SSHplus

sshplus.py

#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
#
# SSHplus
# A remote connect utlity, sshmenu compatible clone, and application starter.
#
# (C) 2011 Anil Gulecha
# Based on sshlist, incorporating changes by Benjamin Heil's simplestarter
#
# This program 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 3 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program 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 program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
#
# Instructions
#
# 1. Copy file sshplus.py (this file) to /usr/local/bin
# 2. Edit file .sshplus in your home directory to add menu entries, each
#    line in the format NAME|COMMAND|ARGS
# 3. Launch sshplus.py
# 4. Or better yet, add it to gnome startup programs list so it's run on login.

import gobject
import gtk
import appindicator
import os
import pynotify
import sys
import shlex

_VERSION = "1.0"

_SETTINGS_FILE = os.getenv("HOME") + "/.sshplus"
_SSHMENU_FILE = os.getenv("HOME") + "/.sshmenu"

_ABOUT_TXT = """A simple application starter as appindicator.

To add items to the menu, edit the file <i>.sshplus</i> in your home directory. Each entry must be on a new line in this format:

<tt>NAME|COMMAND|ARGS</tt>

If the item is clicked in the menu, COMMAND with arguments ARGS will be executed. ARGS can be empty. To insert a separator, add a line which only contains "sep". Lines starting with "#" will be ignored. You can set an unclickable label with the prefix "label:". Items from sshmenu configuration will be automatically added (except nested items). To insert a nested menu, use the prefix "folder:menu name". Subsequent items will be inserted in this menu, until a line containing an empty folder name is found: "folder:". After that, subsequent items get inserted in the parent menu. That means that more than one level of nested menus can be created.

Example file:
<tt><small>
Show top|gnome-terminal|-x top
sep

# this is a comment
label:SSH connections
# create a folder named "Home"
folder:Home
SSH Ex|gnome-terminal|-x ssh [email protected]
# to mark the end of items inside "Home", specify and empty folder:
folder:
# this item appears in the main menu
SSH Ex|gnome-terminal|-x ssh [email protected]

label:RDP connections
RDP Ex|rdesktop|-T "RDP-Server" -r sound:local 1.2.3.4

</small></tt>
Copyright 2011 Anil Gulecha
Incorporating changes from simplestarter, Benjamin Heil, http://www.bheil.net

Released under GPL3, http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html"""

def menuitem_response(w, item):
    if item == '_about':
        show_help_dlg(_ABOUT_TXT)
    elif item == '_refresh':
        newmenu = build_menu()
        ind.set_menu(newmenu)
        pynotify.Notification("SSHplus refreshed", "Menu list was refreshed from %s" % _SETTINGS_FILE).show()
    elif item == '_quit':
        sys.exit(0)
    elif item == 'folder':
        pass
    else:
        print item
        os.spawnvp(os.P_NOWAIT, item['cmd'], [item['cmd']] + item['args'])
        os.wait3(os.WNOHANG)

def show_help_dlg(msg, error=False):
    if error:
        dlg_icon = gtk.MESSAGE_ERROR
    else:
        dlg_icon = gtk.MESSAGE_INFO
    md = gtk.MessageDialog(None, 0, dlg_icon, gtk.BUTTONS_OK)
    try:
        md.set_markup("<b>SSHplus %s</b>" % _VERSION)
        md.format_secondary_markup(msg)
        md.run()
    finally:
        md.destroy()
    
def add_separator(menu):
    separator = gtk.SeparatorMenuItem()
    separator.show()
    menu.append(separator)

def add_menu_item(menu, caption, item=None):
    menu_item = gtk.MenuItem(caption)
    if item:
        menu_item.connect("activate", menuitem_response, item)
    else:
        menu_item.set_sensitive(False)
    menu_item.show()
    menu.append(menu_item)
    return menu_item

def get_sshmenuconfig():
    if not os.path.exists(_SSHMENU_FILE):
        return None
    hostlist=open(os.getenv("HOME")+"/.sshmenu","r").read()
    smenutitle=[]
    smenuparams=[]
    try:
        for line in hostlist.split("\n"):
            if line[2:7] == "title":
                smenutitle.append(line.split(":")[1])
            if line[2:11] == "sshparams":
                smenuparams.append(line.split(":")[1])
        if len(smenutitle) ==  len(smenuparams):
            if len(smenutitle) != 0:
                return (smenutitle,smenuparams)
        else:
            if len(smenuparams) != 0:
                return (smenuparams,smenuparams)
        return None
    except:
        return None

def get_sshplusconfig():
    if not os.path.exists(_SETTINGS_FILE):
        return []

    app_list = []
    f = open(_SETTINGS_FILE, "r")
    try:
        for line in f.readlines():
            line = line.rstrip()
            if not line or line.startswith('#'):
                continue
            elif line == "sep":
                app_list.append('sep')
            elif line.startswith('label:'):
                app_list.append({
                    'name': 'LABEL',
                    'cmd': line[6:], 
                    'args': ''
                })
            elif line.startswith('folder:'):
                app_list.append({
                    'name': 'FOLDER',
                    'cmd': line[7:], 
                    'args': ''
                })
            else:
                try:
                    name, cmd, args = line.split('|', 2)
                    app_list.append({
                        'name': name,
                        'cmd': cmd,
                        'args': [n.replace("\n", "") for n in shlex.split(args)],
                    })
                except ValueError:
                    print "The following line has errors and will be ignored:\n%s" % line
    finally:
        f.close()
    return app_list

def build_menu():
    if not os.path.exists(_SETTINGS_FILE) and not os.path.exists(_SSHMENU_FILE) :
        show_help_dlg("<b>ERROR: No .sshmenu or .sshplus file found in home directory</b>\n\n%s" % \
             _ABOUT_TXT, error=True)
        sys.exit(1)

    app_list = get_sshplusconfig()

    #Add sshmenu config items if any
    sshmenuitems = get_sshmenuconfig()
    if sshmenuitems != None:
        app_list.append("sep")
        app_list.append({
            'name': 'LABEL',
            'cmd': "SSHmenu",
            'args': ''
        })
        titles=sshmenuitems[0]
        sshparams=sshmenuitems[1]
        for i in range(len(titles)):
            app_list.append({
                'name': titles[i],
                'cmd': "gnome-terminal",
                'args': [n.replace("\n", "") for n in shlex.split("-x ssh " + sshparams[i])],
            })

    menu = gtk.Menu()
    menus = [menu]

    for app in app_list:
        if app == "sep":
            add_separator(menus[-1])
        elif app['name'] == "FOLDER" and not app['cmd']:
            if len(menus) > 1:
                menus.pop()
        elif app['name'] == "FOLDER":
            menu_item = add_menu_item(menus[-1], app['cmd'], 'folder')
            menus.append(gtk.Menu())
            menu_item.set_submenu(menus[-1])
        elif app['name'] == "LABEL":
            add_menu_item(menus[-1], app['cmd'], None)
        else:
            add_menu_item(menus[-1], app['name'], app)

    add_separator(menu)
    add_menu_item(menu, 'Refresh', '_refresh')
    add_menu_item(menu, 'About', '_about')
    add_separator(menu)
    add_menu_item(menu, 'Quit', '_quit')
    return menu

if __name__ == "__main__":
    ind = appindicator.Indicator("sshplus", "stock_connect",
                                 appindicator.CATEGORY_APPLICATION_STATUS)
    #ind.set_label("Launch")
    ind.set_status(appindicator.STATUS_ACTIVE)

    appmenu = build_menu()
    ind.set_menu(appmenu)
    gtk.main()

It's working for me on Ubuntu 11.10 but using Gnome Shell, not Unity (so it's not the same notification area). Have you tried the lastest version from Anil's github repository (github.com/anilgulecha/misc)?

Yes, the latest version from Anil is working,
Thanks.

Link update: https://github.com/anilgulecha/misc

works on ubuntu 16.04