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lcdproc/clients/examples/fortune.pl
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#!/usr/bin/perl -w
# fortune.pl - an example client for LCDproc
# This is just a small example of a client for LCDd the
# LCDproc server
#
# Copyright (c) 1999, William Ferrell, Scott Scriven
# 2001, David Glaude
# 2002, Jonathan Oxer
# 2002, Rene Wagner <reenoo@gmx.de>
#
# This file 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
# any later version.
#
# This file 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 file; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307
#
use IO::Socket;
use Fcntl;
############################################################
# Configurable part. Set it according your setup.
############################################################
# Path to `fortune' program.
$FORTUNE = "fortune";
# Host which runs lcdproc daemon (LCDd)
$HOST = "localhost";
# Port on which LCDd listens to requests
$PORT = "13666";
############################################################
# End of user configurable parts
############################################################
# Connect to the server...
$remote = IO::Socket::INET->new(
Proto => "tcp",
PeerAddr => $HOST,
PeerPort => $PORT,
)
|| die "Cannot connect to LCDproc port\n";
# Make sure our messages get there right away
$remote->autoflush(1);
sleep 1; # Give server plenty of time to notice us...
print $remote "hello\n";
# Note: it's good practice to listen for a response after a print to the
# server even if there isn't meant to be one. If you don't, you may find
# your program crashes after running for a while when the buffers fill up:
my $lcdresponse = <$remote>;
#print $lcdresponse;
# Turn off blocking mode...
fcntl($remote, F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK);
# Set up some screen widgets...
print $remote "client_set name {fortune.pl}\n";
$lcdresponse = <$remote>;
print $remote "screen_add fortune\n";
$lcdresponse = <$remote>;
print $remote "screen_set fortune name {Fortune}\n";
$lcdresponse = <$remote>;
print $remote "widget_add fortune title title\n";
$lcdresponse = <$remote>;
print $remote "widget_set fortune title {Fortune}\n";
$lcdresponse = <$remote>;
print $remote "widget_add fortune text scroller\n";
$lcdresponse = <$remote>;
&update_text();
# Forever, we should do stuff...
while(1)
{
# Handle input... (spew it to the console)
# Also, certain keys scroll the display
while(defined($input = <$remote>)) {
#print $input;
# Make sure we handle each line...
@lines = split(/\n/, $input);
foreach $line (@lines)
{
if ( $line =~ /^success$/ ) { next; }
if($line =~ /^ignore (\S)/) # Update just after disappearing
{
&update_text();
}
}
}
# And wait a little while before we check for input again.
sleep 1;
}
close ($remote) || die "close: $!";
exit;
sub update_text {
# Grab some text.
$text = `$FORTUNE` || die "\n$0: Error running `$FORTUNE'.\nPlease check that the path is correct.\n\n";
@lines = split(/\n/, $text);
$text = join(" / ", @lines);
# Now, show a fortune...
print $remote "widget_set fortune text 1 2 20 4 v 16 {$text}\n";
my $lcdresponse = <$remote>;
}