"Now Playing File" plugin for Tkabber.
$Id: README 229 2009-08-19 14:54:28Z kostix $

I. The idea.

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II. Supported media players.

Currently these media players are supported:

* Foobar2000 [1] via its "foo_np_simple" plugin [2].
* AmaroK [3] via contrib/tkamarok plugin.
* QuodLibet [4] via contrib/quodlibet plugin.

III. Confuguration of "foo_np_simple".

1. "Filename":

Pick some convenient filename for the now-playing file.
This must be a full pathname and it must match the value
specified in the corresponding configuration option of
Tkabber (see below).

"foobar.txt" in the Tkabber's configuration directory
is probably a good bet.

2. "Encoding":

UTF-8

3. "Formatting string":

$if($and(%isplaying%,$not(%ispaused%)),
PLAYING$crlf()
ARTIST$tab()%artist%$crlf()
LENGTH$tab()%length_seconds%$crlf()
SOURCE$tab()%album%$crlf()
TITLE$tab()%title%$crlf()
TRACK$tab()%track%$crlf()
URI$tab()$crlf()
,
STOPPED
)

4. "On exit":

STOPPED

IV. Configuration of Tkabber.

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V. References:

1. http://foobar2000.org/
2. http://www.skipyrich.com/
3. http://code.google.com/p/quodlibet/
4. http://amarok.kde.org/


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