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genisis300

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From: Uk

Registered: 2008-01-15

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Comments / suggestions openbox keybinding script

Hi All,
i'm learning python and have writen a script to add keybindings (it might be usefull)

anyway looking for sugestions on my coding in python.
Thanks
Matthew

#!/usr/bin/python -O

### Keybinding tool for openbox
### args keybind startupnotify command name
import sys

def checksysargs ():
    test=""
    if len(sys.argv) < 5:
        print "wrong number of arguments"
        print sys.argv[0] +" Keybind, startup notification (true/false), Command, keybind name"
        sys.exit(1)
    return



### check  args
    checksysargs()
### copy sys args to XML template
    newaction = sys.argv[1]
    startup = sys.argv[2]
    command = sys.argv[3]
    name = sys.argv[4]    
### Setup lists etc
    newkeybinds=[]
    filename="test.xml"
    newlist = []
    newlist1 = []
    newlist2 = []
    each=""
    a=0   ## our reusable counter :)
    positionstore = 0 ### store position of <keyboard>
    endposition=0  ## hopefully store end of the keybind section
`    temp="" ## used for temp stuff

##open file
FILE = open(filename,"r")
## read contents
contents=FILE.read()
FILE.close()

##convert contents to a list
newlist = contents.split('\n')

for spaces in newlist:
    newlist1.append(spaces)


while not a ==(len(newlist1)):
    each=newlist1[a]
    
    if each=="  <keyboard>":
        positionstore=a
        while not newlist1[a]=="  </keyboard>":  ##not working
            newlist2.append(newlist1[a])
            endposition=a
            a=a+1
         
    a=a +1


### newlist2 is the keyboard section
###create data structure for XML output
XML1="    <keybind key=" +'"'+ newaction +'"' + ">"
XML2='     <action name="Execute">'
XML3='      <startupnotify>'
XML4='       <enabled>' + startup + '</enabled>'
XML5='       <name>' + name + '</name>'
XML6='      </startupnotify>'    
XML7='      <command>' + command + '</command>'
XML8='     </action'
XML9='    </keybind>'    
#add that to the list
newlist2.append(XML1)
newlist2.append(XML2)
newlist2.append(XML3)
newlist2.append(XML4)
newlist2.append(XML5)
newlist2.append(XML6)
newlist2.append(XML7)
newlist2.append(XML8)
newlist2.append(XML9)

    

outputlist=[]
#print newlist1[positionstore]
print positionstore
print len(newlist2)
a=0 ## reset counter
while not a == positionstore:
    outputlist.append(newlist1[a])
    a=a+1
    
a=0
while not a==len(newlist2):
    outputlist.append(newlist2[a])
    a=a+1
    

print newlist1[endposition+1]
a=endposition+1
while not a == len(newlist1):
    outputlist.append(newlist1[a])
    a=a+1


FILE2 = open("test.xml","w")
a=0  ## reset counter
while not a == (len(outputlist)):
    temp=outputlist[a]
    FILE2.write (temp+'\n')
    a=a+1
FILE2.close

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