waybar: more improvements to waybar_khal

bin/waybar_khal.py

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ from datetime import date, datetime, timedelta
 import json
 from html import escape
 
+TEXT_MAX_LEN = 40
+
 today = date.today().strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
 days = [ "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday", "Sunday", "Today",
         "Tomorrow" ]
@@ -17,9 +19,9 @@ start = subprocess.check_output("khal list --format \"{start}\" now "+next_week,
 end = subprocess.check_output("khal list --format \"{end}\" now "+next_week,
         shell=True).decode("UTF-8").split("\n")
 
-text = ""
+text = "-"
+tooltip = ""
 alt = "idle"
-event = "-"
 for i in range(len(title)):
     t = escape(title[i])
     s = escape(start[i])
@@ -47,18 +49,22 @@ for i in range(len(title)):
                     ## ongoing
                     if ts_start < ts_now:
                         if ts_start < ts_now and ts_now < ts_end:
-                            event = f"{t}"
+                            text = f"{t_start[1]} - {t_end[1]} {t}"
                             alt = "now"
                     ## upcoming
-                    elif event == "-":
-                        event = f"{t}"
+                    elif text == "-":
+                        text = f"{t_start[1]} - {t_end[1]} {t}"
                         alt = "today"
             line = f"{t_start[1]} - {t_end[1]}: {t}"
-    text += f"\n{line}"
+    tooltip += f"\n{line}"
+
 
 data = {}
-data["text"] = event
+
+if len(text) > TEXT_MAX_LEN:
+    text = f"{text[0:TEXT_MAX_LEN]}…"
+data["text"] = text
 data["alt"] = alt
-data["tooltip"] = text
+data["tooltip"] = tooltip
 
 print(json.dumps(data))