replace colors with urgency status + add means to hide unimportant measures; TODO: configurabilty of hiding

plugins/batt.py

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ class PluginThread(threading.Thread):
         if config.has_option(section, 'color'):
             self.status['color'] = config.get(section, 'color')
         self.freq = config.getint(section, 'freq', fallback=1)
+        self.hide = False
 
     def main(self):
         with open(BATTERY_DIR + 'capacity', 'r') as capacity, \
@@ -21,8 +22,11 @@ class PluginThread(threading.Thread):
             batt_capacity = capacity.read().strip()
         if batt_stat != 'Discharging':
             batt_stat = '\u2191'
+            if float(batt_capacity) < 15:
+                self.status['urgent'] = True
         else:
             batt_stat = '\u2193'
+
         batt = 'BAT: ' + batt_capacity + '% ' + batt_stat
 
         self.status['full_text'] = batt

plugins/date.py

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ class PluginThread(threading.Thread):
         if config.has_option(section, 'color'):
             self.status['color'] = config.get(section, 'color')
         self.freq = config.getint(section, 'freq', fallback=1)
+        self.hide = False
 
     def main(self):
         self.status['full_text'] = time.strftime(self.date_format)

plugins/disk.py

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ class PluginThread(threading.Thread):
         if config.has_option(section, 'color'):
             self.status['color'] = config.get(section, 'color')
         self.freq = config.getint(section, 'freq', fallback=30)
+        self.hide = False
 
     def main(self):
         du_stat = psutil.disk_usage(self.part)

plugins/load.py

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ class PluginThread(threading.Thread):
         if config.has_option(section, 'color'):
             self.status['color'] = config.get(section, 'color')
         self.freq = config.getint(section, 'freq', fallback=10)
+        self.hide = False
 
     def main(self):
         loads = os.getloadavg()

plugins/mem.py

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ class PluginThread(threading.Thread):
         if config.has_option(section, 'color'):
             self.status['color'] = config.get(section, 'color')
         self.freq = config.getint(section, 'freq', fallback=1)
+        self.hide = False
 
     def main(self):
         mem_stat = psutil.virtual_memory()

plugins/ping.py

@@ -10,22 +10,19 @@ class PluginThread(threading.Thread):
         self.threadID = thread_id
         self.hosts = config.get(section, 'hosts').split(',')
         self.title = config.get(section, 'title')
-        if config.has_option(section, 'colors'):
-            self.colors = config.get(section, 'colors').split(',')
-        else:
-            self.colors = None
         self.timeout = config.get(section, 'timeout', fallback='150')
         self.status = dict()
         self.freq = config.getint(section, 'freq', fallback=5)
         self.format_status('n/a')
+        self.hide = False
 
     def format_status(self, state):
         self.status['full_text'] = self.title + ': ' + state
-        if self.colors is not None:
-            if state == 'on':
-                self.status['color'] = self.colors[0]
-            else:
-                self.status['color'] = self.colors[1]
+        if state == 'on':
+            self.status['urgent'] = False
+            self.hide = True
+        else:
+            self.status['urgent'] = True
 
     def main(self):
         random.shuffle(self.hosts)

vdstatus

@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ def run_plugins(config_file=DEFAULT_CONFIG):
     while True:
         outputs = list()
         for plugin in plugins_l:
-            outputs.append(plugin.status)
+            if plugin.hide == False:
+                outputs.append(plugin.status)
         print(format_outputs(outputs))
         time.sleep(1)