add Humor Department. fix small printing formatting.

screenless/bureau/bureau.py

@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ class Bureau(object):
         # TODO: retry this a few times with a proper sleep/timeout
         time.sleep(0.5)
         try:
-            ret = json.loads(sender.recv(flags=zmq.NOBLOCK))
+            ret = json.loads(sender.recv_string(flags=zmq.NOBLOCK))
             # TODO: deal with non-json replies
         except zmq.ZMQError:
             print("message sent but got no reply...")
@@ -173,13 +173,15 @@ class Bureau(object):
 
         subprocess.call("lpr -P " + lpname + " " + pdffile)
 
-    def print_small(self, text, printer="/dev/usb/lp1"):
+    # TODO: make this asynchronous
+    def print_small(self, text, printer="/dev/usb/lp0"):
         """
         print on Thermal Line printer.
         """
+        # TODO: look this up in config
         lp = open(printer, "w")
-        text += "\r\n" * 10
-        text += ".d0"
+        text += "\r\n" * 5 
+        # text += ".d0"
         lp.write(text)
         lp.close()
 

screenless/bureau/jokes.py

@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ class Humor(Bureau):
         """
         Prints a clever quip.
         """
-        print(str.decode(subprocess.check_output("fortune")))
+        jux = str(subprocess.check_output("fortune"), encoding="UTF-8")
+        self.print_small(jux)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":