Rofi modi for KDE services

kde-services.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import os
import sys
import glob
import itertools
import subprocess

from configparser import ConfigParser

KS5_DIR = "/usr/share/kservices5"


def launch(entry):
    # Any better way to "log" ?
    with open("/tmp/a.txt", "w") as w:
        w.write(repr(entry))
        w.write("\n")

    # I once ran this, and everything FROZE!
    # Had to go into system shell and pkill rofi
    # subprocess.call([
    #     "xmessage",
    #     entry
    # ])

def list_entries():

    def read_desktop(file):
        cfg = ConfigParser(strict=False, interpolation=None)
        with open(file) as fp:
            # Some files are missing
            cfg.read_file(itertools.chain(['[global]'], fp), source=file)
        return cfg

    for file in glob.glob(f"{KS5_DIR}/*.desktop"):

        de = read_desktop(file)['Desktop Entry']

        # For now, only focus on services
        if de['type'] != 'Service' or 'Exec' not in de:
            continue

        name = de['Name']

        comment = ''
        if 'Comment' in de:
            comment = f"<span weight='light' size='small'><i>({de['Comment']})</i></span>"

        icon = de.get('Icon', '')
        exec = de['Exec']

        # For some bizarre reason, this works correctly!
        # print(f"{comment}\x00markup-rows\x1ftrue")

        # But when I do this, it fails - as in, the comment loses its markup
        print(f"{name} - {comment}\x00markup-rows\x1ftrue")

        # Neither of these work
        # print(f"<span weight='normal' size='medium'>{name}</span>\x00markup-rows\x1ftrue")
        # print(f"<span weight='light' size='small'><i>({name})</i></span>\x00markup-rows\x1ftrue")
        # print(f"\0message\x1fSpecial <b>bold</b> message\n")

        # name = f"<span weight='light' size='small'><i>{name}</i></span>"

        # message\x1f<i>({de['Comment']})</i>
        # print(f"{name}\0message\x1f{comment}\0icon\x1f{icon}\0exec\x1f{exec}")
        # print(f"{name} - {exec}\0icon\x1f{icon}")
        # print(f"{name}\x00markup-rows\x1ftrue")


if __name__ == "__main__":
    args = sys.argv

    if len(args) > 1:
        launch(args[1])
    else:
        list_entries()