Adding vim data-source to Zeitgeist
Zeitgeist is a software service which logs the users’s activities and events, like files opened. However, Zeitgeist detects mainly files opened using Gnome applications like Gedit for text files. However, using Vim, Zeitgeist doesn’t detect file opening.
Below is a nice Vim plugin that I found here to add Vim as a data-source for Zeitgeist:
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| "zeitgeist.vim - a Zeitgeist logger for Vim | |
| "Author : Jonathan Lambrechts <jonathanlambrechts@gmail.com> | |
| "Installation : drop this file in a vim plugin folder ($HOME/.vim/plugin,/usr/share/vim/vim72/plugin, ...). Vim should be compiled with python enabled. | |
| if v:version < 703 | |
| finish | |
| endif | |
| function! ZeigtgeistLog(filename,use_id) | |
| python << endpython | |
| filename = vim.eval("a:filename") | |
| if zeitgeistclient is not None and filename: | |
| use = { | |
| "read" : Interpretation.ACCESS_EVENT, | |
| "new" : Interpretation.CREATE_EVENT, | |
| "write" : Interpretation.MODIFY_EVENT} [vim.eval("a:use_id")] | |
| f = gio.File(filename) | |
| try: | |
| fi = f.query_info(gio.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STANDARD_CONTENT_TYPE) | |
| uri = f.get_uri() | |
| mimetype = fi.get_content_type() | |
| subject = Subject.new_for_values( | |
| uri=unicode(uri), | |
| text=unicode(uri.rpartition("/")[2]), | |
| interpretation=unicode(Interpretation.SOURCE_CODE), | |
| manifestation=unicode(Manifestation.FILE_DATA_OBJECT), | |
| origin=unicode(uri.rpartition("/")[0]), | |
| mimetype=unicode(mimetype) | |
| ) | |
| event = Event.new_for_values( | |
| timestamp=int(time.time()*1000), | |
| interpretation=unicode(use), | |
| manifestation=unicode(Manifestation.USER_ACTIVITY), | |
| actor="application://gvim.desktop", | |
| subjects=[subject,] | |
| ) | |
| zeitgeistclient.insert_event(event) | |
| except RuntimeError, e: | |
| pass | |
| endpython | |
| endfunction | |
| python << endpython | |
| import os | |
| import time | |
| import vim | |
| try: | |
| import gio | |
| from zeitgeist.client import ZeitgeistClient | |
| from zeitgeist.datamodel import Subject, Event, Interpretation, Manifestation | |
| zeitgeistclient = ZeitgeistClient() if os.getuid() != 0 else None | |
| except RuntimeError, e: | |
| zeitgeistclient = None | |
| except ImportError, e: | |
| zeitgeistclient = None | |
| endpython | |
| augroup zeitgeist | |
| au! | |
| au BufRead * call ZeigtgeistLog (expand("%:p"), "read") | |
| au BufNewFile * call ZeigtgeistLog (expand("%:p"), "new") | |
| au BufWrite * call ZeigtgeistLog (expand("%:p"), "write") | |
| augroup END |