Question: Correct way to get the mode name change when listening to mode event

[jticket1024]

We're writing a python script to have i3 play sounds when a mode is switched anb back to default. This is part of a project to make i3 accessible to the blind. This script requires you have sox installed. I am getting this error when running the script, and the mode event triggers. List indices must be integers or slices, not str.

Script code:

!/usr/bin/env python3

import i3ipc from os import system

This script allows for sounds in i3

def on_new_window(self,i3): system('play -n synth .25 sin 440:880 sin 480:920 remix - norm -3 pitch -500')

def on_mode(self,i3): mode = i3ipc.ModeEvent(['change']) if mode == 'resize': system('play -qV0 "|sox -np synth .07 sq 400" "|sox -np synth .5 sq 800" fade h 0 .5 .5 norm -20') elif mode == 'default': system('play -qV0 "|sox -np synth .07 sq 400" "|sox -np synth .5 sq 800" fade h 0 .5 .5 norm -20 reverse')

i3 = i3ipc.Connection()

i3.on('window::new', on_new_window) i3.on('mode', on_mode)

i3.main()

Trace stack: list indices must be integers or slices, not str Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/jticket/src/I38/scripts/sound.py", line 25, in i3.main() File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc/connection.py", line 514, in main raise loop_exception File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc/connection.py", line 497, in main while not self._event_socket_poll(): File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc/connection.py", line 477, in _event_socket_poll raise e File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc/connection.py", line 474, in _event_socket_poll self._pubsub.emit(event_name, event) File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc/_private/pubsub.py", line 28, in emit s['handler'](self.conn, data) File "/home/jticket/src/I38/scripts/sound.py", line 12, in on_mode mode = i3ipc.ModeEvent(['change']) File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc/events.py", line 112, in init self.change = data['change'] TypeError: list indices must be integers or slices, not str

[jticket1024]

I've figured it out, thanks.