Returns:The style provider with CSS loaded
Return type:CssProvider