[mythtv] [PATCH] MythTV LIRC KeyPress Spawn External App

[Dan Morphis]

I saw a bunch of commits this morning, but I didn't see this one go 
through.  Don't know if it fell off the radar or what not.  Let me know.

-dan

Dan Morphis wrote:

> This patch allows mythtv to spawn an external app when lirc receives a 
> key.  Why would you want this?  Well, some people on the lists have 
> expressed interest in knowing when the system has received their 
> button presses.  One could use it to toggle a parallel port driven 
> LED.  Or as I do with Enrique Vidal's improved transmitter circuit 
> (which has a led in it); send a lirc command which causes no action on 
> the cable box, but causes lirc to pulse dtr thereby lighting up my ir 
> and regular led.
>
> The patch of course defaults to doing nothing  if the user hasn't 
> specified/doesn't want said action to happen.  I've attached the 
> sample script I use to cause the LED in my transmitter circuit to 
> function.  Alternatly, people could build the circuit described in 
> "Re: [mythtv-users] LED Recording feature" and pulse the parallel port.
>
> Enjoy!
>
> -dan

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#!/bin/sh

REMOTE_NAME=GI #DVD-Panasonic-0490
KEY=EXIT

irsend SEND_ONCE $REMOTE_NAME $KEY
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Index: libs/libmyth/lirc.cpp
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/lib/mythcvs/mythtv/libs/libmyth/lirc.cpp,v
retrieving revision 1.6
diff -u -d -r1.6 lirc.cpp
--- libs/libmyth/lirc.cpp	25 Jan 2004 08:27:42 -0000	1.6
+++ libs/libmyth/lirc.cpp	20 Mar 2004 02:41:41 -0000
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 #include <qkeysequence.h>
 #include <cstdio>
 #include <cerrno>
+#include "mythcontext.h"
+
+#include <sys/wait.h>
 
 #include <iostream>
 using namespace std;
@@ -83,6 +86,39 @@
                 QApplication::postEvent(mainWindow, new LircKeycodeEvent(code, 
                                         keycode, false));
             }
+
+            //Spawn app to thwap led (or what ever the user has picked if
+            // anything) to give positive feedback that a key was received
+            QString external_app = gContext->GetSetting("LircKeyPressedApp") + " &";
+            if(external_app != " &")
+            {
+              pid_t child = fork();
+              if (child < 0)
+              {
+                  perror("fork");
+              }
+              else if (child == 0)
+              {
+                  for(int i = 3; i < sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX) - 1; ++i)
+                      close(i);
+                  execl("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", external_app.ascii(), NULL);
+                  perror("exec");
+                  _exit(1);
+              }
+              else
+              {
+                  int status;
+                  if (waitpid(child, &status, 0) < 0)
+                  {
+                      perror("waitpid");
+                  }
+                  else if (status != 0)
+                  {
+                      cerr << "External key pressed command exited with status "
+                           << status << endl;
+                  }
+              }
+            }
         }
 
         free(ir);
Index: programs/mythfrontend/globalsettings.cpp
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/lib/mythcvs/mythtv/programs/mythfrontend/globalsettings.cpp,v
retrieving revision 1.147
diff -u -d -r1.147 globalsettings.cpp
--- programs/mythfrontend/globalsettings.cpp	14 Mar 2004 07:35:33 -0000	1.147
+++ programs/mythfrontend/globalsettings.cpp	20 Mar 2004 02:41:44 -0000
@@ -958,6 +958,17 @@
     };
 };
 
+class LircKeyPressedApp: public LineEditSetting, public GlobalSetting {
+public:
+    LircKeyPressedApp():
+        GlobalSetting("LircKeyPressedApp") {
+        setLabel(QObject::tr("Keypress Application"));
+        setValue("");
+        setHelpText(QObject::tr("External application or script to run when "
+                    "a keypress is received by lirc"));
+    };
+};
+
 class SetupPinCode: public LineEditSetting, public GlobalSetting {
 public:
     SetupPinCode():
@@ -1937,6 +1948,7 @@
     general->addChild(new AllowQuitShutdown());
     general->addChild(new NoPromptOnExit());
     general->addChild(new HaltCommand());
+    general->addChild(new LircKeyPressedApp());
     general->addChild(new SetupPinCodeRequired());
     general->addChild(new SetupPinCode());
     general->addChild(new EnableMediaMon());