example program - FuzzyTime

[clasqm]

This little desktop applet will appear on my repo soon with source included. I post it here just to give people an example of yab in action. It uses a 3rd-party python script called fuzzy_time.py, which you can get from SourceForge, and wraps a minimalist GUI around it.



It took me about two to three hours to write, and I'm sure that shows in the quality of the code There are too manyglobal variables, the capitalization of variables is inconsistent ... works, though.

Code:

#!/bin/env yab
################################
############# Prologue #############
################################

//Yabadabbadoo notification
########DO NOT RENAME THIS FILE!########
//Yabadabbadoo needs it to function.

//ProgramName$ = "FuzzyTime"
//AuthorName$ = "Michel Clasquin-Johnson <clasqm@gmail.com>"
//ProgramVersion$ = "V0.1"
//ProgramBriefDescription$ = "Displays the date and time in \"fuzzy\" format."
//ProgramLicense$ = "Public Domain"
//ProgramAcknowledgements$ ="With thanks to Chris Tsai for fuzzy_time.py"

//*************************
//*****Global Variables****
//*************************

## Technically, yab does not require you to declare global variables,
##It just is a really, really good idea to do it anyway.
// set DEBUG = 1 to print out all messages on the console
DEBUG = 0
//change this to DEBUG = 0 when you are ready to bind the program for distribution

//see if a settings file exist. If so, read positions
open #1,"/boot/home/config/settings/FuzzyTime.settings", "a": close #1 //create the file if it does not exist
open "/boot/home/config/settings/FuzzyTime.settings" for reading as #1
line input #1 across
line input #1 updown
close #1
if across = 0 or updown = 0 then //ie if the settings file was empty
    across = 100
    updown = 100
endif
xwidth = 150
yheight = 75
acrossend = across + xwidth
updownend = updown + yheight
moving=0
DefaultInterval=60

  
##########################
######Preliminary Commands#####
##########################

## Commands to run before the Main Loop come here.
## e.g. setting up a window with a menu.

IntervalStart=GetTiming()
OpenWindow()

#######End of Prologue#######


//Yabadabbadoo notification
########DO NOT RENAME THIS FILE!########
//Yabadabbadoo needs it to function.

//Main Message Loop
dim msg$(1)
while(not leavingLoop)
    nCommands = token(message$, msg$(), "|")
    for everyCommand = 1 to nCommands
        if(DEBUG and msg$(everyCommand)<>"") print msg$(everyCommand)
        switch(msg$(everyCommand))
            case "_QuitRequested":
            case "MainWindow:_QuitRequested":
                Ask2Leave()
                break
            case "MainWindow:Help:About":
                Alert ProgramName$ + " " + ProgramVersion$ + "\n" + "by " + AuthorName$ +"\n\n" + ProgramBriefDescription$ + "\n" + ProgramLicense$ + "\n" + ProgramAcknowledgements$, "OK", "none"
            default:
                break
        end switch
    next everyCommand
    CheckMouse()
    if GetTiming() - IntervalStart >DefaultInterval then
        PrintTime()
        IntervalStart = GetTiming()
    endif
wend

sub Ask2Leave()
    local getout
    getout= Alert "Do you want to Quit FuzzyTime?","Quit","Cancel","","Warning"
    switch getout
        case 1
            across=Window Get "MainWindow", "Position-X"
            updown=Window Get "MainWindow", "Position-Y"
            open "/boot/home/config/settings/FuzzyTime.settings" for writing as #1
            print #1 across
            print #1 updown
            close #1
            CloseWindow()
            end
            break
        default
            break
    end switch
end sub

sub CheckMouse()
local mouse$, num, w$(5)
    mouse$ = MOUSE MESSAGE$ ("MainWindow")
    num=token(mouse$, w$(), ":")
    if w$(5)<>"0" Ask2Leave()
    if w$(3)<>"0" MoveWindow()
    wait 0.1 // avoid flickering
end sub

sub CloseWindow()
    //Close down the main window
    window close "MainWindow"
end sub

sub GetTiming()
    local num, w$(4)
    num=token(time$,w$(),"-")
    return val(w$(4))
end sub

sub MoveWindow()
    if moving= 0 then
        window set "MainWindow", "look", "bordered"
        moving = 1
        return
    endif
    if moving = 1 then
        window set "MainWindow", "look", "floating"
        moving = 0
        return
    endif
end sub

sub OpenWindow()
window open across,updown to acrossend, updownend, "MainWindow", "FuzzyTime"
    window set "MainWindow", "look", "bordered"
    window set "MainWindow", "Flags", "Accept-First-Click"
    window set "MainWindow", "Flags", "not-resizable"
    window set "MainWindow", "Flags", "not-zoomable"
    Window set "MainWindow", "Workspace", "All"
    redc=255: greenc=250: bluec=170
    for f = yheight/2 to 0 step -1
        draw set "highcolor", redc, greenc, bluec, "MainWindow"
        draw line 0, f to xwidth,f, "MainWindow"
        greenc=greenc-1: bluec = bluec -4
    next f
    redc=255: greenc=250: bluec=170
    for f = yheight/2 to yheight
        draw set "highcolor", redc, greenc, bluec, "MainWindow"
        draw line 0, f to xwidth,f, "MainWindow"
        greenc=greenc-1: bluec = bluec -4
    next f

    draw set "highcolor", 0,0,0, "MainWindow"
    Tooltip "MainWindow", "Left-click to move,\nor right-click to Quit."
    textedit 5, 5 to xwidth -5, yheight -5, "TimeBox", 0, "MainWindow"
    textedit set "TimeBox", "wordwrap", true
    textedit set "TimeBox", "editable", false
    textedit color "TimeBox", "bgcolor", 255,250,170
    Tooltip "TimeBox", "Left-click BORDER to move,\nor right-click BORDER to Quit."
    PrintTime()
end sub

sub PrintTime()
    local the_time$
    the_time$ = system$("fuzzy_time.py")
    the_time$ = left$(the_time$,len(the_time$)-1) //strip off trailing newline
    textedit clear "TimeBox"
    textedit add "TimeBox", the_time$
end sub

########################################
###DATA statements, if any, come here###
########################################

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Ouch! that case statement "case "MainWindow:Help:About":" should not be in there.

[bbjimmy]

I had to modify fuzzy_time.py for 12 hour instead of 24 hour time, but it works!

[clasqm]

I had to modify fuzzy_time.py for 12 hour instead of 24 hour time, but it works!

Yes, I did the same with the version I bundled in the repo package.