more cleanup, thx Codacity

usr/lib/linuxmint/mintMenu/mintMenu.py

@@ -297,7 +297,8 @@ class MainWindow(object):
         self.tooltipsEnable(False)
 
     # A little bit hacky but works.
-    def getDefaultColors(self):
+    @staticmethod
+    def getDefaultColors():
         widget = Gtk.EventBox()
         widget.show()
 

usr/lib/linuxmint/mintMenu/plugins/applications.py

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import cgi
 import filecmp
 import gettext
 import os
-import string
 import subprocess
 import threading
 import urllib
@@ -19,7 +18,6 @@ from plugins.easybuttons import (ApplicationLauncher, CategoryButton,
                                  FavApplicationLauncher,
                                  MenuApplicationLauncher)
 from plugins.easygsettings import EasyGSettings
-from plugins.execute import Execute
 
 # i18n
 gettext.install("mintmenu", "/usr/share/linuxmint/locale")
@@ -303,11 +301,8 @@ class pluginclass(object):
         #     os.system("xdg-open apt://" + pkg_name + " &")
         self.mintMenuWin.hide()
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        #print("Applications plugin deleted")
-        return
-
-    def wake(self):
+    @staticmethod
+    def wake():
         return
 
     def destroy(self):

usr/lib/linuxmint/mintMenu/plugins/easybuttons.py

@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ class IconManager(GObject.GObject):
         self.count = 0
 
         # Some apps don't put a default icon in the default theme folder, so we will search all themes
-        def createTheme(d):
-            theme = Gtk.IconTheme()
-            theme.set_custom_theme(d)
-            return theme
+        # def createTheme(d):
+        #     theme = Gtk.IconTheme()
+        #     theme.set_custom_theme(d)
+        #     return theme
 
         # This takes to much time and there are only a very few applications that use icons from different themes
         #self.themes = map( createTheme, [d for d in os.listdir("/usr/share/icons") if os.path.isdir(os.path.join("/usr/share/icons", d))])

usr/lib/linuxmint/mintMenu/plugins/recent.py

@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ class pluginclass:
         #Connect event handlers
         self.builder.get_object("ClrBtn").connect("clicked", self.clrmenu)
 
-    def wake(self):
+    @staticmethod
+    def wake():
         return
 
     def destroy(self):
@@ -214,6 +215,6 @@ class pluginclass:
                     self.Win.plugins["applications"].wTree.get_widget("entry1").grab_focus()
                 Execute(w, self.Exec)
 
-    def do_plugin(self):
+    @staticmethod
+    def do_plugin():
         return
-        # self.DoRecent()