roccitman

March 4, 2015

Darn, it didn't. The themes got reset back to 'light' and 'dark' again. Not sure what's going on. Machine was sleeping during the change so might be the same thing that Richard was seeing. We'll try again in the morning, heh.

March 3, 2015

Thanks for taking the time! Learning a lot here.

1) Grabbed the latest just now. 635

2) Still works, but may have found out what's wrong. I had to run it twice for it to catch the themes I was asking for:

before...

INFO      Light theme : Light
INFO      Dark theme  : Dark

after...

INFO      Light theme : OS X Yosemite
INFO      Dark theme  : OS X Yosemite Dark

Can't explain that one, just hit the up arrow and did it again. Shrug.

3) Perhaps some more goodies here:

DEBUG     Started with options : {u'help': False, u'light': 'OS X Yosemite', u'quiet': False, u'times': False, u'dark': 'OS X Yosemite Dark', u'timezones': False, u'nothing': False, u'verbose': False}
DEBUG     Deleted stale PID file : /tmp/net.deanishe.alfred-toggle-theme.pid
DEBUG     light at 2015-03-03 21:00:34 UTC
INFO      Light theme : OS X Yosemite
INFO      Dark theme  : OS X Yosemite Dark
INFO      Alfred theme set to `OS X Yosemite`
INFO      Next change : Theme `OS X Yosemite Dark` at sunset in 7 hours, 41 minutes at 18:42 HST
DEBUG     Forking into background ...

As always, thanks for your patience here! Looks like it was simple thing, we'll see in 7 hours 40 minutes...

March 3, 2015

[ETA astral and pytz versions]

I gotta be missing something. More questions from me, sorry!

I sat and watched this morning but the theme never changed from dark to light. I do see there is a plist file in the ~/user/library/launchagents/ and it does seem to know when the sunrise is/was but the them never changed.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>Label</key>
	<string>Toggle Alfred theme at sunrise and sunset</string>
	<key>ProgramArguments</key>
	<array>
		<string>/usr/bin/python</string>
		<string>/Users/roccoapril/Documents/_home/toggle_alfred_theme.py</string>
		<string>--dark</string>
		<string>OS X Yosemite Dark</string>
		<string>--light</string>
		<string>OS X Yosemite</string>
	</array>
	<key>StartCalendarInterval</key>
	<dict>
		<key>Day</key>
		<integer>3</integer>
		<key>Hour</key>
		<integer>6</integer>
		<key>Minute</key>
		<integer>57</integer>
		<key>Month</key>
		<integer>3</integer>
	</dict>
</dict>
</plist>

Do I have something set up wrong? If I rerun the script right now it will change the theme immediately. I ran it last night about an hour after sunset and it changed it to dark.

Just ran it again, and ...

INFO      Light theme : OS X Yosemite
INFO      Dark theme  : OS X Yosemite Dark
INFO      Alfred theme set to `OS X Yosemite`
INFO      Next change : Theme `OS X Yosemite Dark` at sunset in 10 hours, 55 minutes at 18:42 HST

Looks right. It's 7:47 and sunset should be around 18:30.

And it looks like the plist file was edited correctly

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>Label</key>
	<string>Toggle Alfred theme at sunrise and sunset</string>
	<key>ProgramArguments</key>
	<array>
		<string>/usr/bin/python</string>
		<string>/Users/roccoapril/Documents/_home/toggle_alfred_theme.py</string>
		<string>--dark</string>
		<string>OS X Yosemite Dark</string>
		<string>--light</string>
		<string>OS X Yosemite</string>
	</array>
	<key>StartCalendarInterval</key>
	<dict>
		<key>Day</key>
		<integer>3</integer>
		<key>Hour</key>
		<integer>18</integer>
		<key>Minute</key>
		<integer>43</integer>
		<key>Month</key>
		<integer>3</integer>
	</dict>
</dict>
</plist>

I gotta be missing something. Astral version

>>> astral.__version__

'0.8.1'

Updated pytz to 2014.10 (from 2013.7). Can't imagine that was a problem, but IDK.

>>> pytz.__version__

'2014.10'

-newbie out!

March 2, 2015

Heh, happy to help

OK, yeah. Output looks perfect now

INFO      Light theme : OS X Yosemite
INFO      Dark theme  : OS X Yosemite Dark
INFO      Alfred theme set to `OS X Yosemite`
INFO      Next change : Theme `OS X Yosemite Dark` at sunset in 9 hours, 57 minutes at 18:41 HST

March 2, 2015

Hey Gents

Not smart enough to know this, is the error at the end of this output saying that something didn't go right?

DEBUG     Started with options : {u'help': False, u'light': 'OS X Yosemite', u'quiet': False, u'times': False, u'dark': 'OS X Yosemite Dark', u'timezones': False, u'nothing': False, u'verbose': False}
DEBUG     Sunrise on 2015-03-02 : 16:57:00 UTC
DEBUG     Sunset on 2015-03-03 : 04:41:00 UTC
DEBUG     dark : 04:49:05 UTC
DEBUG     Current time : 2015-03-02 04:49:05 UTC = dark
INFO      Light theme : OS X Yosemite
INFO      Dark theme  : OS X Yosemite Dark
INFO      Alfred theme set to : OS X Yosemite Dark
INFO      Next change : Theme `OS X Yosemite` at sunrise in 12 hours, 8 minutes at 06:57 HST
DEBUG     Forking into background ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "toggle_alfred_theme.py", line 582, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "toggle_alfred_theme.py", line 564, in main
    daemonise()
  File "toggle_alfred_theme.py", line 172, in daemonise
    os.chdir(os.path.dirname(__file__))
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: ''

February 28, 2015

Deanishe is really good at python.

Indeed!

I am very much a beginner with command line stuff so thanks for your patience. Looks like all the variables are happy now:

INFO      Next change : Theme `OS X Yosemite Dark` at sunset in 7 hours, 17 minutes at 18:40 HST

February 28, 2015

Hey Deanishe

Got my Python stuff installed, and got this output when I fired up your script.

DEBUG Started with options : {u'help': False, u'light': 'OS X Yosemite', u'quiet': False, u'times': False, u'dark': 'OS X Yosemite Dark', u'timezones': False, u'nothing': False, u'verbose': False}

DEBUG Sunrise on 2015-02-28 : 06:19:00 UTC

DEBUG Sunset on 2015-02-28 : 17:09:00 UTC

DEBUG light : 09:37:40 UTC

DEBUG Current time : 2015-02-28 09:37:40 UTC = light

INFO Light theme : OS X Yosemite

INFO Dark theme : OS X Yosemite Dark

INFO Alfred theme set to : OS X Yosemite

INFO Next change : Theme `OS X Yosemite Dark` at sunset in 7 hours, 32 minutes at 18:09 CET

DEBUG Forking into background ...

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "toggle_alfred_theme.py", line 582, in <module>

sys.exit(main())

File "toggle_alfred_theme.py", line 564, in main

daemonise()

File "toggle_alfred_theme.py", line 172, in daemonise

os.chdir(os.path.dirname(__file__))

OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: ''

I'm on HST but this looks like it's set up for CET. Am I reading the output wrong? Did I miss a step?

Cool stuff, can't wait to get it working.

-roccit

February 28, 2015

Sweet! Thanks a ton!

February 27, 2015

Nice! I wonder if Alfred workflows can be automated. I'd like for this to turn on in the evening and off in the morning. Lazy and all, you know

February 18, 2015

OK, found this workflow by "pborenstein" which uses system volume instead of trying to focus on just FaceTime's use of the input source.

Ewww, nice find!

I added a hotkey to mine, so I don't have to evoke Alfred.

http://d.pr/i/1bsN6

February 17, 2015

Why not just use OS X's built-in keyboard app shortcuts?

System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > App Shortcuts

Click "+", select FaceTime as the Application, "Mute" [without quotes] as the Menu Title, and select whatever shortcut you desire.

Or else, you will have to do some GUI scripting as FaceTime takes control over the Microphone and the scripting will essentially be exactly what the above is anyway.

Yeah, I tried that. It doesn't work for some reason if you're just doing FaceTime Audio:

http://d.pr/i/1akfg

surrealroad · January 21, 2015

Please download the latest version, which has this new pattern

Thanks Jack James! Gotta admit, this is a slick addition. It's been fun being close to the evolution of this workflow.

-roccit

Btw, are you a DJ in your spare time?

January 15, 2015

Yeah, I only do around 5 per day so it works for me. You've reached the end of my tech support abilities on this workflow

January 15, 2015

Dear James and everybody else,

Thanks so much for sharing this workflow, it's very helpful!

I read all the pages of this thread but I couldn't find an answer, hence my post. I cannot get r in 2 days at 5pm to do something to work. To be more specific, the in and at parameters don't seem to work together in the same sentence.

r at 5pm works fine (so it's not an issue with my Region Settings):

However, r in 2 days at 5pm returns this:

Could you please help me out?

Hey t87

I found the same thing but I just started either doing hours or using decimals of days. Here's two examples:

http://d.pr/i/17SPx

http://d.pr/i/1i2Ow

November 14, 2014

Just experimenting here. If I get excited I'll make it work for either Spotify or iTunes.

control+option+command+down arrow to lower the volume

control+option+command+up arrow to restore the volume

Of course you can mess with the applescript inside to change the percentage. The number just needs to be ≥ 0 all the way to ≤ 100.

[EDIT] Stole some code from Patrick Stadler (his cool Play WF is here) and made it so it will work the volume for either iTunes or Spotify, whichever one is playing

Download

October 26, 2014

Seems to work fine on 10.10. Awesome!

October 19, 2014

I've had some oddness with Yosemite. Seems like things needed to be shaken out. A few reboots never hurt anybody

October 18, 2014

Odd. I stopped using the word "to" because it kept ending up in my reminders.

So...

"r in 5 minutes to check the noodles"

Would produce a reminder with title "to check the noodles"

Double odd. It's working right today: http://d.pr/i/K84c

(well not right, but how I've been using it.)

October 17, 2014

Hmm. We may need a Yosemite update. Anyone else having trouble?

http://d.pr/v/1giVS

Am I missing something?

March 18, 2014

Nice tip, would be perfect. Now to just teach myself how to

My lazy wants to just buy this: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/clockwise/id644904486?mt=12

March 18, 2014

Hey group

I'm trying to set up my machine to run an AppleScript after a period of inactivity (like a screensaver). I wonder if Alfred can handle that. Any thoughts?

December 2, 2013

Excellent and simple little action. Thanks Vitor!

November 22, 2013

for the record, I love and need this workflow so much that I'm working on a command line implementation for reading and writing to the Event Store, where reminders and calendars are located I will take a while though, I'm not very keen with Obj-C

Nice!

November 22, 2013

Indeed, but the problem with using "r" is that it can trip over itself, meaning that it won't add reminders straight away.

I might make a version of the plugin that's write-only.

Yeah, I sometimes see that when I type "r in 5 minutes feed the cat" it will show up in reminders as "feed the c" or something like that.

The write-only version would be very interesting. That's all I use it for anyway. It's, for some reason, easier for me to look at the reminders window (I have it on a separate Desktop) with just a swipe.

November 22, 2013

As noted on the first post, "radd" works fine in Mavericks for creating reminders with this workflow

FWIW, both "r" and "radd" work the same for me.

(Mavericks on a 2013 MBP)

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