AmarokPidgin 0.2

[Keegan Carruthers-Smith]

Name: AmarokPidgin
Version: 0.2
Type: Amarok Script
Depend: 
License: GPL
Homepage:
http://people.cs.uct.ac.za/~ksmith/AmarokPidgin.html
More Info:
http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=48025

Description:
 To view the README in html visit
[url]http://people.cs.uct.ac.za/~ksmith/AmarokPidgin.html[/url]

Now Listening for Pidgin
Version 0.2 - February 2009

Description:
A plugin for Amarok 1 and 2 that updates your
Pidgin status message with what you are currently
listening too.

If you want to update your Gaim status message,
look for the AmarokGaim package.

Dependencies:
* Amarok (Tested on Amarok 1.4.10 or Amarok
2.0-SVN-Neon Jan 14 2009)
* Pidgin with D-Bus support (Tested on Pidgin
2.5.2)
* Python with D-Bus support (Tested on Python
2.5.2 (Should also work with
  Python 2.4))
* DCOP client (If using Amarok 1. Tested on KDE
3.5.10)
* Optionally depends on chardet for better
character
  decoding. [http://chardet.feedparser.org/]


Changelog:
 Changelog:
* Version 0.2 (11/02/2009)
  - Your Buddy Icon can now be set to the
currently playing song's album cover. Set
*cover_icon* to true in the config file to enable.
  - Made Media status type "tune". To update:
    + Stop AmarokPidgin in Amarok
    + Delete Media status in Pidgin
    + Start AmarokPidgin in Amarok
  - New variables $rating and $score.
 * Version 0.1.9 (16/05/2008)
   - New variables: $year, $nowPlaying,
$lyricsURL, $lyrics. Based on a patch
     by Hieu Hoang.
   - Variable Map. Based on work by Ryan Davis.
   - Seems to work with Pidgin 2.4.0 now.
   - Media status is of type Avaliable now by
default.
 * Version 0.1.8 (09/02/2008)
   - Can use chardet library to decode strings.
   - Testing of the new decoding routine thanks to
David Partain.
   - Fixed bug with status not returning to Media.
   - Quick hack to prevent crashes on debugging
output.
 * Version 0.1.7 (02/08/2007)
   - Closes script when Amarok sends SIGTERM.
(Thanks to Kiyoshi Murata)
   - Only media status is updated. No changing
status anymore on song change.
   - Pausing only changes status if status is on
Media. (Thanks to Vasilis
     Vasaitis)
 * Version 0.1.6 (27/05/2007)
   - Changed project name to AmarokPidgin
   - Updated codebase to use purple. With thanks
to the following contributors:
     * Tony Bassette
     * Thomas Bird
     * Luigi Capriotti
 * Version 0.1.5 (05/04/2007)
   - Can now change nick instead of status
message.
   - Updates to unicode handling.
   - Updates status type if necessary (Thanks to
Vasilis Vasaitis)
 * Version 0.1.4 (20/11/2006)
   - Fixed a bug with misbehaving kdialogs.
(Thanks to Kartik Mohta)
   - Now changes Gaim's status back too default
when script closes.
   - Updates status if a song is playing when the
script starts.
 * Version 0.1.3 (14/11/2006)
   - Now can block expletives in status message.
   - Fixed a bug when reading in the configuration
file.
 * Version 0.1.2 (02/11/2006)
   - Fixed unicode strings bug. (Thanks too Tim
Su)
   - Added basic configuration
 * Version 0.1.1 (30/10/2006)
   - Forgot to comment out logging =/
 * Version 0.1 (25/10/2006)
   - Initial Release