cqrprop clone

cqrprop.py

import gi
gi.require_version('GdkPixbuf', '2.0')
from gi.repository import GdkPixbuf, GLib
gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
from gi.repository import Gtk, Gdk
from PIL import Image
import requests

imggif = Image.open(requests.get("https://www.hamqsl.com/solar101pic.php", stream=True).raw)
imggif.load()
img = Image.new("RGB", imggif.size, (255, 255, 255))
img.paste(imggif)

xpos = 1500
ypos = 50

class ShowPortrait(Gtk.Window):

    def __init__(self):
        Gtk.Window.__init__(self, title="CQRPROP")
        self.set_type_hint(Gdk.WindowTypeHint.DESKTOP)
        self.connect("destroy", Gtk.main_quit)
        self.set_skip_taskbar_hint(True)
        data = img.tobytes()
        w, h = img.size
        data = GLib.Bytes.new(data)
        pixbuf = GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf.new_from_bytes(data, GdkPixbuf.Colorspace.RGB,
                                                 False, 8, w, h, w * 3)
        image = Gtk.Image.new_from_pixbuf(pixbuf.copy())
        self.add(image)
        self.move(xpos, ypos)
        self.show_all()


ShowPortrait()
Gtk.main()

For some reason, my cqrprop (https://github.com/ok2cqr/cqrprop) installation doesn't work anymore. Made a small python script doing the same thing (with no auto update) in just 2 hour
To move the window adjust the xpos and ypos variables
To stop the script kill "$(pgrep -f cqrprop.py)"
You could after theses adjustments configure your computer to auto start the program at startup

Modules used :

• gi (sudo apt-get install python3-gi)
• Pillow (pip install Pillow)
• Requests (pip install requests)

73 de F4IQN

Resources used :
https://askubuntu.com/questions/969092/is-there-a-way-to-add-an-image-as-a-sticky-note-to-my-unity-desktop
https://lazka.github.io/pgi-docs/GdkPixbuf-2.0/classes/Pixbuf.html#GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf.new_from_bytes
https://gist.github.com/mozbugbox/10cd35b2872628246140
https://www.kite.com/python/answers/how-to-convert-a-rgba-image-to-a-rgb-image-with-pil-in-python