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README.md

@@ -8,10 +8,12 @@ A GUI for basic tasks of package management using apt:
 * Check for and list all available upgrades
 * Download and install all available upgrades
 
+![Screenshot](doc/screenshot.png "Screenshot: Updating the Package Cache")
+
 ## Dependencies
 
 ```shell
-apt install python3-gi
+sudo apt install python3-gi
 ```
 
 ## Installation

bin/simple-apt-update

@@ -60,9 +60,8 @@ class UpdateWindow(Gtk.ApplicationWindow):
         self.buffer.set_text("")
 
     def scroll_to_bottom(self):
-        adj = self.scrolledwindow.get_vadjustment()
+        self.buffer.get_end_iter()
-        adj.set_value(adj.get_upper())
+        self.text_view.scroll_to_mark(self.text_mark_end, 0, False, 0, 0)
-        self.scrolledwindow.set_vadjustment(adj)
 
     def level_to_color(self, level):
         if level == "INFO":
@@ -72,47 +71,76 @@ class UpdateWindow(Gtk.ApplicationWindow):
         else:
             return "grey"
 
-    def prepend_mesg(self, level, text):
-        self.prepend(text)
-        self.prepend_color(level + ": ", self.level_to_color(level))
-
     def append_mesg(self, level, text):
-        self.append_color(level + ": ", self.level_to_color(level))
+        self.append_color(
+            level + ": ",
+            self.level_to_color(level)
+        )
         self.append(text)
 
-    def prepend_markup(self, markup):
-        self.insert_markup(markup, self.buffer.get_start_iter())
-
     def append_markup(self, markup):
-        self.insert_markup(markup, self.buffer.get_end_iter())
+        self.insert_markup(
+            markup,
+            self.buffer.get_end_iter()
+        )
 
     def insert_markup(self, markup, iter):
         self.buffer.insert_markup(iter, markup, -1)
 
-    def prepend_color(self, text, color):
-        self.insert_color(text, color, self.buffer.get_start_iter())
-
     def append_color(self, text, color):
-        self.insert_color(text, color, self.buffer.get_end_iter())
+        self.insert_color(
+            text,
+            color,
+            self.buffer.get_end_iter()
+        )
 
     def insert_color(self, text, color, iter):
         self.buffer.insert_markup(
             iter,
-            "<span color=\"%s\">%s</span>" % (color, html.escape(text)),
+            "<span color=\"%s\">%s</span>" % (
+                color,
+                html.escape(text)),
             -1)
 
-    def prepend(self, text):
-        self.insert(text, self.buffer.get_start_iter())
-
     def append(self, text):
-        self.insert(text, self.buffer.get_end_iter())
+        self.insert(
+            text,
+            self.buffer.get_end_iter()
+        )
         self.scroll_to_bottom()
 
     def insert(self, text, iter):
         self.buffer.insert(iter, text + "\n")
 
-    def execute(self, args, ignore_stderr=False, output_msg=None,
+    def run_thread(self, args, env, prefix=None):
-                empty_msg=None, env={}, clear=True):
+        if self.thread is None:
+            do_run = True
+        elif not self.thread.is_alive():
+            do_run = True
+        else:
+            do_run = False
+
+        if do_run:
+            self.thread = threading.Thread(
+                target=self.run,
+                args=(args, env, prefix,))
+
+            self.thread.start()
+
+            return False
+        else:
+            return True
+
+    def execute(
+        self,
+        args,
+        ignore_stderr=False,
+        output_msg=None,
+        empty_msg=None,
+        prefix=None,
+        env={},
+        clear=True
+    ):
         self.lock()
 
         if clear:
@@ -123,15 +151,24 @@ class UpdateWindow(Gtk.ApplicationWindow):
         self.ignore_stderr = ignore_stderr
         self.stdout = ''
         self.stderr = ''
-        self.prepend_mesg(
+        self.append_mesg(
             "INFO",
             "Running command \"%s\" ..." % " ".join(args))
-        thread = threading.Thread(target=self.run, args=(args, env,))
-        thread.start()
 
-    def run(self, args, env={}):
+        GLib.timeout_add(
+            250,
+            self.run_thread,
+            args,
+            env,
+            prefix
+        )
+
+    def run(self, args, env={}, prefix=None):
         p = subprocess.Popen(
-            args, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, shell=False,
+            args,
+            stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+            stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
+            shell=False,
             env=dict(os.environ, **env))
 
         sel = selectors.DefaultSelector()
@@ -145,7 +182,10 @@ class UpdateWindow(Gtk.ApplicationWindow):
 
                 if data:
                     if key.fileobj is p.stdout:
-                        self.stdout_queue.put(data)
+                        if prefix is None:
+                            self.stdout_queue.put(data)
+                        else:
+                            self.stdout_queue.put(prefix + " " + data)
                     else:
                         self.stderr_queue.put(data)
 
@@ -176,16 +216,15 @@ class UpdateWindow(Gtk.ApplicationWindow):
             env=env,
             empty_msg="No package upgrades were performed.")
 
-    def on_upgrade(self, *args):
-        self.upgrade()
-
     def update(self, clear=True):
         args = ['/usr/bin/apt-get', '-y', 'update']
         env = {'DEBIAN_FRONTEND': 'noninteractive'}
-        self.execute(args, env=env, clear=clear)
+        self.execute(
-
+            args,
-    def on_update(self, *args):
+            env=env,
-        self.update()
+            clear=clear,
+            output_msg="The package cache was refreshed."
+        )
 
     def list(self, clear=True):
         args = ['/usr/bin/apt', '-qq', 'list', '--upgradable']
@@ -193,8 +232,16 @@ class UpdateWindow(Gtk.ApplicationWindow):
             args,
             ignore_stderr=True,
             clear=clear,
-            output_msg="Found the following package upgrades:",
+            prefix="UPDATE",
-            empty_msg="Currently there are no available package upgrades.")
+            output_msg="Done listing available upgrades.",
+            empty_msg="No package upgrades found."
+        )
+
+    def on_update(self, *args):
+        self.update()
+
+    def on_upgrade(self, *args):
+        self.upgrade()
 
     def on_list(self, *args):
         self.list()
@@ -202,27 +249,39 @@ class UpdateWindow(Gtk.ApplicationWindow):
     def on_quit(self, *args):
         self.application.quit()
 
+    def process_exit(self, exit_code, empty_msg=None, output_msg=None):
+        self.thread.join()
+
+        if exit_code != 0:
+            self.append_mesg(
+                "ERROR",
+                "Command exited with code %d" % exit_code
+            )
+        elif self.stdout == '' and self.empty_msg is not None:
+            self.append_mesg("INFO", self.empty_msg)
+        elif self.stdout != '' and self.output_msg is not None:
+            self.append_mesg("INFO", self.output_msg)
+
+        self.unlock()
+
     def update_buffer(self):
         try:
             text = self.stdout_queue.get(block=False)
-            match = re.fullmatch(r'EXIT (\d+)', text)
+            match = re.fullmatch(r'(EXIT|UPDATE) (.*)', text)
 
             if match is None:
                 self.stdout += text
                 self.append_mesg("STDOUT", text)
+            elif match.group(1) == 'EXIT':
+                exit_code = int(match.group(2))
+                self.process_exit(exit_code)
+            elif match.group(1) == 'UPDATE':
+                text = match.group(2)
+                self.stdout += text
+                self.append_mesg("UPDATE", text)
             else:
-                exit_code = int(match.group(1))
+                self.stdout += text
-
+                self.append_mesg("UPDATE", text)
-                if exit_code != 0:
-                    self.append_mesg(
-                        "ERROR",
-                        "Command exited with code %d" % exit_code)
-                elif self.stdout == '' and self.empty_msg is not None:
-                    self.append_mesg("INFO", self.empty_msg)
-                elif self.stdout != '' and self.output_msg is not None:
-                    self.append_mesg("INFO", self.empty_msg)
-
-                self.unlock()
 
         except queue.Empty:
             pass
@@ -240,20 +299,31 @@ class UpdateWindow(Gtk.ApplicationWindow):
         return True
 
     def __init__(self, application):
-        super(UpdateWindow, self).__init__(
+        super(
+            UpdateWindow,
+            self
+        ).__init__(
             application=application,
-            title="Simple APT Update")
+            title="Simple APT Update"
+        )
+
         self.application = application
+        self.thread = None
         self.stdout_queue = queue.Queue()
         self.stderr_queue = queue.Queue()
-        GLib.timeout_add(100, self.update_buffer)
+
         self.init_ui()
 
+        GLib.timeout_add(100, self.update_buffer)
+
     def init_ui(self):
         self.set_border_width(10)
         self.set_default_size(630, 390)
 
-        hbox = Gtk.Box(spacing=6, orientation=Gtk.Orientation.VERTICAL)
+        hbox = Gtk.Box(
+            spacing=6,
+            orientation=Gtk.Orientation.VERTICAL
+        )
         self.add(hbox)
 
         grid = Gtk.Grid()
@@ -272,9 +342,12 @@ class UpdateWindow(Gtk.ApplicationWindow):
         grid.attach(self.list_button, 1, 0, 1, 1)
 
         self.upgrade_button = Gtk.Button.new_from_icon_name(
-            "gtk-apply", Gtk.IconSize.BUTTON)
+            "gtk-apply",
+            Gtk.IconSize.BUTTON
+        )
         self.upgrade_button.set_tooltip_text(
-            "Download and install all available upgrades")
+            "Download and install all available upgrades"
+        )
         self.upgrade_button.connect("clicked", self.on_upgrade)
         grid.attach(self.upgrade_button, 2, 0, 1, 1)
 
@@ -283,7 +356,9 @@ class UpdateWindow(Gtk.ApplicationWindow):
         grid.attach(self.spinner, 3, 0, 1, 1)
 
         self.quit_button = Gtk.Button.new_from_icon_name(
-            "exit", Gtk.IconSize.BUTTON)
+            "exit",
+            Gtk.IconSize.BUTTON
+        )
         self.quit_button.set_tooltip_text("Exit the program")
         self.quit_button.set_halign(Gtk.Align.END)
         self.quit_button.connect("clicked", self.on_quit)
@@ -296,24 +371,32 @@ class UpdateWindow(Gtk.ApplicationWindow):
         self.scrolledwindow.set_max_content_height(300)
         self.buffer = Gtk.TextBuffer()
 
-        text_view = Gtk.TextView(buffer=self.buffer)
+        self.text_view = Gtk.TextView(buffer=self.buffer)
-        text_view.set_editable(False)
+        self.text_view.set_editable(False)
-        text_view.set_monospace(True)
+        self.text_view.set_monospace(True)
-        text_view.set_cursor_visible(False)
+        self.text_view.set_cursor_visible(False)
 
-        self.scrolledwindow.add(text_view)
+        text_buffer = self.text_view.get_buffer()
+        iter = text_buffer.get_end_iter()
+        self.text_mark_end = text_buffer.create_mark("", iter, False)
+
+        self.scrolledwindow.add(self.text_view)
         hbox.pack_start(self.scrolledwindow, True, True, 0)
 
 
 class SimpleAptUpdate(Gtk.Application):
     def __init__(self):
-        super().__init__(application_id='de.linuxfoo.SimpleAptUpdate',
+        super(
-                         flags=Gio.ApplicationFlags.FLAGS_NONE)
+            SimpleAptUpdate,
-        self.connect('activate', self.on_activate)
+            self
-        signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal.SIG_DFL)
+        ).__init__(
+            application_id='de.linuxfoo.SimpleAptUpdate',
+            flags=Gio.ApplicationFlags.FLAGS_NONE
+        )
 
-    def do_command_line(self, cmdline):
+        self.connect('activate', self.on_activate)
-        pass
+
+        signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal.SIG_DFL)
 
     def on_activate(self, application):
         self.window = UpdateWindow(application)
@@ -321,7 +404,10 @@ class SimpleAptUpdate(Gtk.Application):
         action = Gio.SimpleAction.new("quit", None)
         action.connect("activate", self.window.on_quit)
         self.add_action(action)
-        self.set_accels_for_action('app.quit', ['<Primary>q', '<Primary>w'])
+        self.set_accels_for_action(
+            'app.quit',
+            ['<Primary>q', '<Primary>w']
+        )
 
         action = Gio.SimpleAction.new("update", None)
         action.connect("activate", self.window.on_update)
@@ -340,7 +426,6 @@ class SimpleAptUpdate(Gtk.Application):
 
         self.window.present()
         self.window.show_all()
-        self.window.update()
         self.window.list(clear=False)
 
 
@@ -355,3 +440,5 @@ def main():
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
+
+# vim:fenc=utf-8:et:ts=4:sw=4

res/icons/simple-apt-update.svg

@@ -7,19 +7,14 @@
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