dmitryTsatsarin · August 29, 2015 14:23 · Oct 24, 2014
diff --git a/gistfile1.py b/gistfile1.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+import subprocess
+import os.path
+import re
+import sys
+
+#Requires dconf tool - available in Mint as dconf-cli
+#run with -r argument to remove created shortcuts
+
+home = os.path.expanduser("~")
+personal = home + "/.local/share/applications/"
+common = "/usr/share/applications/"
+cinnamon = home + "/.cinnamon/panel-launchers/"
+
+baseKey = "/org/cinnamon"
+quickLaunch = "/panel-launchers"
+keybinds = "/keybindings"
+customKeybinds = "/custom-keybindings"
+shortcutBase = "/custom00000000"
+bind = "/binding"
+cmd = "/command"
+name = "/name"
+customKeybindsList = "/custom-list"
+
+executable = "dconf"
+
+
+def strip(item):
+    item = re.sub('[\[\]\"\'\n]', "", item)
+    item = re.sub(', ', ",", item)
+    item = item.split(",")
+    return item
+
+def getExec(file):
+    handle = open(file, 'r')
+    for line in handle:
+        match = re.match('(?:Exec=)(.*)\n', line)
+        if match:
+            match = re.sub('( )+%[a-zA-Z]( )*$', "", match.group(1))
+            return strip(match)
+    handle.close()
+
+def addShortcutKey(num, prog):
+    subprocess.call([executable, "write", baseKey + keybinds + customKeybinds + shortcutBase + num + name,  " \"ql" + num + "\""])
+    subprocess.call([executable, "write", baseKey + keybinds + customKeybinds + shortcutBase + num + cmd,  " \"" + "".join(prog) + "\""])
+    subprocess.call([executable, "write", baseKey + keybinds + customKeybinds + shortcutBase + num + bind,  " \"<Super>" + num + "\""])
+
+
+def addShortcutToIndex(nameList):
+    proc = subprocess.Popen([executable, "read", baseKey + keybinds + customKeybindsList], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+    end = strip(proc.communicate()[0])
+    end = [x for x in end if not x[:-1] == shortcutBase[1:] and not x == '']
+    [end.append(name) for name in nameList]
+    subprocess.call([executable, "write", baseKey + keybinds + customKeybindsList, " " + str(end)])
+
+def mainAdd():
+    proc = subprocess.Popen([executable, "read", baseKey + quickLaunch], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+    qList = proc.communicate()[0]
+    qList = strip(qList)
+
+    addList = []
+    for i, item in enumerate(qList, start=1):
+        if i < 11:
+            if os.path.isfile(common + item):
+                ex = getExec(common + item)
+            elif os.path.isfile(personal + item):
+                ex = getExec(personal + item)
+            elif os.path.isfile(cinnamon + item):
+                ex = getExec(cinnamon + item)
+            else:
+                continue
+            addShortcutKey(str(i)[-1], ex)
+            addList.append(shortcutBase[1:] + str(i)[-1])
+    addShortcutToIndex(addList)
+
+def mainRemove():
+    for num in range(0,10):
+        subprocess.call([executable, "reset", "-f", baseKey + keybinds + customKeybinds + shortcutBase + str(num) + "/"])
+    proc = subprocess.Popen([executable, "read", baseKey + keybinds + customKeybindsList], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+    remList = strip(proc.communicate()[0])
+    try:
+        remList = [x for x in remList if not x[:-1] == shortcutBase[1:] and not x == '']
+    except:
+        remList = []
+    subprocess.call([executable, "write", baseKey + keybinds + customKeybindsList, " " + str(remList)])
+
+if "-r" in sys.argv:
+    mainRemove()
+else:
+    mainAdd()