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#!/usr/bin/env python

import sys, os
from qt import *

class CowFortune(QApplication):
    
    def __init__(self, args):
        """ In the constructor we're doing everything to get our application
            started, which is basically constructing a basic QApplication by 
            its __init__ method, then adding our widgets and finally starting 
            the exec_loop."""
        self.getFortune()
        QApplication.__init__(self, args)
        self.addWidgets()
        self.exec_loop()        
        
    def addWidgets(self):
        """ In this method, we're adding widgets and connecting signals from 
            these widgets to methods of our class, the so-called "slots" 
        """
        self.text = QLabel(self.output,None)
        self.text.setFont(QFont("Fixed",12))
        self.setMainWidget(self.text)
        self.text.show()

    def getFortune(self):
        os.system("rm -f /tmp/cowsay") # delete the file if it exists for any reason
        os.system("cowsay `fortune` >> /tmp/cowsay") # execute the command
        tmp = open("/tmp/cowsay","r")
        self.output = tmp.read()
        tmp.close()
        os.system("rm -f /tmp/cowsay")


if __name__ == "__main__":
    app = CowFortune(sys.argv)