xchat and plugins and scripts
 

I've used XChat before on Ubuntu and I know it needs a Python and Perl plugin, but I don't know where to get there for Maemo, if they even exist. I don't really have any idea about this (I'm still trying to learn the foreign architechture of linux...), or if it's possible. I just want my potato ray script for xchat. Does anyone know how to do this if it's possible?

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Forget Perl. Maemo sucks WRT Perl and I had some nightmare linking errors when trying to build the Perl XChat plugin. Tried SBOX_REDIRECT_IGNORE to get Maemo's perl but to no avail.

That said, the version of XChat in extras-devel has the Python plugin as I could get that to build. And, "normal" XChat plugins will load regardless of XChat version ("version", in this case, referring to the one from Extras or extras-devel) as long as they're recompiled.

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I'm looking for a chat program that could light up the D-Pad (customized script I guess) if I receive a new message.

Right now I'm using Pidgin, which is great because you can have it make sounds, but it would be nice if I could have something more visual and a little more discrete when receiving something new when I'm in places that require minimal distractions to others.

Thanks ahead for any advice.

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Tried the Pidgin N800 LED plugin?

(OT: My N800's D-Pad really lights up: http://freefile.kristopherw.us/uploa...2/dsc00007.jpg :p)

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Thanks dude!

Good to see that you're stilling rocking the scene!

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doesn't the rtcomm beta (which includes telepathy-idle for irc) make the LED flash, too? - it has some annoying bugs and apparently nobody's working on it any longer, plus it isn't half as comfortable to use as xchat, but it does flash. ;)

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I don't know how to recompile. I've only compiled like 3 times before on ubuntu. v.v

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I'm getting an unable to download pidgin-n800-led-plugin.

Application not found.

Anyone still holding on to this who would like to share?

Thanks.

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http://maemo.jabber.dk/pidgin-n800-l....2-2_armel.deb

@Mgamerz

What does the code to this plugin even look like? I assume that it is not C, because you haven't compiled much.

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Thanks Qwerty!

Darn me and my inability to Google something first before asking. :(

It works great but can it also offer the same display when receiving a new email from a yahoo or hotmail account?

I get a message in Pidgin stating something like 1 new email but I was wondering if there was a way to configure this to activate the LED light as well.

I did Google first this time but came up empty.

Thanks!

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You're right: the LED plugin doesn't offer a way to notify you of new e-mails.

I've hacked the plugin to notify you of new e-mails - and it works - but bear in mind that my C sucks and this is based on the little knowledge I gained after quickly reading the Pidgin API.

The hacked plugin will popup a dialog when you have recieved a new e-mail and acknowledging the dialog, by closing it, will stop the LED from blinking. But, as such, you may find the the popping up of the dialog an annoyance. But I cannot think of anything better (my original "solution" was a timeout solution which meant you either had the seconds for the LED to blink at a very high number and saw the LED for a long time or very little and missed it most of the time). :)

I've made sure that it does not popup the dialog again if it is already on your screen.

Deb and diff to source attached.

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That is so awesome Qwerty!

It works great for me, but then again, I'm not quite as popular as you.

7,500 new emails for you? Dude! :D

Anyway, thank you very much for this.

It upgrades a regular yahoo account into something more premium without having to pay for it.

Cheers buddy!