From 097af308e2be36ace102ab981e97adc11ca10457 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Abhay Rana <capt.n3m0@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 01:07:32 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Support distros without appindicator support.

---
 __main__.py                 |   7 +-
 appindicator_replacement.py | 129 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 135 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 appindicator_replacement.py

diff --git a/__main__.py b/__main__.py
index 190816f..b47dd7d 100644
--- a/__main__.py
+++ b/__main__.py
@@ -3,10 +3,15 @@
 import pygtk
 pygtk.require('2.0')
 import gtk
-import appindicator
+
 import requests
 import webbrowser
 
+try:
+    import appindicator
+except ImportError:
+    import appindicator_replacement as appindicator
+
 class HackerNewsApp:
 	def __init__(self):
 		self.ind = appindicator.Indicator ("Hacker Tray", "hacker-tray", appindicator.CATEGORY_APPLICATION_STATUS)
diff --git a/appindicator_replacement.py b/appindicator_replacement.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..357b782
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appindicator_replacement.py
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+#=========================
+#
+# AppIndicator for GTK
+#  drop-in replacement
+#
+#    Copyright 2010
+#     Nathan Osman
+#
+#=========================
+
+# We require PyGTK
+import gtk
+import gobject
+
+# We also need os and sys
+import os
+import sys
+
+# Types
+CATEGORY_APPLICATION_STATUS = 0
+
+# Status
+STATUS_ACTIVE    = 0
+STATUS_ATTENTION = 1
+
+# Locations to search for the given icon
+search_locations = [ os.path.join(os.path.dirname(sys.executable), "images"),
+                     os.path.join(os.path.dirname(sys.path[0]), "images"),
+                     os.path.join(os.path.dirname(sys.path[0]), "../images"),
+                     '/usr/share/pixmaps' ]
+
+def get_icon_filename(icon_name):
+	
+	# Determine where the icon is
+	global search_locations
+	
+	for folder in search_locations:
+		
+		filename = os.path.join(folder, icon_name + ".png")
+		
+		if os.path.isfile(filename):
+			return filename
+	
+	return None
+		
+
+# The main class
+class Indicator:
+	
+	# Constructor
+	
+	def __init__ (self,unknown,icon,category):
+		
+		# Store the settings		
+		self.inactive_icon = get_icon_filename(icon)
+		self.active_icon   = ""  # Blank until the user calls set_attention_icon
+		
+		# Create the status icon
+		self.icon = gtk.StatusIcon()
+		
+		# Initialize to the default icon
+		self.icon.set_from_file(self.inactive_icon)
+		
+		# Set the rest of the vars
+		self.menu = None    # We have no menu yet
+	
+	def set_menu(self,menu):
+		
+		# Save a copy of the menu
+		self.menu = menu
+		
+		# Now attach the icon's signal
+		# to the menu so that it becomes displayed
+		# whenever the user clicks it
+		self.icon.connect("activate", self.show_menu)
+	
+	def set_status(self, status):
+		
+		# Status defines whether the active or inactive
+		# icon should be displayed.
+		if status == STATUS_ACTIVE:
+			self.icon.set_from_file(self.inactive_icon)
+		else:
+			self.icon.set_from_file(self.active_icon)
+	
+	def set_icon(self, icon):
+		
+		# Set the new icon
+		self.icon.set_from_file(get_icon_filename(icon))
+	
+	def set_attention_icon(self, icon):
+		
+		# Set the icon filename as the attention icon
+		self.active_icon = get_icon_filename(icon)
+	
+	def show_menu(self, widget):
+		
+		# Show the menu
+		self.menu.popup(None,None,None,0,0)
+		
+		# Get the location and size of the window
+		mouse_rect = self.menu.get_window().get_frame_extents()
+		
+		self.x = mouse_rect.x
+		self.y = mouse_rect.y
+		self.right  = self.x + mouse_rect.width
+		self.bottom = self.y + mouse_rect.height
+		
+		# Set a timer to poll the menu
+		self.timer = gobject.timeout_add(100, self.check_mouse)
+	
+	def check_mouse(self):
+		
+		if not self.menu.get_window().is_visible():
+			return
+		
+		# Now check the global mouse coords
+		root = self.menu.get_screen().get_root_window()
+		
+		x,y,z = root.get_pointer()
+		
+		if x < self.x or x > self.right or y < self.y or y > self.bottom:
+			self.hide_menu()
+		else:
+			return True
+	
+	def hide_menu(self):
+		
+		self.menu.popdown()