#!/usr/bin/env python # -*- encoding: utf-8 -*- """ This example script exports a menu model on the session bus under the name com.canonical.testmenu and at the object path /com/canonical/testmenu. The menu model contains items that have attributes with custom values, as well as sub-menus. """ import sys from gi.repository import Gio from gi.repository import GLib BUS_NAME = 'com.canonical.testmenu' BUS_OBJECT_PATH = '/com/canonical/testmenu' if __name__ == '__main__': bus = Gio.bus_get_sync(Gio.BusType.SESSION, None) # Claim well-known bus name and ensure only one instance of self is running # at any given time. # http://dbus.freedesktop.org/doc/dbus-specification.html#message-bus-names proxy = Gio.DBusProxy.new_sync(bus, 0, None, 'org.freedesktop.DBus', '/org/freedesktop/DBus', 'org.freedesktop.DBus', None) result = proxy.RequestName('(su)', BUS_NAME, 0x4) if result != 1 : print >> sys.stderr, ("Name '%s' is already owned on the session bus." "Aborting.") % BUS_NAME sys.exit(1) menu = Gio.Menu() foo = Gio.MenuItem.new('foo', 'app.foo') foo.set_attribute_value('x-additionaltext', GLib.Variant.new_string('lorem ipsum')) foo.set_attribute_value('x-enabled', GLib.Variant.new_boolean(True)) menu.append_item(foo) bar = Gio.MenuItem.new('bar', 'app.bar') bar.set_attribute_value('x-defaultvalue', GLib.Variant.new_string('Hello World!')) bar.set_attribute_value('x-canonical-currentvalue', GLib.Variant.new_string('awesome')) bar.set_attribute_value('x-velocity', GLib.Variant.new_uint64(83374)) menu.append_item(bar) menu.append('bleh', 'app.bleh') submenu = Gio.Menu() submenu.append('submenu A', 'app.suba') submenu2 = Gio.Menu() submenu2.append('submenu2 A', 'app.sub2a') submenu2.append('submenu2 B', 'app.sub2b') submenu2.append('submenu2 C', 'app.sub2c') submenu.append_submenu('submenu submenu', submenu2) submenu.append('submenu C', 'app.subc') menu.append_submenu('submenu', submenu) menu.append('baz', 'app.baz') bus.export_menu_model(BUS_OBJECT_PATH, menu) GLib.MainLoop().run()