+ // start the python engine
+ Py_SetProgramName(argv0);
+ Py_Initialize();
+ // initialize the C python module
+ init_openbox();
+ // include the openbox directories for python scripts in the sys path
+ PyRun_SimpleString("import sys");
+ PyRun_SimpleString("sys.path.append('" SCRIPTDIR "')");
+ PyRun_SimpleString(const_cast<char*>(("sys.path.append('" +
+ otk::expandTilde("~/.openbox/python") +
+ "')").c_str()));
+ // import the otk and openbox modules into the main namespace
+ PyRun_SimpleString("from openbox import *;");
+ // set up convenience global variables
+ PyRun_SimpleString("openbox = Openbox_instance()");
+
+ // set up access to the python global variables
+ PyObject *obmodule = PyImport_AddModule("__main__");
+ obdict = PyModule_GetDict(obmodule);
+}
+
+void python_destroy()
+{
+ Py_DECREF(obdict);
+}
+
+bool python_exec(const std::string &path)
+{
+ FILE *rcpyfd = fopen(path.c_str(), "r");
+ if (!rcpyfd) {
+ printf("failed to load python file %s\n", path.c_str());
+ return false;
+ }
+ PyRun_SimpleFile(rcpyfd, const_cast<char*>(path.c_str()));
+ fclose(rcpyfd);
+ return true;
+}
+
+bool python_get_long(const char *name, long *value)
+{
+ PyObject *val = PyDict_GetItemString(obdict, const_cast<char*>(name));
+ if (!(val && PyLong_Check(val))) return false;
+
+ *value = PyLong_AsLong(val);
+ return true;
+}
+
+bool python_get_string(const char *name, std::string *value)
+{
+ PyObject *val = PyDict_GetItemString(obdict, const_cast<char*>(name));
+ if (!(val && PyString_Check(val))) return false;
+
+ *value = PyString_AsString(val);
+ return true;
+}
+
+bool python_get_stringlist(const char *name, std::vector<std::string> *value)
+{
+ PyObject *val = PyDict_GetItemString(obdict, const_cast<char*>(name));
+ if (!(val && PyList_Check(val))) return false;
+
+ for (int i = 0, end = PyList_Size(val); i < end; ++i) {
+ PyObject *str = PyList_GetItem(val, i);
+ if (PyString_Check(str))
+ value->push_back(PyString_AsString(str));
+ }
+ return true;
+}