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--- third_party_apps:xchat [2008/11/11 22:42] – lau1
+++ third_party_apps:xchat [2009/04/30 18:15] – lau1
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 It's at a very early stage so be kind.
 It is inspired from rythmbox xchat perl plugin.
+I added some checks so that it fails to load gracefully.
+The script is now capable of launching gmusicbrowser
+It will load gmusicbrowser automatically upon startup
+If you close gmusicbrowser then use one of the command it will let you know that it needs restarting.
+A new commands lets you do that.
 ===== Installing the script =====
-download it from
+Download it from
-http://sites.google.com/site/lcoudeur/Home/gmplay.pl.zip?attredirects=0
+https://sites.google.com/site/lcoudeur/Home/gmplay.pl4.zip?attredirects=0
 ==== Changing the message displayed ====
 Edit the script (in your editor of choice) and update the message printed.
 <code perl>
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 my $playing ="écoute sur son magnétophone numérique"; #replace with your own message
 </code>
 The script can display all the informations provided by Dbus to modify the output:
 Dbus provides album, artist, disc, length, title, track.
 The current scrip displays artist - title - album
-as shown below.
+As shown below.
 <code perl>
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 </code>
+If everything is fine Xchat will let you know by printing the message
+<code>
+ Loaded gmusic XChat 0.0.6:
+</code>
+===== gmusicbrowser is not loaded already. =====
+The script will start it and wait 4 seconds.
+It is possible that your machine is slower to load gmusicbrowser.
+In that case the script will not load correctly as it has not waited long enough.
+<code>
+ starting gmusic browser
+ Error loading '/home/laurent/.xchat2/gmplay.pl':
+ org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.gmusicbrowser was not provided by any .service files
+</code>
+If gmusicbrowser loads anyway then you just need to update the script.
+Search the script file around the line 150 for <code perl>sleep (4);</code>
+change it to 6 or more to lengthen the time margin your script will wait before it attempts to connect via Dbus.
 ===== Commands available =====
 ==== Help ====
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 What can it do ?
-in xchat type
+In xchat type
 <code>
 /gm_help
 </code>
+You will be able to View this:
+<code>
+ gmusic XChat Help:
+   * Script Version:     0.0.5
+  About:
+   * Author: Laurent Coudeur <####################">
+  Commands:
+  * /gm_start	- starts gmusic browser when it has been closed.
+  * /gm_play - Display the current song playing to a channel.
+  * /gm_next - Skip to the next track.
+  * /gm_prev - Skip to the previous track.
+  * /gm_pause - Pause/start playback.
+  * /gm_browse - Open Gmusic UI window.
+  * /gm_volup - Increase volume.
+  * /gm_voldown - Decrease volume.
+  * /gm_help - Display this help screen.
+</code>
+There you have it
+  * /gm_start Starts gmusicbrowser if it's not present on dbus. It will not start a second instance. It pauses 4 seconds to allow the application to start.
+  * /gm_play does what it says on the tin. Displays the currently playing song information as set in previous paragraph.
+  * /gm_next skips the current song
+  * /gm_prev plays the previous song
+  * /gm_pause will pause a playing song, or restart a paused song.
+  * /gm_browse opens the gmusic browser window
+  * /gm_volup increase the volume (if your at the maximum level it won't)
+  * /gm_voldown decrease the volume (...)
 ===== Todo list =====
-Lots ;)
+Any suggestions?
-Updating the page...