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Gedit Loveliness :) Snippet on Dec 23, 2008
sudo apt-get install gedit-plugins
Mouse sensitivity in Fluxbox Snippet on Dec 09, 2008
xset m 5 10 # sensitivity / threshold
Django TimeSelect widget Snippet on Oct 15, 2008
# based on the DateSelect widget from django, tested with newforms-admin, need to test with 1.0 class SelectTimeWidget(Widget): """ A Widget that splits time input into two <select> boxes. This also serves as an example of a Widget that has more than one HTML element and hence implements value_from_datadict. """ hour_field = '%s_hour' minute_field = '%s_minute' apm_field = '%s_apm' def __init__(self, attrs=None): # years is an optional list/tuple of years to use in the "year" select box. self.attrs = attrs or {} def render(self, name, value, attrs=None): hour_val = minute_val = apm_val = None try: value = datetime.time(*map(int, value.split(':'))) #value = datetime.date(*map(int, value.split('-'))) #pdb.set_trace() #year_val, month_val, day_val = value.year, value.month, value.day if value.hour > 12: value.hour -= 12 apm_val = 'pm' else: hour_val = value.hour apm_val = 'am' minute_val = value.minute except (AttributeError, TypeError, ValueError): hour_val = '8' minute_val = apm_val = None output = [] hour_choices = ( ('1','1'), ('2','2'), ('3','3'), ('4','4'), ('5','5'), ('6','6'), ('7','7'), ('8','8'), ('9','9'), ('10','10'), ('11','11'), ('12','12'), ) select_html = Select(choices=hour_choices).render(self.hour_field % name, hour_val) output.append(select_html) minute_choices = (('00','00'), ('15','15'), ('30','30'), ('45','45')) select_html = Select(choices=minute_choices).render(self.minute_field % name, minute_val) output.append(select_html) apm_choices = (('am','AM'), ('pm','PM')) select_html = Select(choices=apm_choices).render(self.apm_field % name, apm_val) output.append(select_html) return mark_safe(u'\n'.join(output)) def value_from_datadict(self, data, files, name): #y, m, d = data.get(self.year_field % name), data.get(self.month_field % name), data.get(self.day_field % name) h, m, a = data.get(self.hour_field % name), data.get(self.minute_field % name), data.get(self.apm_field % name) if a == 'pm': h = int(h) + 12 if h and m: return '%s:%s:%s' % (h,m,'00') #if y and m and d: # return '%s-%s-%s' % (y, m, d) return data.get(name, None) </select>