GUI chrome profile selector

gistfile1.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import subprocess
from os import fork


CHROME='/opt/google/chrome/chrome'

PROFILES = {
    '*normal': '/home/qsun/.chrome-profiles/gmail',
    'new one': '/tmp/chrome-profiles/temp',
    'pretty web': '/home/qsun/.chrome-profiles/prettyweb',
    'freelancer': '/home/qsun/.chrome-profiles/freelancer'
    }


def display_choice(profiles):
    args = ['zenity']
    args.append('--text="available profiles:')
    args.append('--radiolist')
    args.append('--list')
    args.append('--column=')
    args.append('--column=Profile')
    for name in profiles.keys():
        if name.find('*') == 0:
            args.append('TRUE')
            args.append(name[1:])
        else:
            args.append('FALSE')
            args.append(name)
    return subprocess.check_output(args).rstrip()


def start_chrome(profile_location):
    print profile_location
    subprocess.call([CHROME, '--user-data-dir=%s'%profile_location])
        

if __name__ == '__main__':
    choice = display_choice(PROFILES)
    start_chrome(PROFILES[choice])