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| Comment | Post #287783 |
@#63752 I think using `open` makes more sense b/c it implicitly checks for your ability to read the file, which is necessary for the program to work correctly, among other things.
For example, in GNU+Linux, you could remove all permissions from the wallpaper file, including read, and `os.path.exis... (more) |
— | 8 months ago |
| Comment | Post #287851 |
I'd suggest that you overload the `<<` operator instead of having a `print` method. That way, you should be able to take your `Car c;` and write `std::cout << c << std::endl;`, and so on. This is what the `std::string` class does. (more) |
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| Edit | Post #287783 |
Post edited: Modify emphasis |
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| Edit | Post #287782 |
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Post edited: Add note for gnome |
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Post edited: Remove TBD from Windows 7/10 sections |
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| Comment | Post #287783 |
After looking around the registry with the Registry Editor, I couldn't find anything else that seemed to indicate the *current* path to the current wallpaper or anything. So, it's very possible for the user to set an image as a wallpaper and then (re)move it, causing the Windows registry entry to end... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #287783 |
@#53177 It would be and that's what I was doing earlier today. Unfortunately, what I found is potentially unreliable. On Win7, had to use Python 3.7 (latest release that will work there). This code seems to work:
```python
>>> import winreg as w
>>> key = w.OpenKeyEx(w.HKEY_CURRENT_USER, 'Control ... (more) |
— | about 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #287783 |
@#53177 No harm no foul. The way I got it to work from Python in Windows 10 was as follows (had to use a list for the commands, unlike in GNU+Linux):
```python
command = [
f'{env["SystemRoot"]}\\System32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\powershell.exe',
'Get-ItemPropertyValue',
'-Path',
... (more) |
— | about 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #287783 |
I found a way to make it work in Python3 (in Windows 10). I'll be updating the post later. Also, while PowerShell *is* installed in Windows 7, the `Get-ItemPropertyValue` command returns an error message, suggesting the command is not implemented. (more) |
— | about 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #287783 |
@#53177 Your method shows error messages when attempted via Python3's `subprocess` module. For example, `sp.run(f'{os.environ["SystemRoot"]}\\System32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\powershell.exe Get-ItemPropertyValue -Path "Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop" -Name Wallpaper', capture_out... (more) |
— | about 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #287785 |
Please, be sure to post error messages, log messages, configs, and other relevant data. Also, please do that as text, not images. (more) |
— | about 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #284872 |
Post edited: Word change for readability |
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| Comment | Post #287783 |
@#53177 Does your Windows 10 recommendation work in the Home edition or does it really require the Enterprise version of it? Does Windows 10 Home even have Powershell available? (Not something I'm able to check right at this moment.) Also, are you aware of something in the Windows 32 API that could b... (more) |
— | about 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #287783 |
Post edited: Add note on GNU distro. |
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| Suggested Edit | Post #284872 |
Suggested edit: Word change for readability (more) |
helpful | about 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #287782 |
Post edited: Remove "(TBD)" mark from Gnome |
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Post edited: Add Gnome section |
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| Edit | Post #287783 | Initial revision | — | about 1 year ago |
| Answer | — |
A: How to programmatically get current wallpaper file path? This answer will use Python 3 for code examples. I encourage people to post other answers for other languages. I'll continue to update this answer, as I'm able, based on comments with tested/verified recommendations/code/etc. Checking OS ```python import platform sys = platform.system().lo... (more) |
— | about 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #287782 | Initial revision | — | about 1 year ago |
| Question | — |
How to programmatically get current wallpaper file path? I have written a screensaver program that, in part, uses the current wallpaper for some visual effects. However, finding the current wallpaper in different operating systems and environments is less than straightforward. I've made some progress, but what I've found during searches has not been ver... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #286800 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
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A: How to correctly daemonize a Rocket-based app? I did not find a way to get Rocket and Daemonize to work together without problems. However, I was able to get a more recent version of `start-stop-daemon` installed in the system (v1.20.11), and was able to get an `init` script working. (The old version did not recognize some options such as PID fil... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #286697 |
OP appears to have ghosted the question. No response to questions, etc. (more) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #285218 |
This looks more like a "please, do my homework" type of post than an actual actionable question... (more) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #286696 |
Post edited: Add first update with Wireshark packet capture image |
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| Edit | Post #286696 |
Post edited: Make title more accurate |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #286697 |
Did you check the [Porting to Python3](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/topics/python3/) docs? If not, then you should start there. (more) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #286696 | Initial revision | — | almost 2 years ago |
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How to correctly daemonize a Rocket-based app? Summary I'm refactoring a Rust-based service/daemon to move away from gRPC and use a Rocket-based API instead. I'm also using the `daemonize` crate to turn the foreground process into a background process. The problem I've run into is that when I get the `rocket`-based service to successfully d... (more) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #284596 |
For those who think the post is too long, here's a **TL;DR:** `HEAD` is a *pointer* to the most recent commit within the branch that's currently checked out (default `master`) whenever `git checkout <branch-or-sha1>` is used. The `HEAD` target can be altered, sometimes destructively, with other comma... (more) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #286588 |
> option 1 is not possible
You *could* simply sign your email and send it without encrypting it. That would at least allow you to prove that you really did send the email.
> how do I know the emails come from who says is the sender, without a PGP signature on the email?
You don't, in the sen... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #286588 |
Post edited: Rephrase points and last sentence |
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| Edit | Post #286588 | Initial revision | — | almost 2 years ago |
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A: PGP sign emails sent with git-send-email(1) > How can we use git-send-email(1) to sign patches (emails) with the gpg(1) keyring? The `git-send-email` command does not have any CLI options to perform cryptographic operations, so, to the best of my knowledge, you cannot really tell it to sign anything. What you can do is sign commits with ... (more) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #286190 |
I don't think this is enough for a full-fledged answer, but I think adding debug `assert`s for testing, that get removed on release builds is a good approach. In general, clear documentation about what functions expect and leaving it to the caller should be fine. (more) |
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| Edit | Post #279789 |
Post edited: Replace account with placeholder |
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| Edit | Post #279762 |
Post edited: Replace account for placeholder |
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| Edit | Post #277340 |
Post edited: Fixing a typo re plural/singular terminology |
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| Suggested Edit | Post #277340 |
Suggested edit: Fixing a typo re plural/singular terminology (more) |
helpful | over 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #284078 |
*> First off, what is the scope of your signing keys?*
Not sure what you mean there
*> How many are there?*
We expect to have 2 keys, but I don't know what the future holds.
*> Is there a different one for each of your devices, or is there a single one for all?*
We don't put keys o... (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #284078 |
@#8176 I've added PGP to the question's tag to (hopefully) prevent confusion. As @#8049 explained, it really makes no difference in the context of my question. (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #284078 |
Post edited: Didn't mean to replace, just add |
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