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yusufipk e2551343e4 Run a dictation and a command to the agent at the same time
The two shared one state machine, which meant an agent thinking for a minute
was a minute in which nothing could be dictated. That is the wrong trade: the
work has nothing in common past the microphone, and the microphone is busy for
the seconds you are speaking, not the minute afterwards.

So they are two flows now, each with its own state, its own pipeline and its own
indicator. Either can be working while the other records. Only the recorder is
taken in turns, because there is one of it: whichever asks second is refused
while the first holds it, and the menu entry greys out to say so rather than
failing quietly. "Am I recording" is read off the two states rather than off the
recorder's owner, which outlives the recording by the moment it takes the audio
to arrive, and would otherwise report a microphone as busy after it was free.

Two indicators in one corner would sit on top of each other, so an indicator can
be told what it stacks on: it offsets by that one's height while it is showing
and drops back into the corner when it goes, which the animation timer notices
without anything having to tell it.

Pasting is now under a lock. It is three steps rather than one, read the
clipboard, write ours, press the key, and two runs finishing together would
paste one answer and restore the other's clipboard over it.

Calling off the agent is its own menu entry and its own command, instead of a
cancel that meant different things depending on what was running. The tray icon
still ends whichever recording is going.
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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Dikte: press Ctrl+Space, talk, press again to transcribe, clean up and paste.
Usage:
dikte.py run in the background (tray icon)
dikte.py toggle start / stop recording
dikte.py cancel discard the current recording
dikte.py ask start / stop recording a command for the agent
dikte.py ask-cancel call off the command the agent is working on
dikte.py ask-reset forget the conversation the agent has been following
dikte.py meeting start / end a meeting recording
dikte.py meeting-cancel discard the meeting being recorded
dikte.py settings open the settings window
dikte.py restart reload the running instance
dikte.py quit shut the application down
"""
import os
import sys
# A Wayland client cannot place a window in a screen corner, so the indicator
# is drawn through XWayland.
if os.environ.get("XDG_SESSION_TYPE") == "wayland" and os.environ.get("DISPLAY"):
os.environ.setdefault("QT_QPA_PLATFORM", "xcb")
from PyQt6.QtCore import QTimer, QElapsedTimer # noqa: E402
from PyQt6.QtGui import QAction, QIcon # noqa: E402
from PyQt6.QtNetwork import QLocalServer, QLocalSocket # noqa: E402
from PyQt6.QtWidgets import QApplication, QMenu, QSystemTrayIcon # noqa: E402
import assistant # noqa: E402
import audio # noqa: E402
import config as cfg # noqa: E402
import hotkey # noqa: E402
import i18n # noqa: E402
import meeting # noqa: E402
from i18n import t # noqa: E402
from meeting import MeetingPipeline # noqa: E402
from overlay import Overlay # noqa: E402
from settings_ui import SettingsWindow # noqa: E402
from worker import Pipeline # noqa: E402
SERVER_NAME = "dikte-" + str(os.getuid())
IDLE, RECORDING, BUSY = "idle", "recording", "busy"
# Dictation and a command for the agent are two runs of the same machinery, kept
# apart so that neither waits on the other: an agent can spend a minute thinking,
# and having dictation blocked for that minute is the whole problem. They share
# only the microphone, which is one device and so can serve one of them at a time.
DICTATION, ASK = "dictation", "ask"
# A meeting runs alongside dictation rather than through it: writing up an hour
# of audio takes minutes, and dictation should not be held hostage to it.
M_IDLE, M_RECORDING, M_WORKING = "idle", "recording", "working"
# The KDE shortcut answers a key press by launching a whole Python process, so
# its toggle lands well after the built-in listener has handled the same press.
# Anything arriving inside this window is that echo, not a second press.
ECHO_MS = 2000
# How long the indicator stays up at the start of a meeting. Long enough to see
# both halves of the waveform move, which is the one check that matters, and
# short enough not to sit in the corner for the rest of the hour.
PEEK_MS = 12000
class Dikte:
def __init__(self, app):
self.app = app
self.conf = cfg.Config()
self.state = IDLE
self.ask_state = IDLE
# Which of the two the microphone is currently serving, or None.
self.recorder_owner = None
self.meeting_state = M_IDLE
self.meeting_base = ""
self.meeting_message = ""
self.settings_window = None
self._quitting = False
self.overlay = Overlay(self.conf["overlay_corner"])
# The agent's indicator sits on top of the dictation one when both are
# up, and drops into the corner when it is alone there.
self.ask_overlay = Overlay(self.conf["overlay_corner"], below=self.overlay)
self.recorder = audio.Recorder()
self.pipeline = Pipeline(self.conf)
self.ask_pipeline = Pipeline(self.conf)
self.meeting_recorder = audio.MeetingRecorder()
self.meetings = MeetingPipeline(self.conf)
self.evdev = hotkey.EvdevHotkey()
self.recorder.level.connect(self._on_level)
self.recorder.stopped.connect(self._on_recorded)
self.recorder.failed.connect(self._on_recorder_error)
self.pipeline.stage.connect(self.overlay.show_busy)
self.pipeline.finished.connect(self._on_finished)
self.pipeline.failed.connect(self._on_error)
self.ask_pipeline.stage.connect(self.ask_overlay.show_busy)
self.ask_pipeline.finished.connect(self._on_ask_finished)
self.ask_pipeline.failed.connect(self._on_ask_error)
self.ask_pipeline.cancelled.connect(self._on_ask_cancelled)
self.meeting_recorder.levels.connect(self._on_meeting_levels)
self.meeting_recorder.stopped.connect(self._on_meeting_recorded)
self.meeting_recorder.died.connect(self._on_meeting_died)
self.meeting_recorder.failed.connect(self._on_meeting_error)
self.meetings.progress.connect(self._on_meeting_progress)
self.meetings.finished.connect(self._on_meeting_finished)
self.meetings.failed.connect(self._on_meeting_failed)
self.evdev.triggered.connect(self._on_evdev)
self.evdev.failed.connect(self._on_error)
self.elapsed = QElapsedTimer()
self.meeting_elapsed = QElapsedTimer()
self.last_toggle = QElapsedTimer()
self.last_evdev = {}
self.ticker = QTimer()
self.ticker.setInterval(100)
self.ticker.timeout.connect(self._tick)
self.meeting_ticker = QTimer()
self.meeting_ticker.setInterval(500)
self.meeting_ticker.timeout.connect(self._meeting_tick)
self.tray = QSystemTrayIcon()
self._apply_settings()
self.tray.show()
# ---- tray ----------------------------------------------------------
def _build_tray(self):
# Keep menu and actions on self: PyQt does not take ownership when they
# are only passed to addAction(), and garbage collection eats them.
self.menu = QMenu()
self.toggle_action = QAction(t("Start recording"), self.menu)
self.toggle_action.triggered.connect(self._toggle)
self.menu.addAction(self.toggle_action)
# Named in _refresh_tray, which is where the chosen provider is known.
self.ask_action = QAction("", self.menu)
self.ask_action.triggered.connect(self._toggle_ask)
self.menu.addAction(self.ask_action)
self.reset_action = QAction(t("Start a new conversation"), self.menu)
self.reset_action.triggered.connect(self.reset_conversation)
self.menu.addAction(self.reset_action)
self.ask_cancel_action = QAction("", self.menu)
self.ask_cancel_action.triggered.connect(self.cancel_ask)
self.ask_cancel_action.setEnabled(False)
self.menu.addAction(self.ask_cancel_action)
self.cancel_action = QAction(t("Cancel recording"), self.menu)
self.cancel_action.triggered.connect(self.cancel)
self.cancel_action.setEnabled(False)
self.menu.addAction(self.cancel_action)
self.menu.addSeparator()
self.meeting_action = QAction(t("Record a meeting"), self.menu)
self.meeting_action.triggered.connect(self._toggle_meeting)
self.menu.addAction(self.meeting_action)
self.meeting_cancel_action = QAction(t("Discard the meeting"), self.menu)
self.meeting_cancel_action.triggered.connect(self.cancel_meeting)
self.meeting_cancel_action.setEnabled(False)
self.menu.addAction(self.meeting_cancel_action)
self.menu.addSeparator()
self.settings_action = QAction(t("Settings…"), self.menu)
self.settings_action.triggered.connect(self.open_settings)
self.menu.addAction(self.settings_action)
self.restart_action = QAction(t("Restart"), self.menu)
self.restart_action.triggered.connect(self.restart)
self.menu.addAction(self.restart_action)
self.menu.addSeparator()
self.quit_action = QAction(t("Quit"), self.menu)
self.quit_action.triggered.connect(self.app.quit)
self.menu.addAction(self.quit_action)
self.tray.setContextMenu(self.menu)
self.tray.setToolTip(t("Dikte: ready"))
self.tray.activated.connect(self._tray_clicked)
self._set_icon("audio-input-microphone")
def _tray_clicked(self, reason):
if reason != QSystemTrayIcon.ActivationReason.Trigger:
return
# The icon ends whatever is being recorded rather than only a dictation.
# The two shortcuts are each tied to their own mode, on purpose, but the
# icon is one button: having it refuse to stop a recording it can see is
# just a button that does nothing.
if self.ask_state == RECORDING:
self._toggle_ask()
else:
self._toggle()
def _set_icon(self, name):
icon = QIcon.fromTheme(name)
if icon.isNull():
icon = QIcon.fromTheme("audio-input-microphone")
self.tray.setIcon(icon)
# ---- state ----------------------------------------------------------
@property
def recording(self):
"""True while the microphone is serving either of the two.
Read off the states rather than off recorder_owner, which outlives the
recording: it is still set between stop() and the audio arriving, and
the microphone is free in that gap.
"""
return RECORDING in (self.state, self.ask_state)
def _set_state(self, state):
self.state = state
self._refresh_tray()
def _set_ask_state(self, state):
self.ask_state = state
self._refresh_tray()
def _set_meeting_state(self, state):
self.meeting_state = state
if state != M_WORKING:
self.meeting_message = ""
self._refresh_tray()
def _refresh_tray(self):
labels = {
IDLE: ("Start recording", "audio-input-microphone", "Dikte: ready"),
RECORDING: ("Stop and transcribe", "media-record", "Dikte: recording"),
BUSY: ("Working…", "view-refresh", "Dikte: working"),
}
label, icon, tip = labels[self.state]
agent = assistant.display_name(self.conf)
self.toggle_action.setText(t(label))
# Free while the other one is thinking, blocked only while it is holding
# the microphone.
self.toggle_action.setEnabled(
self.state == RECORDING or (self.state == IDLE and not self.recording)
)
asked = i18n.name(agent, "dative")
self.ask_action.setText(
t("Stop and ask {name}", name=asked) if self.ask_state == RECORDING
else t("Ask {name}", name=asked)
)
self.ask_action.setEnabled(
self.ask_state == RECORDING
or (self.ask_state == IDLE and not self.recording)
)
self.reset_action.setEnabled(self.ask_state != BUSY)
self.cancel_action.setEnabled(self.recording)
# A command to the agent is the one job long enough to be worth calling
# off once it is already running.
self.ask_cancel_action.setText(
t("Stop {name}", name=i18n.name(agent, "accusative"))
)
self.ask_cancel_action.setEnabled(self.ask_state == BUSY)
# The agent speaks through the icon only when dictation has nothing to
# say, since dictation is the one being waited on in front of a screen.
if self.state == IDLE and self.ask_state != IDLE:
if self.ask_state == RECORDING:
icon, tip = "media-record", "Dikte: recording for Claude"
else:
icon, tip = "view-refresh", "Dikte: talking to Claude"
meeting_labels = {
M_IDLE: "Record a meeting",
M_RECORDING: "End the meeting and write it up",
M_WORKING: "Writing the meeting up…",
}
self.meeting_action.setText(t(meeting_labels[self.meeting_state]))
self.meeting_action.setEnabled(self.meeting_state != M_WORKING)
self.meeting_cancel_action.setEnabled(self.meeting_state == M_RECORDING)
# A meeting speaks last: it runs for an hour and then works for minutes,
# so it would otherwise own the icon for most of the day.
if self.state == IDLE and self.ask_state == IDLE and self.meeting_state != M_IDLE:
if self.meeting_state == M_RECORDING:
icon, tip = "media-record", t("Dikte: in a meeting")
else:
icon = "view-refresh"
tip = self.meeting_message or t("Dikte: writing the meeting up")
self._set_icon(icon)
self.tray.setToolTip(tip)
return
self._set_icon(icon)
self.tray.setToolTip(t(tip))
# ---- actions ---------------------------------------------------------
def toggle(self):
"""A toggle from outside this process: the KDE shortcut, or the CLI."""
self._external("toggle", self._toggle)
def toggle_ask(self):
self._external("ask", self._toggle_ask)
def toggle_meeting(self):
self._external("meeting", self._toggle_meeting)
def _external(self, name, handler):
# The built-in listener sees the key press the instant it happens, so a
# toggle arriving right behind one is the KDE shortcut catching up on
# that same press. Its lateness is also the proof we were waiting for
# that the shortcut is live, which leaves the listener with nothing to
# do but double every press.
timer = self.last_evdev.get(name)
if self.evdev.running and timer is not None and timer.elapsed() < ECHO_MS:
self._retire_listener()
return
handler()
def _on_evdev(self, name):
timer = self.last_evdev.get(name)
if timer is None:
timer = self.last_evdev[name] = QElapsedTimer()
timer.restart()
handlers = {"meeting": self._toggle_meeting, "ask": self._toggle_ask}
handlers.get(name, self._toggle)()
def _retire_listener(self):
self.evdev.stop()
self.conf["evdev_hotkey"] = False
self.conf.save()
self.tray.showMessage(
"Dikte",
t("The KDE shortcut is live now, so the built-in listener has been "
"turned off. It was doubling every key press."),
QSystemTrayIcon.MessageIcon.Information, 8000,
)
def _toggle(self):
# Two /dev/input nodes can carry the same keyboard, and a menu click can
# land on top of a key press; swallow the immediate repeat.
if self._repeated():
return
if self.state == RECORDING:
self.stop()
elif self.state == IDLE:
self.start()
# a request during its own BUSY is ignored; nothing queues up
def _toggle_ask(self):
if self._repeated():
return
if self.ask_state == RECORDING:
self.stop_ask()
elif self.ask_state == IDLE:
self.start_ask()
def _repeated(self):
if self.last_toggle.isValid() and self.last_toggle.elapsed() < 400:
return True
self.last_toggle.restart()
return False
def start(self):
if self.state != IDLE or self.recording:
return
self.overlay.show_recording()
self._begin_recording(DICTATION)
self._set_state(RECORDING)
def start_ask(self):
if self.ask_state != IDLE or self.recording:
return
self.ask_overlay.show_recording(asking=True)
self._begin_recording(ASK)
self._set_ask_state(RECORDING)
def _begin_recording(self, owner):
"""One microphone, so one of the two holds it at a time."""
self.recorder_owner = owner
self.elapsed.restart()
self.ticker.start()
self.recorder.start(self.conf["mic_target"], self.conf["max_seconds"])
def stop(self):
if self.state != RECORDING:
return
self.ticker.stop()
self._set_state(BUSY)
self.overlay.show_busy(t("Transcribing…"))
self.recorder.stop()
def stop_ask(self):
if self.ask_state != RECORDING:
return
self.ticker.stop()
self._set_ask_state(BUSY)
self.ask_overlay.show_busy(t("Transcribing…"))
self.recorder.stop()
def cancel(self):
"""Throw away whichever recording is running."""
if not self.recording:
return
asking = self.ask_state == RECORDING
self.ticker.stop()
self.recorder.cancel()
self.recorder_owner = None
if asking:
self.ask_overlay.dismiss()
self._set_ask_state(IDLE)
else:
self.overlay.dismiss()
self._set_state(IDLE)
def cancel_ask(self):
"""Call off the agent, whether it is still recording or already working."""
if self.ask_state == RECORDING:
self.cancel()
elif self.ask_state == BUSY:
self.ask_overlay.show_busy(t("Stopping…"))
self.ask_pipeline.cancel()
def reset_conversation(self):
"""Drop the thread Claude has been following, so the next command starts
a conversation of its own."""
assistant.clear_session()
self.ask_overlay.show_done(
t("{name} starts fresh next time.",
name=assistant.display_name(self.conf)), 2500
)
def _recording_overlay(self):
return self.ask_overlay if self.recorder_owner == ASK else self.overlay
def _on_level(self, level):
self._recording_overlay().push_level(level)
def _tick(self):
seconds = self.elapsed.elapsed() / 1000.0
self._recording_overlay().set_seconds(seconds)
if seconds >= self.conf["max_seconds"]:
(self.stop_ask if self.recorder_owner == ASK else self.stop)()
# ---- meetings ---------------------------------------------------------
def _toggle_meeting(self):
if self.meeting_state == M_IDLE:
self.start_meeting()
elif self.meeting_state == M_RECORDING:
self.stop_meeting()
def start_meeting(self):
if self.meeting_state != M_IDLE:
return
base = meeting.new_base()
_, wav_path = cfg.meeting_paths(base)
self.meeting_recorder.start(
str(wav_path),
self.conf["meeting_mic_target"] or self.conf["mic_target"],
self.conf["meeting_system_target"],
self.conf["meeting_max_seconds"],
)
if not self.meeting_recorder.active:
return # start() has already said what went wrong
self.meeting_base = base
self.meeting_elapsed.restart()
self.meeting_ticker.start()
self.overlay.show_meeting()
QTimer.singleShot(PEEK_MS, self._conceal_meeting_overlay)
self._set_meeting_state(M_RECORDING)
def stop_meeting(self):
if self.meeting_state != M_RECORDING:
return
self.meeting_ticker.stop()
self._set_meeting_state(M_WORKING)
self.overlay.show_busy(t("Ending the meeting…"))
self.meeting_recorder.stop()
def cancel_meeting(self):
if self.meeting_state != M_RECORDING:
return
self.meeting_ticker.stop()
self.meeting_recorder.cancel()
if self.overlay.state == "meeting":
self.overlay.dismiss()
self._set_meeting_state(M_IDLE)
def _conceal_meeting_overlay(self):
if self.overlay.state == "meeting":
self.overlay.dismiss()
def _on_meeting_levels(self, mine, theirs):
self.overlay.push_levels(mine, theirs)
def _meeting_tick(self):
seconds = self.meeting_elapsed.elapsed() / 1000.0
if self.overlay.state == "meeting":
self.overlay.set_seconds(seconds)
if self.state == IDLE:
self.tray.setToolTip(
t("Dikte: in a meeting ({time})", time=_clock(seconds))
)
if seconds >= self.conf["meeting_max_seconds"]:
self.stop_meeting()
def _on_meeting_recorded(self, path, duration):
entry = meeting.new_entry(self.meeting_base, duration)
try:
cfg.save_meeting(entry)
except OSError as exc:
self._on_meeting_failed(entry["base"], str(exc))
return
# On the way out there is no time to write anything up; the recording is
# on disk and listed, and the Minutes tab can pick it up next time.
if self._quitting:
return
if not self.meetings.run(entry):
self._set_meeting_state(M_IDLE)
self.tray.showMessage(
"Dikte",
t("Recording saved. The previous meeting is still being written "
"up, so start this one from Settings → Minutes when it is done."),
QSystemTrayIcon.MessageIcon.Information, 10000,
)
return
self.overlay.show_done(t("Meeting recorded, writing it up…"), 4000)
def _on_meeting_progress(self, _base, message):
self.meeting_message = message
if self.state == IDLE and self.meeting_state == M_WORKING:
self.tray.setToolTip(message)
def _on_meeting_finished(self, base, title):
self._set_meeting_state(M_IDLE)
doc_path, _ = cfg.meeting_paths(base)
self.overlay.show_done(t("Meeting written up: {title}", title=title), 5000)
self.tray.showMessage(
t("Dikte: the meeting is written up"), f"{title}\n{doc_path}",
QSystemTrayIcon.MessageIcon.Information, 10000,
)
def _on_meeting_failed(self, _base, error):
self._set_meeting_state(M_IDLE)
first_line = error.strip().splitlines()[0]
self.overlay.show_error(t("Meeting failed: {error}", error=first_line))
self.tray.showMessage(
t("Dikte: the meeting could not be written up"),
t("{error}\n\nThe recording has been kept. Settings → Minutes can "
"try again.", error=error),
QSystemTrayIcon.MessageIcon.Warning, 12000,
)
def _on_meeting_error(self, message):
"""The recorder itself could not run."""
self.meeting_ticker.stop()
if self.overlay.state == "meeting":
self.overlay.dismiss()
self._set_meeting_state(M_IDLE)
self._on_error(message)
def _on_meeting_died(self):
if self.meeting_state != M_RECORDING:
return
self.tray.showMessage(
"Dikte",
t("The recording stopped on its own; the sound device may have gone "
"away. Keeping what was captured."),
QSystemTrayIcon.MessageIcon.Warning, 10000,
)
self.stop_meeting()
def _on_recorded(self, wav_path, duration, rms_values):
owner, self.recorder_owner = self.recorder_owner, None
if owner == ASK:
self.ask_pipeline.run(wav_path, duration, rms_values, ask=True)
else:
self.pipeline.run(wav_path, duration, rms_values)
def _on_finished(self, _raw, text, warning):
if warning:
# The text was still pasted, but cleanup did not run. Say so loudly:
# a rejected key otherwise looks exactly like working dictation.
self.overlay.show_warning(
t("Pasted raw, cleanup failed: {error}", error=warning.splitlines()[0])
)
self.tray.showMessage(
t("Dikte: cleanup failed"), warning,
QSystemTrayIcon.MessageIcon.Warning, 10000,
)
else:
action = t("Pasted") if self.conf["auto_paste"] else t("Copied")
self.overlay.show_done(
t("{action}: {preview}", action=action, preview=_preview(text))
)
self._set_state(IDLE)
def _on_ask_finished(self, _raw, text, warning):
agent = assistant.display_name(self.conf)
if warning:
# A tool the agent was not allowed to touch otherwise looks exactly
# like a job that worked: the reply reads perfectly normal.
self.ask_overlay.show_warning(
t("{name} answered, but: {error}",
name=agent, error=warning.splitlines()[0])
)
self.tray.showMessage(
t("Dikte: {name} could not do all of it", name=agent),
f"{warning}\n\n{text}", QSystemTrayIcon.MessageIcon.Warning, 10000,
)
else:
# Longer than a dictation's flash: this one is an answer, and it is
# worth being able to read the start of it in the corner.
self.ask_overlay.show_done(
t("{name}: {preview}", name=agent, preview=_preview(text)), 6000
)
self._set_ask_state(IDLE)
def _on_ask_cancelled(self):
self.ask_overlay.show_done(t("Stopped."), 2000)
self._set_ask_state(IDLE)
def _on_recorder_error(self, message):
"""The microphone itself could not run, so it belongs to whoever asked."""
owner, self.recorder_owner = self.recorder_owner, None
self.ticker.stop()
(self._on_ask_error if owner == ASK else self._on_error)(message)
def _on_error(self, message):
self._report(message, self.overlay)
self._set_state(IDLE)
def _on_ask_error(self, message):
self._report(message, self.ask_overlay)
self._set_ask_state(IDLE)
def _report(self, message, overlay):
first_line = message.strip().splitlines()[0]
overlay.show_error(first_line)
if len(message) > len(first_line):
self.tray.showMessage("Dikte", message, QSystemTrayIcon.MessageIcon.Warning, 8000)
# ---- settings ---------------------------------------------------------
def open_settings(self):
if self.settings_window is None:
self.settings_window = SettingsWindow(
self.conf, launch_command(), meeting_command(), self.meetings,
ask_command(),
)
self.settings_window.applied.connect(self._apply_settings)
self.settings_window.finished.connect(self._settings_closed)
self.settings_window.show()
self.settings_window.raise_()
self.settings_window.activateWindow()
def _settings_closed(self, *_):
# Don't drop the object while its own signal is still being delivered.
QTimer.singleShot(0, lambda: setattr(self, "settings_window", None))
def _apply_settings(self):
self.overlay.corner = self.conf["overlay_corner"]
self.ask_overlay.corner = self.conf["overlay_corner"]
self._build_tray()
self._refresh_tray()
if self.conf["evdev_hotkey"]:
self.evdev.start({"toggle": self.conf["shortcut"],
"ask": self.conf["assistant_shortcut"],
"meeting": self.conf["meeting_shortcut"]})
else:
self.evdev.stop()
def restart(self):
"""Replace this process with a fresh one, picking up code and settings."""
if self.settings_window is not None:
self.settings_window.close()
self.shutdown()
QLocalServer.removeServer(SERVER_NAME)
script = os.path.realpath(__file__)
os.execv(sys.executable, [sys.executable, script])
def shutdown(self):
self._quitting = True
self.evdev.stop()
if self.recording:
self.recorder.cancel()
# A meeting in progress is closed properly rather than thrown away: the
# WAV ends up valid and listed, ready to be written up after the restart.
if self.meeting_state == M_RECORDING:
self.meeting_ticker.stop()
self.meeting_recorder.stop()
self.overlay.dismiss()
self.ask_overlay.dismiss()
self.tray.hide()
def _preview(text):
line = text.replace("\n", " ")
return line[:48] + ("…" if len(line) > 48 else "")
def _clock(seconds):
minutes, secs = divmod(int(seconds), 60)
hours, minutes = divmod(minutes, 60)
return (f"{hours}:{minutes:02d}:{secs:02d}" if hours
else f"{minutes}:{secs:02d}")
def launch_command():
"""The command the KDE shortcut will run."""
return f"{sys.executable} {os.path.realpath(__file__)} toggle"
def meeting_command():
return f"{sys.executable} {os.path.realpath(__file__)} meeting"
def ask_command():
return f"{sys.executable} {os.path.realpath(__file__)} ask"
def send_command(command, timeout=800):
"""Hand a command to the running instance; False when there is none."""
socket = QLocalSocket()
socket.connectToServer(SERVER_NAME)
if not socket.waitForConnected(timeout):
return False
socket.write(command.encode("utf-8"))
socket.flush()
socket.waitForBytesWritten(timeout)
socket.disconnectFromServer()
return True
def main():
args = [a for a in sys.argv[1:] if not a.startswith("-")]
command = args[0] if args else ""
if command and command not in ("toggle", "cancel", "settings", "restart",
"quit", "start", "stop", "ask", "ask-reset",
"ask-cancel", "meeting", "meeting-cancel"):
print(__doc__)
return 2
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
app.setApplicationName("Dikte")
app.setDesktopFileName("dikte")
app.setQuitOnLastWindowClosed(False)
# No command and an instance already running: bring its settings forward.
if send_command(command or "settings"):
return 0
if command in ("cancel", "quit", "stop", "restart", "meeting-cancel",
"ask-reset", "ask-cancel"):
return 0
if not QSystemTrayIcon.isSystemTrayAvailable():
print("dikte: no system tray found, running anyway")
dikte = Dikte(app)
server = QLocalServer()
# Qt puts the socket in /tmp, so keep it to this user: commands like
# "quit" should not be reachable by anyone else on the machine.
server.setSocketOptions(QLocalServer.SocketOption.UserAccessOption)
QLocalServer.removeServer(SERVER_NAME)
if not server.listen(SERVER_NAME):
print(f"dikte: could not open the IPC socket: {server.errorString()}")
def on_connection():
conn = server.nextPendingConnection()
if conn is None:
return
def read():
payload = bytes(conn.readAll()).decode("utf-8", "replace").strip()
handler = {
"toggle": dikte.toggle,
"start": dikte.start,
"stop": dikte.stop,
"cancel": dikte.cancel,
"ask": dikte.toggle_ask,
"ask-cancel": dikte.cancel_ask,
"ask-reset": dikte.reset_conversation,
"meeting": dikte.toggle_meeting,
"meeting-cancel": dikte.cancel_meeting,
"settings": dikte.open_settings,
"restart": dikte.restart,
"quit": app.quit,
}.get(payload)
if handler:
handler()
conn.disconnectFromServer()
conn.readyRead.connect(read)
server.newConnection.connect(on_connection)
app.aboutToQuit.connect(dikte.shutdown)
# No key for the chosen transcription provider means nothing can work yet,
# so the settings window is the only useful thing to open.
if command == "settings" or not dikte.conf.transcribe_target().api_key:
dikte.open_settings()
elif command == "toggle":
QTimer.singleShot(0, dikte.toggle)
elif command == "ask":
QTimer.singleShot(0, dikte.toggle_ask)
elif command == "meeting":
QTimer.singleShot(0, dikte.toggle_meeting)
return app.exec()
if __name__ == "__main__":
sys.exit(main())