https://github.com/raducotescu/pidgin-status-scripts

Useful scripts for changing Pidgin's status
https://github.com/raducotescu/pidgin-status-scripts

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Useful scripts for changing Pidgin's status

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/raducotescu/pidgin-status-scripts
• Owner: raducotescu
• License: other
• Created: 2009-12-22T12:17:14.000Z (about 15 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2012-05-27T15:12:32.000Z (over 12 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-17T03:57:27.912Z (3 months ago)
• Language: Python
• Homepage: http://radu.cotescu.com
• Size: 97.7 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README
  • License: LICENSE

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These scripts will change your status in Pidgin on Linux by providing them the

feed to your blog or the feed to your Twitter statuses.

To be able to change your Pidgin's status, both of them need to have access to

some environment variables which are set by the accompanying export_x_info.sh

which should be set to run after each boot.

Provided that you use GNOME as your Desktop Environment, to add the previous

script to the list of applications that are run after each boot, go to

System - Preferences - Startup Applications.

The two Python scripts used for changing Pidgin's status must then be called from

a cron job. E.g.:

# m h  dom mon dow   command

SHELL=/bin/bash

DISPLAY=:0.0

*/5 * * * * source ~/.Xdbus; ~/bin/python_script.py feed_url

For more details visit the following links:

1. http://radu.cotescu.com/python-and-pidgin-status-on-ubuntu-linux/

2. http://radu.cotescu.com/put-your-latest-tweet-as-pidgin-status-on-ubuntu-linux/