some primitive exit handling, still have to do something about waiting till the longest freq value is reached

plugins/batt.py

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ class PluginThread(threading.Thread):
             self.status['color'] = config.get(section, 'color')
         self.freq = config.getint(section, 'freq', fallback=1)
         self.hide = False
+        self.should_stop = False
 
     def main(self):
         with open(BATTERY_DIR + 'capacity', 'r') as capacity, \
@@ -34,7 +35,13 @@ class PluginThread(threading.Thread):
 
         self.status['full_text'] = batt
 
+    def stop(self):
+        self.should_stop = True
+
     def run(self):
         while True:
-            self.main()
+            if self.should_stop is False:
-            time.sleep(self.freq)
+                self.main()
+                time.sleep(self.freq)
+            else:
+                break

plugins/date.py

@@ -12,11 +12,18 @@ class PluginThread(threading.Thread):
             self.status['color'] = config.get(section, 'color')
         self.freq = config.getint(section, 'freq', fallback=1)
         self.hide = False
+        self.should_stop = False
 
     def main(self):
         self.status['full_text'] = time.strftime(self.date_format)
 
+    def stop(self):
+        self.should_stop = True
+
     def run(self):
         while True:
-            self.main()
+            if self.should_stop is False:
-            time.sleep(self.freq)
+                self.main()
+                time.sleep(self.freq)
+            else:
+                break

plugins/disk.py

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ class PluginThread(threading.Thread):
             self.status['color'] = config.get(section, 'color')
         self.freq = config.getint(section, 'freq', fallback=30)
         self.hide = False
+        self.should_stop = False
         self.problem_value = config.getint(section, 'problem', fallback=70)
 
     def main(self):
@@ -27,7 +28,13 @@ class PluginThread(threading.Thread):
         du = self.part + ': ' + du_free + 'G'
         self.status['full_text'] = du
 
+    def stop(self):
+        self.should_stop = True
+
     def run(self):
         while True:
-            self.main()
+            if self.should_stop is False:
-            time.sleep(self.freq)
+                self.main()
+                time.sleep(self.freq)
+            else:
+                break

plugins/load.py

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ class PluginThread(threading.Thread):
         self.freq = config.getint(section, 'freq', fallback=10)
         self.hide_ok = config.getboolean(section, 'hide_ok', fallback=False)
         self.hide = False
+        self.should_stop = False
         self.problem_value = config.getint(section, 'problem', fallback=100)
 
     def main(self):
@@ -27,7 +28,13 @@ class PluginThread(threading.Thread):
         loads = [str(i) for i in loads]
         self.status['full_text'] = 'LA: ' + ' '.join(loads)
 
+    def stop(self):
+        self.should_stop = True
+
     def run(self):
         while True:
-            self.main()
+            if self.should_stop is False:
-            time.sleep(self.freq)
+                self.main()
+                time.sleep(self.freq)
+            else:
+                break

plugins/mem.py

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ class PluginThread(threading.Thread):
             self.status['color'] = config.get(section, 'color')
         self.freq = config.getint(section, 'freq', fallback=1)
         self.hide = False
+        self.should_stop = False
 
     def main(self):
         mem_stat = psutil.virtual_memory()
@@ -19,7 +20,13 @@ class PluginThread(threading.Thread):
         mem = 'RAM: ' + mem_available + 'G'
         self.status['full_text'] = mem
 
+    def stop(self):
+        self.should_stop = True
+
     def run(self):
         while True:
-            self.main()
+            if self.should_stop is False:
-            time.sleep(self.freq)
+                self.main()
+                time.sleep(self.freq)
+            else:
+                break

plugins/ping.py

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class PluginThread(threading.Thread):
         self.freq = config.getint(section, 'freq', fallback=5)
         self.format_status('n/a')
         self.hide = False
+        self.should_stop = False
 
     def format_status(self, state):
         self.status['full_text'] = self.title + ': ' + state
@@ -34,7 +35,20 @@ class PluginThread(threading.Thread):
                 break
             self.format_status('off')
 
+    def sleep(self):
+        seconds = 0
+        while seconds < self.freq:
+            time.sleep(1)
+            seconds += 1
+        del seconds
+
+    def stop(self):
+        self.should_stop = True
+
     def run(self):
         while True:
-            self.main()
+            if self.should_stop is False:
-            time.sleep(self.freq)
+                self.main()
+                self.sleep()
+            else:
+                break

vdstatus

@@ -1,22 +1,23 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
 # TODO: handle SIGINT properly
+# TODO: remove code duplication in plugins, probably use a common class?
 # TODO: add documentation / comments
 # TODO: add a dummy plugin to use as a starting point
 # TODO: interactivity support
-from sys import argv
 import argparse
 import configparser
 import importlib
 import json
 import os
 import plugins
+import sys
 import time
 
 
 DEFAULT_CONFIG = os.path.join(os.environ['HOME'], '.config/vdstatus/conf.ini')
 
 
-def parse_arguments(arguments=argv[1:]):
+def parse_arguments(arguments=sys.argv[1:]):
     desc = ('A simple i3status replacement, '
             'and more. Warning: WIP, may be broken.')
     p = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=desc)
@@ -69,11 +70,16 @@ def run_plugins(config_file=DEFAULT_CONFIG):
 
     while True:
         outputs = list()
-        for plugin in plugins_l:
+        try:
-            if not plugin.hide:
+            for plugin in plugins_l:
-                outputs.append(plugin.status)
+                if not plugin.hide:
-        print(format_outputs(outputs), flush=True)
+                    outputs.append(plugin.status)
-        time.sleep(1)
+            print(format_outputs(outputs), flush=True)
+            time.sleep(1)
+        except (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit):
+            for plugin in plugins_l:
+                plugin.stop()
+            sys.exit('stopping threads...')
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':