sendNote

#!/usr/bin/env python
#-*- coding: utf-8 -*-
#
# author: Thorben Casper
# created on: 2017/08/14


#import sys
#from PyQt5 import QtWidgets,QtGui
#from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QSystemTrayIcon,QApplication
#
#class SystemTrayIcon(QSystemTrayIcon):
#    def __init__(self, icon, parent=None):
#        super(SystemTrayIcon,self).__init__(icon,parent)
#        if self.isSystemTrayAvailable():
#            print('system tray is available')
#        if not self.supportsMessages():
#            print('system messages are supported')
#        print('attempting to send system message')
#        self.show()
#        self.showMessage('hello world','this is the first messsage')


# the following requires Ubuntu package python-notify (only for Python2, not working with anaconda)
#import sys                                                  # only with anaconda
#sys.path.append('/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gtk-2.0') # only with anaconda
#sys.path.append('/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/')        # only with anaconda
#import pynotify
#
#def sendmessage(title, message):
#    pynotify.init("Test")
#    notice = pynotify.Notification(title, message)
#    notice.show()
#    return


# the following requires pip package py-notify (current version 0.3.1). However, package seems badly documented and it could not be figured out how simple notifications can be send
#import notify


# the following requires pip package notify2 (current version 0.3.1). 
# to install dbus properly on Ubuntu 16.04: install Ubuntu packages libdbus-1-dev and libdbus-glib-1-dev. Then, run 'pip install dbus-python'
#import notify2
#
#def sendmessage(title, message):
#    notify2.init("Test")
#    notice = notify2.Notification(title, message)
#    notice.show()
#    return

# the following requires conda package pyinotify (TODO)
# => seems to be more for filesystem monitoring and thus overkill for simple notifications


# the following requires linux program notify-send and is therefore not compatible with non-Linux systems
import subprocess
import os

def sendmessage(title,message):
#    os.system("echo $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS > test.log")
#    os.system("echo $DISPLAY >> test.log")
#    os.system("eval \"export $(egrep -z DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS /proc/$(pgrep -u $LOGNAME gnome-session)/environ)\"")
#    os.environ["DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS"] = "hello"
#    os.environ["DISPLAY"] = ":1"
#    os.system("export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=hello && echo $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS > test1.log && notify-send hello")
#    os.system("echo $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS > test1.log")
#    os.system("echo $DISPLAY >> test1.log")
    os.system("notify-send hello world")
    print('hello world')
#    subprocess.Popen(['eval','"export $(egrep -z DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS /proc/$(pgrep -u $LOGNAME gnome-session)/environ)"']);
#    subprocess.Popen(['mkdir','createdBySendNote'])
#    subprocess.Popen(['/usr/bin/notify-send', message])
    return


if __name__ == "__main__":
#	sendmessage('hello world. This message was created by Thorben Casper.')
	sendmessage('title','<b>bold</b>, <i>italic</i>, <u>underline</u> and even <a href="http://google.com">links</a> are supported in pynotify, but not the others!')

#    # using Qt5
#    app = QApplication(sys.argv)
#    SystemTrayIcon(QtGui.QIcon('test.ico'))
#    sys.exit( app.exec_())

# propositions for windows:
# - growl
# - snarl