changeset 16795:db06d4a18246

Add a python script plugins/startup.py which will first check whether a client with the same home directory is running. If so, it will do a purple_blist_show() and exit. Otherwise, it will start the client. Usage example: startup.py pidgin -c /tmp/ I wanted to do a purple_notify_ to notify the user. But because we can't/ don't expose functions with callbacks as parameters to dbus, that was not possible.

--- a/libpurple/plugins/Makefile.am	Wed May 02 16:14:09 2007 +0000
+++ b/libpurple/plugins/Makefile.am	Wed May 02 16:18:45 2007 +0000
@@ -122,7 +122,8 @@
 	filectl.c \
 	fortuneprofile.pl \
 	ipc-test-client.c \
-	ipc-test-server.c
+	ipc-test-server.c \
+	startup.py
 
 AM_CPPFLAGS = \
 	-DDATADIR=\"$(datadir)\" \

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/libpurple/plugins/startup.py	Wed May 02 16:18:45 2007 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# Makes sure only one purple instance is running
+#
+# Purple is the legal property of its developers, whose names are too numerous
+# to list here.  Please refer to the COPYRIGHT file distributed with this
+# source distribution.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+#
+
+import sys
+import dbus
+import os
+
+home = os.path.expanduser('~/.purple/')
+for arg in range(1, len(sys.argv[1:])):
+	if sys.argv[arg] == "-c":
+		home = os.path.expanduser(sys.argv[arg + 1])
+		break
+
+bus = dbus.SessionBus()
+
+try:
+	obj = bus.get_object("im.pidgin.purple.PurpleService", "/im/pidgin/purple/PurpleObject")
+	purple = dbus.Interface(obj, "im.pidgin.purple.PurpleInterface")
+	userdir = purple.PurpleUserDir()
+	if not os.path.isabs(userdir):
+		userdir = os.path.join(purple.PurpleHomeDir(), userdir)
+	if home == userdir:
+		print "Already running."
+		purple.PurpleBlistShow()
+	else:
+		print "Starting client from a different home directory."
+		raise
+except:
+	os.execlp(sys.argv[1], " ".join(sys.argv[2:]))