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+HackerTray
+==========
+
+HackerTray is a simple [Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/) Linux application
+that lets you view top HN stories in your System Tray. It relies on appindicator, so
+it is not guaranteed to work on all systems.
+
+The inspiration for this came from [Hacker Bar](http://hackerbarapp.com), which is 
+Mac-only. I tried to port it to `node-webkit`, but had to do it in Python instead
+because nw doesn't support AppIndicators yet.
+
+##Features
+1. Minimalist Approach to HN
+2. Opens links in your default browser
+3. Remembers which links you opened
+4. Shows Points/Comment count in a simple format
+5. 
+
+##To-Do
+- Reload data every 5 minutes
+- Implement a way to remember which stories have been read
+- Ideally app-memory should be persistent (save on disk)
+- Auto Start
+- Convert to a Python Module
+- Add a menu separator between news and preferences.
+
+##Author Information
+- Abhay Rana <me@captnemo.in>
+
+##Licence
+Licenced under the MIT Licence

__main__.py

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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+import pygtk
+pygtk.require('2.0')
+import gtk
+import appindicator
+import requests
+import webbrowser
+
+class HackerNewsApp:
+	def __init__(self):
+		self.ind = appindicator.Indicator ("Hacker Tray", "hacker-tray", appindicator.CATEGORY_APPLICATION_STATUS)
+		self.ind.set_status (appindicator.STATUS_ACTIVE)
+		self.ind.set_label("Y")
+
+		# create a menu
+		self.menu = gtk.Menu()
+
+		# create items for the menu - labels, checkboxes, radio buttons and images are supported:
+		btnRefresh = gtk.MenuItem("Refresh This")
+		btnRefresh.show()
+		btnRefresh.connect("activate", self.refresh)
+		self.menu.append(btnRefresh)
+
+		btnQuit = gtk.MenuItem("Quit")
+		btnQuit.show()
+		btnQuit.connect("activate", self.quit)
+		self.menu.append(btnQuit)
+
+		self.menu.show()
+
+		self.ind.set_menu(self.menu)
+		self.refresh()
+
+	def quit(self, widget, data=None):
+		gtk.main_quit()
+
+	def open(self, widget, data=None):
+		webbrowser.open(widget.url)
+
+	def addItem(self, item):
+		i = gtk.CheckMenuItem("("+str(item['points']).zfill(3)+"/"+str(item['comments_count']).zfill(3)+")    "+item['title'])
+		i.url = item['url']
+		i.connect('activate', self.open)
+		self.menu.prepend(i)
+		i.show()
+
+	def refresh(self, widget=None, data=None):
+		self.data = reversed(getHomePage()[0:15]);
+		for i in self.menu.get_children():
+			if(i.__class__.__name__=="CheckMenuItem"):
+				self.menu.remove(i)
+		for i in self.data:
+			self.addItem(i)
+
+
+def getHomePage():
+	r = requests.get('https://node-hnapi.herokuapp.com/news')
+	return r.json()
+
+def main():
+	gtk.main()
+	return 0
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+	indicator = HackerNewsApp()
+	main()