Make the console a slide-in window. Change keybinding to Ctrl-Down

shell/WindowManager.py

@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ class WindowManager:
 				if wm._position == WindowManager.TOP:
 					manager = wm
 
+		if event.keyval == gtk.keysyms.Down and \
+		   event.state & gtk.gdk.CONTROL_MASK:
+			for wm in WindowManager.__managers_list:
+				if wm._position == WindowManager.BOTTOM:
+					manager = wm
+
 		if manager and manager._window.get_property('visible'):
 			manager.slide_window_out()
 		elif manager:
@@ -87,6 +93,9 @@ class WindowManager:
 		elif self._position is WindowManager.TOP:
 			self._x = int((screen_width - width) / 2)
 			self._y = - int((1.0 - self._sliding_pos) * height)
+		elif self._position is WindowManager.BOTTOM:
+			self._x = int((screen_width - width) / 2)
+			self._y = screen_height - int(self._sliding_pos * height)
 		
 		self._real_width = width
 		self._real_height = height

shell/shell.py

@@ -458,26 +458,23 @@ class ConsoleLogger(dbus.service.Object):
 
 		self._window = gtk.Window()
 		self._window.set_title("Console")
-		self._window.set_default_size(640, 480)
+		self._window.set_type_hint(gtk.gdk.WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_DOCK)
+		self._window.set_decorated(False)
+		self._window.set_skip_taskbar_hint(True)
 		self._window.connect("delete_event", lambda w, e: w.hide_on_delete())
-		
+
 		self._nb = gtk.Notebook()
 		self._window.add(self._nb)
 		self._nb.show()
 				
 		self._consoles = {}
 
-	def set_parent_window(self, window):
-		window.connect("key-press-event", self.__key_press_event_cb)
-		self._window.connect("key-press-event", self.__key_press_event_cb)
+		console_wm = WindowManager(self._window)
 		
-	def __key_press_event_cb(self, window, event):
-		if event.keyval == gtk.keysyms.d and \
-		   event.state & gtk.gdk.CONTROL_MASK:
-			if self._window.get_property('visible'):
-				self._window.hide()
-			else:
-				self._window.show()
+		console_wm.set_width(0.7, WindowManager.SCREEN_RELATIVE)
+		console_wm.set_height(0.9, WindowManager.SCREEN_RELATIVE)
+		console_wm.set_position(WindowManager.BOTTOM)
+		console_wm.manage()
 
 	def _create_console(self, application):
 		sw = gtk.ScrolledWindow()
@@ -535,8 +532,6 @@ class Shell(gobject.GObject):
 		wm.show()
 		wm.manage()
 		
-		console.set_parent_window(activity_container.window)
-
 	def __activity_container_destroy_cb(self, activity_container):
 		self.emit('close')
 

shell/sugar

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ else:
 	add_to_python_path(os.path.join(sugar.env.get_data_dir(), 'shell'))
 	print 'Running the installed sugar...'
 	
-print 'Redirecting output to the console, press ctrl+d to open it.'
+print 'Redirecting output to the console, press Ctrl+Down to open it.'
 	
 from session.session import Session