#1 2015-10-07 09:31:49

johnraff

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command-line options for bl-exit?

There have been suggestions for an exit submenu on the main menu, so you can go straight to logout, suspend etc without having to bring up the bl-exit window. This seems quite a good idea, except that bl-exit is written to be system-agnostic to some extent in that it doesn't depend on systemd, while menu items suggested are things like 'systemctl poweroff'.

If menus etc were able to call e.g. 'bl-exit --reboot' to go straight to the action wanted, it would mean that they would work with or without systemd, and if anything about the system changed in the future it could all be dealt with in bl-exit, and menus, keyboard shortcuts etc would go on working. Does that sound like a good idea?

If so, I wonder if any pythonistas would feel like writing the necessary patch to bl-exit?
I guess we'd want --logout --suspend --reboot and --poweroff options.

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Re: command-line options for bl-exit?

Are we talking about as openbox root menu items?

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Re: command-line options for bl-exit?

I guess we'd want --logout --suspend --reboot and --poweroff options.

and hibernate (if there's a swap partition available (that's also not shared with another OS [but I guess the latter condition should be something the user'll have to remember themselves)), maybe?

(I've added it to my own (systemd-dependent) exit-submenu.)

        <menu id="exit-alternatives" label="Exit Alternatives">
            <item label="Log Out">
                <action name="Execute">
                    <command>
                        openbox --exit
                    </command>
                </action>
            </item>
            <item label="Suspend">
                <action name="Execute">
                    <command>
                        systemctl suspend
                    </command>
                </action>
            </item>
            <item label="Hibernate">
                <action name="Execute">
                    <command>
                        systemctl hibernate
                    </command>
                </action>
            </item>
            <item label="Restart">
                <action name="Execute">
                    <command>
                        systemctl reboot
                    </command>
                </action>
            </item>
            <item label="Shutdown">
                <action name="Execute">
                    <command>
                        systemctl poweroff
                    </command>
                </action>
            </item>
        </menu>

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Unia

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Re: command-line options for bl-exit?

Here's a quick go. It can probably use some cleanups, but it gets the job done. Let me know if I should pursue this further and make a PR.

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import getopt
import getpass
import gtk
import os
import pygtk
pygtk.require('2.0')
import sys

class bl_exit:
    def disable_buttons(self):
        self.cancel.set_sensitive(False)
        self.logout.set_sensitive(False)
        self.suspend.set_sensitive(False)
        self.reboot.set_sensitive(False)
        self.shutdown.set_sensitive(False)

    def cancel_action(self,btn):
        self.disable_buttons()
        gtk.main_quit()

    def logout_action(self,btn):
        self.disable_buttons()
        self.status.set_label("Exiting Openbox, please standby...")
        logout()
        gtk.main_quit()

    def suspend_action(self,btn):
        self.disable_buttons()
        self.status.set_label("Suspending, please standby...")
        suspend()
        gtk.main_quit()

    def reboot_action(self,btn):
        self.disable_buttons()
        self.status.set_label("Rebooting, please standby...")
        reboot()

    def shutdown_action(self,btn):
        self.disable_buttons()
        self.status.set_label("Shutting down, please standby...")
        poweroff()

    def create_window(self):
        self.window = gtk.Window()
        title = "Log out " + getpass.getuser() + "? Choose an option:"
        self.window.set_title(title)
        self.window.set_border_width(5)
        self.window.set_size_request(500, 80)
        self.window.set_resizable(False)
        self.window.set_keep_above(True)
        self.window.stick
        self.window.set_position(1)
        self.window.connect("delete_event", gtk.main_quit)
        windowicon = self.window.render_icon(gtk.STOCK_QUIT, gtk.ICON_SIZE_DIALOG)
        self.window.set_icon(windowicon)

        #Create HBox for buttons
        self.button_box = gtk.HBox()

        #Cancel button
        self.cancel = gtk.Button(stock = gtk.STOCK_CANCEL)
        self.cancel.set_border_width(4)
        self.cancel.connect("clicked", self.cancel_action)
        self.button_box.pack_start(self.cancel)

        #Cancel key (Escape)
        accelgroup = gtk.AccelGroup()
        self.key, self.mod = gtk.accelerator_parse('Escape')
        accelgroup.connect_group(self.key, self.mod, gtk.ACCEL_VISIBLE, gtk.main_quit)
        self.window.add_accel_group(accelgroup)

        #Logout button
        self.logout = gtk.Button("_Log out")
        self.logout.set_border_width(4)
        self.logout.connect("clicked", self.logout_action)
        self.button_box.pack_start(self.logout)

        #Suspend button
        self.suspend = gtk.Button("_Suspend")
        self.suspend.set_border_width(4)
        self.suspend.connect("clicked", self.suspend_action)
        self.button_box.pack_start(self.suspend)

        #Reboot button
        self.reboot = gtk.Button("_Reboot")
        self.reboot.set_border_width(4)
        self.reboot.connect("clicked", self.reboot_action)
        self.button_box.pack_start(self.reboot)

        #Shutdown button
        self.shutdown = gtk.Button("_Power off")
        self.shutdown.set_border_width(4)
        self.shutdown.connect("clicked", self.shutdown_action)
        self.button_box.pack_start(self.shutdown)

        #Create HBox for status label
        self.label_box = gtk.HBox()
        self.status = gtk.Label()
        self.label_box.pack_start(self.status)

        #Create VBox and pack the above HBox's
        self.vbox = gtk.VBox()
        self.vbox.pack_start(self.button_box)
        self.vbox.pack_start(self.label_box)

        self.window.add(self.vbox)
        self.window.show_all()

    def __init__(self):
        self.create_window()

def send_dbus(string):
    dbus_send = "dbus-send --print-reply --system --dest=org.freedesktop.login1 /org/freedesktop/login1 org.freedesktop.login1.Manager.{} boolean:true"
    os.system(dbus_send.format(string))

def logout():
    os.system("openbox --logout")

def suspend():
    os.system("bl-lock")
    send_dbus("Suspend")

def reboot():
    send_dbus("Reboot")

def poweroff():
    send_dbus("Poweroff")

def print_usage(status):
    print ("bl-exit: usage:\n" \
        "  -h, --help      show this message and exit\n" \
        "  -l, --logout    log out from openbox\n" \
        "  -s, --suspend   suspend the system\n" \
        "  -r, --reboot    reboot the system\n" \
        "  -p, --poweroff  power the system down")
    sys.exit(status)

def main(argv):
    try:
        opts, args = getopt.getopt(argv, "hlsrp", ["help","logout","suspend","reboot","poweroff"])
    except getopt.GetoptError:
        print_usage(1)
    for opt, arg in opts:
        if opt in ("-h", "--help"):
            print_usage(0)
        elif opt in ("-l", "--logout"):
            logout()
            sys.exit(0)
        elif opt in ("-s", "--suspend"):
            suspend()
            sys.exit(0)
        elif opt in ("-r", "--reboot"):
            reboot()
            sys.exit(0)
        elif opt in ("-p", "--poweroff"):
            poweroff()
            sys.exit(0)
    go = bl_exit()
    gtk.main()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main(sys.argv[1:])

EDIT: Obligatory diff so you can easier review my changes:

diff --git a/bl-exit b/bl-exit
index 7c2d6e7..674f854 100755
--- a/bl-exit
+++ b/bl-exit
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-import pygtk
-pygtk.require('2.0')
+import getopt
+import getpass
 import gtk
 import os
-import getpass
-
-dbus_send = "dbus-send --print-reply --system --dest=org.freedesktop.login1 /org/freedesktop/login1 org.freedesktop.login1.Manager.{} boolean:true"
+import pygtk
+pygtk.require('2.0')
+import sys
 
 class bl_exit:
     def disable_buttons(self):
@@ -24,24 +24,24 @@ class bl_exit:
     def logout_action(self,btn):
         self.disable_buttons()
         self.status.set_label("Exiting Openbox, please standby...")
-        os.system("openbox --exit")
+        logout()
+        gtk.main_quit()
 
     def suspend_action(self,btn):
         self.disable_buttons()
         self.status.set_label("Suspending, please standby...")
-        os.system("bl-lock")
-        os.system(dbus_send.format("Suspend"))
+        suspend()
         gtk.main_quit()
 
     def reboot_action(self,btn):
         self.disable_buttons()
         self.status.set_label("Rebooting, please standby...")
-        os.system(dbus_send.format("Reboot"))
+        reboot()
 
     def shutdown_action(self,btn):
         self.disable_buttons()
         self.status.set_label("Shutting down, please standby...")
-        os.system(dbus_send.format("PowerOff"))
+        poweroff()
 
     def create_window(self):
         self.window = gtk.Window()
@@ -57,17 +57,14 @@ class bl_exit:
         windowicon = self.window.render_icon(gtk.STOCK_QUIT, gtk.ICON_SIZE_DIALOG)
         self.window.set_icon(windowicon)
 
-
         #Create HBox for buttons
         self.button_box = gtk.HBox()
-        self.button_box.show()
 
         #Cancel button
         self.cancel = gtk.Button(stock = gtk.STOCK_CANCEL)
         self.cancel.set_border_width(4)
         self.cancel.connect("clicked", self.cancel_action)
         self.button_box.pack_start(self.cancel)
-        self.cancel.show()
 
         #Cancel key (Escape)
         accelgroup = gtk.AccelGroup()
@@ -80,52 +77,89 @@ class bl_exit:
         self.logout.set_border_width(4)
         self.logout.connect("clicked", self.logout_action)
         self.button_box.pack_start(self.logout)
-        self.logout.show()
 
         #Suspend button
         self.suspend = gtk.Button("_Suspend")
         self.suspend.set_border_width(4)
         self.suspend.connect("clicked", self.suspend_action)
         self.button_box.pack_start(self.suspend)
-        self.suspend.show()
 
         #Reboot button
         self.reboot = gtk.Button("_Reboot")
         self.reboot.set_border_width(4)
         self.reboot.connect("clicked", self.reboot_action)
         self.button_box.pack_start(self.reboot)
-        self.reboot.show()
 
         #Shutdown button
         self.shutdown = gtk.Button("_Power off")
         self.shutdown.set_border_width(4)
         self.shutdown.connect("clicked", self.shutdown_action)
         self.button_box.pack_start(self.shutdown)
-        self.shutdown.show()
 
         #Create HBox for status label
         self.label_box = gtk.HBox()
-        self.label_box.show()
         self.status = gtk.Label()
-        self.status.show()
         self.label_box.pack_start(self.status)
 
         #Create VBox and pack the above HBox's
         self.vbox = gtk.VBox()
         self.vbox.pack_start(self.button_box)
         self.vbox.pack_start(self.label_box)
-        self.vbox.show()
 
         self.window.add(self.vbox)
-        self.window.show()
+        self.window.show_all()
 
     def __init__(self):
         self.create_window()
 
-
-def main():
+def send_dbus(string):
+    dbus_send = "dbus-send --print-reply --system --dest=org.freedesktop.login1 /org/freedesktop/login1 org.freedesktop.login1.Manager.{} boolean:true"
+    os.system(dbus_send.format(string))
+
+def logout():
+    os.system("openbox --logout")
+
+def suspend():
+    os.system("bl-lock")
+    send_dbus("Suspend")
+
+def reboot():
+    send_dbus("Reboot")
+
+def poweroff():
+    send_dbus("Poweroff")
+
+def print_usage(status):
+    print ("bl-exit: usage:\n" \
+        "  -h, --help      show this message and exit\n" \
+        "  -l, --logout    log out from openbox\n" \
+        "  -s, --suspend   suspend the system\n" \
+        "  -r, --reboot    reboot the system\n" \
+        "  -p, --poweroff  power the system down")
+    sys.exit(status)
+
+def main(argv):
+    try:
+        opts, args = getopt.getopt(argv, "hlsrp", ["help","logout","suspend","reboot","poweroff"])
+    except getopt.GetoptError:
+        print_usage(1)
+    for opt, arg in opts:
+        if opt in ("-h", "--help"):
+            print_usage(0)
+        elif opt in ("-l", "--logout"):
+            logout()
+            sys.exit(0)
+        elif opt in ("-s", "--suspend"):
+            suspend()
+            sys.exit(0)
+        elif opt in ("-r", "--reboot"):
+            reboot()
+            sys.exit(0)
+        elif opt in ("-p", "--poweroff"):
+            poweroff()
+            sys.exit(0)
+    go = bl_exit()
     gtk.main()
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    go = bl_exit()
-    main()
+    main(sys.argv[1:])

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xaos52

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From: Planet of the @pes

Registered: 2015-09-30

Posts: 695

Re: command-line options for bl-exit?

Hi Unia,

As a minor optimization, perhaps import the graphical modules only if no options are specified.

nobody0

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Registered: 2015-09-29

Posts: 664

Re: command-line options for bl-exit?

Some ideas, http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=40572

Unia

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From: Stockholm, Sweden

Registered: 2015-09-17

Posts: 355

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Re: command-line options for bl-exit?

Hi Unia,

As a minor optimization, perhaps import the graphical modules only if no options are specified.

Thanks, I usually don't work with Python so I didn't know this was possible. It makes for some clunky looking code, though, and as you said it is only a minor optimization so I don't think I will add this. Perhaps more people (some who often program in Python, maybe) can shed their opinion on it?

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xaos52

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Posts: 695

Re: command-line options for bl-exit?

What do you think of this?

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import getopt
import getpass
import os
import sys

class bl_exit:
    def disable_buttons(self):
        self.cancel.set_sensitive(False)
        self.logout.set_sensitive(False)
        self.suspend.set_sensitive(False)
        self.reboot.set_sensitive(False)
        self.shutdown.set_sensitive(False)

    def cancel_action(self,btn):
        self.disable_buttons()
        gtk.main_quit()

    def logout_action(self,btn):
        self.disable_buttons()
        self.status.set_label("Exiting Openbox, please standby...")
        logout()
        gtk.main_quit()

    def suspend_action(self,btn):
        self.disable_buttons()
        self.status.set_label("Suspending, please standby...")
        suspend()
        gtk.main_quit()

    def reboot_action(self,btn):
        self.disable_buttons()
        self.status.set_label("Rebooting, please standby...")
        reboot()

    def shutdown_action(self,btn):
        self.disable_buttons()
        self.status.set_label("Shutting down, please standby...")
        poweroff()

    def create_window(self):
        self.window = gtk.Window()
        title = "Log out " + getpass.getuser() + "? Choose an option:"
        self.window.set_title(title)
        self.window.set_border_width(5)
        self.window.set_size_request(500, 80)
        self.window.set_resizable(False)
        self.window.set_keep_above(True)
        self.window.stick
        self.window.set_position(1)
        self.window.connect("delete_event", gtk.main_quit)
        windowicon = self.window.render_icon(gtk.STOCK_QUIT, gtk.ICON_SIZE_DIALOG)
        self.window.set_icon(windowicon)

        #Create HBox for buttons
        self.button_box = gtk.HBox()

        #Cancel button
        self.cancel = gtk.Button(stock = gtk.STOCK_CANCEL)
        self.cancel.set_border_width(4)
        self.cancel.connect("clicked", self.cancel_action)
        self.button_box.pack_start(self.cancel)

        #Cancel key (Escape)
        accelgroup = gtk.AccelGroup()
        self.key, self.mod = gtk.accelerator_parse('Escape')
        accelgroup.connect_group(self.key, self.mod, gtk.ACCEL_VISIBLE, gtk.main_quit)
        self.window.add_accel_group(accelgroup)

        #Logout button
        self.logout = gtk.Button("_Log out")
        self.logout.set_border_width(4)
        self.logout.connect("clicked", self.logout_action)
        self.button_box.pack_start(self.logout)

        #Suspend button
        self.suspend = gtk.Button("_Suspend")
        self.suspend.set_border_width(4)
        self.suspend.connect("clicked", self.suspend_action)
        self.button_box.pack_start(self.suspend)

        #Reboot button
        self.reboot = gtk.Button("_Reboot")
        self.reboot.set_border_width(4)
        self.reboot.connect("clicked", self.reboot_action)
        self.button_box.pack_start(self.reboot)

        #Shutdown button
        self.shutdown = gtk.Button("_Power off")
        self.shutdown.set_border_width(4)
        self.shutdown.connect("clicked", self.shutdown_action)
        self.button_box.pack_start(self.shutdown)

        #Create HBox for status label
        self.label_box = gtk.HBox()
        self.status = gtk.Label()
        self.label_box.pack_start(self.status)

        #Create VBox and pack the above HBox's
        self.vbox = gtk.VBox()
        self.vbox.pack_start(self.button_box)
        self.vbox.pack_start(self.label_box)

        self.window.add(self.vbox)
        self.window.show_all()

    def __init__(self):
        self.create_window()

def send_dbus(string):
    dbus_send = "dbus-send --print-reply --system --dest=org.freedesktop.login1 /org/freedesktop/login1 org.freedesktop.login1.Manager.{} boolean:true"
    os.system(dbus_send.format(string))

def logout():
    os.system("openbox --logout")

def suspend():
    os.system("bl-lock")
    send_dbus("Suspend")

def reboot():
    send_dbus("Reboot")

def poweroff():
    send_dbus("Poweroff")

def print_usage(status):
    print ("bl-exit: usage:\n" \
        "  -h, --help      show this message and exit\n" \
        "  -l, --logout    log out from openbox\n" \
        "  -s, --suspend   suspend the system\n" \
        "  -r, --reboot    reboot the system\n" \
        "  -p, --poweroff  power the system down")
    sys.exit(status)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    try:
        opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], "hlsrp", ["help","logout","suspend","reboot","poweroff"])
    except getopt.GetoptError:
        print_usage(1)
    for opt, arg in opts:
        if opt in ("-h", "--help"):
            print_usage(0)
            sys.exit(0)
        elif opt in ("-l", "--logout"):
            logout()
            sys.exit(0)
        elif opt in ("-s", "--suspend"):
            suspend()
            sys.exit(0)
        elif opt in ("-r", "--reboot"):
            reboot()
            sys.exit(0)
        elif opt in ("-p", "--poweroff"):
            poweroff()
            sys.exit(0)
    # Only import the following graphical modules
    # when no runtime options are specified.
    import gtk
    import pygtk
    pygtk.require('2.0')

    go = bl_exit()
    gtk.main()

If you run the program in debugging mode with

python -m pdb bl-exit

you will notice that importing pygtk takes a noticable amount of time, and it is not used in case an option is specified.

Last edited by xaos52 (2015-10-07 14:42:55)

Unia

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Re: command-line options for bl-exit?

I'm not at my machine right now; how much time are we talking about?

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xaos52

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Re: command-line options for bl-exit?

Oh,
I am off to run some measurements.

Last edited by xaos52 (2015-10-07 16:48:26)

xaos52

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Posts: 695

Re: command-line options for bl-exit?

On my system the graphical imports would take about 1.7 seconds .
Calculated with following script:

#!/usr/bin/python
def test():
    """Stupid test function"""
    import gtk
    import pygtk
    pygtk.require('2.0')

if __name__ == '__main__':
    import timeit
    # print(timeit.timeit("test()", setup="from __main__ import test"))
    print(timeit.repeat("test()", setup="from __main__ import test", repeat=100))

Results:

me@medion:~/tmp/today$ ./test.py
[1.7818810939788818, 1.6782581806182861, 1.677238941192627, 1.675894021987915, 1.6739718914031982, 1.675201177597046, 1.6758880615234375, 1.6757519245147705, 1.676764965057373, 1.6750850677490234, 1.6775450706481934, 1.6773359775543213, 1.6761760711669922, 1.6765360832214355, 1.6753830909729004, 1.6824989318847656, 1.6774811744689941, 1.6768779754638672, 1.675177812576294, 1.6767759323120117, 1.6766459941864014, 1.685642957687378, 1.686673879623413, 1.686331033706665, 1.7301018238067627, 1.8507440090179443, 1.7009119987487793, 1.6913800239562988, 1.69451904296875, 1.6874101161956787, 1.691404104232788, 1.693532943725586, 1.6880710124969482, 1.6887710094451904, 1.700256109237671, 1.690180778503418, 1.702329158782959, 1.6978991031646729, 1.6915900707244873, 1.7086429595947266, 1.6895408630371094, 1.7439489364624023, 1.6894021034240723, 1.6853408813476562, 1.686460018157959, 1.6943738460540771, 1.6871650218963623, 1.686150074005127, 1.6858570575714111, 1.6966781616210938, 1.6873829364776611, 1.6848669052124023, 1.6848578453063965, 1.6870479583740234, 1.6856739521026611, 1.6859121322631836, 1.6839370727539062, 1.684140920639038, 1.6848490238189697, 1.685912847518921, 1.686812162399292, 1.6860289573669434, 1.6853749752044678, 1.6852078437805176, 1.6856861114501953, 1.6859290599822998, 1.6848299503326416, 1.6856961250305176, 1.6873490810394287, 1.687391996383667, 1.6866099834442139, 1.68697190284729, 1.6860568523406982, 1.6872670650482178, 1.6850271224975586, 1.6851568222045898, 1.6866371631622314, 1.6852378845214844, 1.6852538585662842, 1.6860899925231934, 1.6880648136138916, 1.6852259635925293, 1.6868031024932861, 1.6857199668884277, 1.6853721141815186, 1.685863971710205, 1.685359001159668, 1.6878540515899658, 1.685317039489746, 1.6849150657653809, 1.6856191158294678, 1.6849188804626465, 1.6849730014801025, 1.6859080791473389, 1.6866509914398193, 1.6858909130096436, 1.686527967453003, 1.6843981742858887, 1.6852200031280518, 1.6862480640411377]
me@medion:~/tmp/today$

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Re: command-line options for bl-exit?

Can it be done without graphics?

Graphics - Icons of some type????

Or is my nobbishness showing?

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Re: command-line options for bl-exit?

Can it be done without graphics?

Graphics - Icons of some type????

Or is my nobbishness showing?

EDIT by Unia: Whoops, accidentally edited instead of quoted. :8

[Not denigrating the efforts, but it all seems a lot of work when it can be done with a bash/yad script ]

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Re: command-line options for bl-exit?

There are links to /bin/systemctl in /sbin, named poweroff, reboot and shutdown. There are no other places, where we can find files or links named poweroff, reboot and shutdown in the system. If we run poweroff, reboot or shutdown in gmrun or terminal, they simply work. We don't have to write systemctl in front of them. What we can't find are the suspend and hibernate links to /bin/systemctl. So, in the root-menu, we can write,

 <menu id="exit" label="Exit">
  <item label="Logout">
	<action name="Execute">
		<command>openbox --exit</command>
	</action>
  </item>
  <item label="Suspend">
	<action name="Execute">
		<command>systemctl suspend</command>
	</action>
  </item>
  <item label="Reboot">
	<action name="Execute">
		<command>reboot</command>
	</action>
  </item>
  <item label="Poweroff">
	<action name="Execute">
		<command>poweroff</command>
	</action>
  </item>
 </menu>

We can make a two links to /bin/systemctl anywhere, for example in the home directory, rename them poweroff and reboot, they'd work. They are executable and owned by root. The renaming won't work with suspend. Debian default is Systemd, anyway.

I have also given some gtkdialog, yad scripts here, http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=40572 You can delete the systemctl before poweroff and reboot in them.

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Re: command-line options for bl-exit?

If we run poweroff, reboot or shutdown in gmrun or terminal, they simply work.

Only if /sbin is in your user's $PATH

The advantage of calling `systemctl` is that it's in /bin and so accessable by all users.

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Re: command-line options for bl-exit?

If we run poweroff, reboot or shutdown in gmrun or terminal, they simply work.

Only if /sbin is in your user's $PATH

The advantage of calling `systemctl` is that it's in /bin and so accessable by all users.

There are no other places, where we can find files or links named poweroff, reboot and shutdown in the system. In Debian, what is in /sbin are executable.

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Re: command-line options for bl-exit?

@ostrolek

The guys are aware of the system shutdown options. This thread is specifically about command arguments for the bl-exit python script.

If you can code in python then please contribute, otherwise can we stay on topic please?

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Re: command-line options for bl-exit?

...and the point of running commands through bl-exit is that if at some time in the future the necessary system commands change, we'll only have to edit this one file to take care of it.

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Re: command-line options for bl-exit?

[Not denigrating the efforts, but it all seems a lot of work when it can be done with a bash/yad script ]

I was thinking the same, but AFAIK you can not reproduce the current UI with zenity. The alternative is a drop-down list, but that doesn't have the same ease of use. Is it possible with yad?

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Re: command-line options for bl-exit?

On my system the graphical imports would take about 1.7 seconds .

Oh wow, that is actually quite noticable. I will add your suggestion

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