I have always liked Docky and the ability to add helpers, which can change the icon of the application and show a small badge with information such as unread messages or similar.
I used Rhythmbox before, which has Dockmanager support, so when a song is playing, the icon changes to the album art, and the badge shows time left of the current song. I looked for a similar feature in Guayadeque, but I found none, so I decided to modify the Rhythmbox script to work with Guayadeque.
However, I'm just a newbie and don't know much of Python. I have modified the script, but when I run it, nothing happens. But I don't know if my error is related to Guayadeque or to Dockmanager. So I would like some help with my script, to see why it doesn't work.
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I think the scripts weren't attached. You can download them from here: http://is.gd/OxK4NT
- anonbeat
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Hello, I will try to help you but I know zero about python.
This may help you https://launchpad.net/~conky-companions ... .09.tar.gz
Its a script for conky to show the guayadeque current playing track and some other info in conky.
Thanks
This may help you https://launchpad.net/~conky-companions ... .09.tar.gz
Its a script for conky to show the guayadeque current playing track and some other info in conky.
Thanks
- anonbeat
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The first thing I think its wrong is
playeriface = "org.mpris.Guayadeque"
should be
playeriface = "org.mpris.guayadeque"
Thanks for your help
playeriface = "org.mpris.Guayadeque"
should be
playeriface = "org.mpris.guayadeque"
Thanks for your help
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Well, that actually fixes the Prev/Play/Next commands. But the icon still isn't changing.
Thanks, I knew my error would be something obvious
I'll now see what's missing for the rest of the helper.
Thanks, I knew my error would be something obvious
I'll now see what's missing for the rest of the helper.
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I've finished writing the helper for Guayadeque. It can be found here: http://comunidades.ccm.itesm.mx/~A01212 ... helper.zip
Just extract either to /usr/share/dockmanager/ or ~/.local/share/dockmanager
It works the same way than the Rhythmbox and Banshee helpers.
Just extract either to /usr/share/dockmanager/ or ~/.local/share/dockmanager
It works the same way than the Rhythmbox and Banshee helpers.