#!/usr/bin/perl -w
# fortune.pl - an example client for LCDproc
# This is just a small example of a client for LCDd the
# LCDproc server
#
# Copyright (c) 1999, William Ferrell, Scott Scriven
# 2001, David Glaude
# 2002, Jonathan Oxer
# 2002, Rene Wagner <reenoo@gmx.de>
# 2006, Peter Marschall
#
# This file 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 2 of the License, or
# any later version.
#
# This file 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 file; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301
#
use 5.005;
use strict;
use Getopt::Std;
use IO::Socket;
use Fcntl;
############################################################
# Configurable part. Set it according your setup.
############################################################
# Path to `fortune' program.
my $FORTUNE = "fortune";
# Host which runs lcdproc daemon (LCDd)
my $SERVER = "localhost";
# Port on which LCDd listens to requests
my $PORT = "13666";
############################################################
# End of user configurable parts
############################################################
my $progname = $0;
$progname =~ s#.*/(.*?)$#$1#;
# declare functions
sub update_text($);
sub error($@);
sub usage($);
## main routine ##
my %opt = ();
# get options #
if (getopts('F:s:p:hV', \%opt) == 0) {
usage(1);
}
# check options
usage(0) if ($opt{h});
if ($opt{V}) {
print STDERR $progname ." version 1.1\n";
exit(0);
}
# check number of arguments
usage(1) if ($#ARGV >= 0);
# set variables
$SERVER = defined($opt{s}) ? $opt{s} : $SERVER;
$PORT = defined($opt{p}) ? $opt{p} : $PORT;
$FORTUNE = defined($opt{F}) ? $opt{F} : $FORTUNE;
# Connect to the server...
my $remote = IO::Socket::INET->new(
Proto => 'tcp',
PeerAddr => $SERVER,
PeerPort => $PORT,
)
or error(1, "cannot connect to LCDd daemon at $SERVER:$PORT");
# Make sure our messages get there right away
$remote->autoflush(1);
sleep 1; # Give server plenty of time to notice us...
print $remote "hello\n";
# Note: it's good practice to listen for a response after a print to the
# server even if there isn't meant to be one. If you don't, you may find
# your program crashes after running for a while when the buffers fill up:
my $lcdresponse = <$remote>;
#print $lcdresponse;
# Turn off blocking mode...
fcntl($remote, F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK);
# Set up some screen widgets...
print $remote "client_set name {$progname}\n";
$lcdresponse = <$remote>;
print $remote "screen_add fortune\n";
$lcdresponse = <$remote>;
print $remote "screen_set fortune name {Fortune}\n";
$lcdresponse = <$remote>;
print $remote "widget_add fortune title title\n";
$lcdresponse = <$remote>;
print $remote "widget_set fortune title {Fortune}\n";
$lcdresponse = <$remote>;
print $remote "widget_add fortune text scroller\n";
$lcdresponse = <$remote>;
update_text($remote);
# Forever, we should do stuff...
while (1)
{
# Handle input... (spew it to the console)
# Also, certain keys scroll the display
while (defined(my $input = <$remote>)) {
#print $input;
# Make sure we handle each line...
my @lines = split(/\n/, $input);
foreach my $line (@lines) {
next if ( $line =~ /^success$/ );
# Update just after disappearing
if ($line =~ /^ignore (\S)/) {
update_text($remote);
}
}
}
# And wait a little while before we check for input again.
sleep 1;
}
close($remote) or error(1, "close() failed: $!");
exit;
# update text on LCD
sub update_text($)
{
my $remote = shift;
my $text;
# Grab some text
$text = `$FORTUNE` || error(1, "error running `$FORTUNE'.\nPlease check that the path is correct.");
# replace new-line by slashes
$text =~ s,\n, / ,g;
# Now, show a fortune...
print $remote "widget_set fortune text 1 2 20 4 v 16 {$text}\n";
$text = <$remote>;
}
## print out error message and eventually exit ##
# Synopsis: error($status, $message)
sub error($@)
{
my $status = shift;
my @msg = @_;
print STDERR $progname . ": " . join(" ", @msg) . "\n";
exit($status) if ($status);
}
## print out usage message and exit ##
# Synopsis: usage($status)
sub usage($)
{
my $status = shift;
print STDERR "Usage: $progname [<options>]\n";
if (!$status) {
print STDERR " where <options> are\n" .
" -s <server> connect to <server> (default: $SERVER)\n" .
" -p <port> connect to <port> on <server> (default: $PORT)\n" .
" -F <fortune> use <fortune> as fortune program (default: $FORTUNE)\n" .
" -h show this help page\n" .
" -V display version number\n";
}
else {
print STDERR "For help, type: $progname -h\n";
}
exit($status);
}
__END__
=pod
=head1 NAME
fortune.pl -- display fortune messages on the LCD
=head1 SYNOPSIS
B<fortune.pl>
[B<-s> I<server>]
[B<-p> I<port>]
[B<-F> I<fortune>]
[B<-h>]
[B<-V>]
=head1 DESCRIPTION
B<fortune.pl> is a small example client for LCDd, the lcdproc server.
It connects to the LCDd daemon and displays fortune cookies as delivered
by the well known fortune program.
=head1 OPTIONS
=over 4
=item B<-s> I<server>
Connect to the LCDd daemon at host I<server> instead of the default C<localhost>.
=item B<-p> I<port>
Use port I<port> when connecting to the LCDd server instead of the default
LCDd port C<13666>.
=item B<-F> I<fortune>
Use I<fortune> as the program generation fortune messages instead of the
default C<fortune>
=item B<-h>
Display a short help page and exit.
=item B<-V>
Display fortune.pl's version number and exit.
=back
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<fortune(6)>,
L<LCDd(8)>
=head1 AUTHORS
fortune.pl was written by various members of the LCDproc project team;
this manual page was written by Peter Marschall.
=cut
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