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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""Hello.py
+
+Hello World demostration for Aux_Window.
+"""
+#    Copyright 2009, Ray E. Barker
+#    
+#    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#    
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#    
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+#    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+
+########################################################################
+
+#    to do
+#    add another class that demonstrates querying the db
+
+#    Standard Library modules
+import sys
+
+#    pyGTK modules
+import pygtk
+import gtk
+import gobject
+
+#    FreePokerTools modules
+from Mucked import Aux_Window
+
+class Hello(Aux_Window):
+    """A 'Hello World' Aux_Window demo."""
+    def create(self):
+#    This demo simply creates a label in a window.
+        self.container = gtk.Window()
+        self.container.add(gtk.Label("Hello World"))
+#    and shows it. There is no functionality.
+        self.container.show_all()
+
+class Hello_plus(Aux_Window):
+    """A slightly more complex 'Hello World demo."""
+    def __init__(self, hud, config, params):
+        """Initialize a new aux_window object."""
+#    Initialize the aux_window object. Do not interact with the gui
+#    in this function.
+        self.hud        = hud          # hud object that this aux window supports
+        self.config     = config       # configuration object for this aux window to use
+        self.params     = params       # hash aux params from config
+
+        self.hands_played = 0          # initialize the hands played counter
+
+#    get the site we are playing from the HUD
+        self.site = hud.site
+        print "site =", hud.site # print it to the terminal, to make sure
+
+#    now get our screen name for that site from the configuration
+#    wrap it in a try/except in case screen name isn't set up in the config file
+        try:
+            site_params = self.config.get_site_parameters(self.hud.site)
+            self.hero = site_params['screen_name']
+        except:
+            self.hero = 'YOUR NAME HERE'
+        print "hero =", self.hero
+
+
+    def create(self):
+        """Creates the gui."""
+        self.container = gtk.Window()               # create a gtk window for our container
+        self.label = gtk.Label("")                  # create a blank label to write in update_gui
+        self.container.add(self.label)              # add it to our container
+        self.container.show_all()                   # show the container and its contents
+
+    def update_data(self, new_hand_id, db_connection):
+        """Increment the hands.played attribute."""
+#    This function will be called from the main program, in a thread separate from 
+#    the gui. Therefore complex calculations can be done without slowing down the
+#    HUD. Long-running calculations will delay the appearance or updating of the HUD.
+#    This function should NOT interact with the gui--that will cause unpredictable 
+#    results on some systems.
+
+#    This long running calculation is incrementing the number of hands played.
+        self.hands_played = self.hands_played + 1
+
+    def update_gui(self, new_hand_id):
+        """Update the aux_window gui."""
+#    This function runs inside the gui thread and should only be used for
+#    interacting with the gui. Long-running calculations should not be done
+#    in this function--they will prevent HUD interaction until they are 
+#    complete.
+
+#    Here, we just update the label in our aux_window from the number of
+#    hands played that was updated in the "update_data()" function.
+        self.label.set_text("Hello %s\nYou have played %d hands\n on %s." % (self.hero, self.hands_played, self.site))
+