use Skype with Jaunty notifcations (notify-osd)

[Lightbreeze]

I wrote a python script to use the new notification system introduced in Jaunty and now I have updated it use work with later releases of Ubuntu.

* Notifies when a contact comes online, when they have a birthday soon or when a file transfer is completed.. And when they send you a message new text is appended in the notification bubble. Of course, message notifications are only shown if the conversation doesn't have focus.
* We now support the Messaging Menu, simply run skype-dbus-service.py. Although for some reason (?) the envelope doesn't go green.

Hope someone finds it useful and this is how to install the script:
* Download the files by typing into a terminal

bzr branch lp:skype-notify

* open Skype -> menu (the Skype icon in the lower left) -> Options
* Press 'Notifications' then 'Advanced View'
* [x] Mark 'Execute the following script on _any_ notification'
Paste

python ~/skype-notify/skype-notify.py -e"%type" -n"%sname" -f"%fname" -p"%fpath" -m"%smessage" -s%fsize -u%sskype

* you can enable and disable individual notifications: just uncheck "Display pop-up notification"

* Press 'Apply'

[jpeddicord]

Approved; thank you for your tutorial contribution.

[Tibuda]

Thanks, I'll try it now.

[valerie-23]

Nice work!

I'm not a Python developer, but I'm wondering if there's scope for detecting if a particular Skype chat has focus, and suppressing the notifications if so? It's kind of distracting seeing the notification pop up when you're already in the chat window. I'd personally only like to see a chat notification if I was in another application.

Is this info sent in the variables sent in the events?

[Lightbreeze]

valerie-23: I have a rough script working to do what you ask. If the window is unfocused it will notify and add an indicator - which will disappear if the chat gains focus before the indicator is clicked. I'll re-look over the code and clean it up a bit then post it here in a few days.

Glad that someone else finds it useful

[valerie-23]

Awesome! I tend to miss the default Skype notifications that pop up (they're too small!), so using the new notifier is really useful.

I'll look forward to your updated script

[lukeen]

hey thank you so much for this script!

a little suggestion:
wouldn't it be better to start the dbus-service file on login and stop it on logout of skype? and not on login to the system.
you could add that where you check the event type. or it could be checked with every event if the service is running and if not start it...

oh, and i translated it into german and figured out the umlauts have to be escaped with there unicode hex and putting the u before the string like u"Gespr\xE4ch beendet". this should work in a better way. maybe you could then also make all strings variables so they are easy to translate...

[fragestunde]

Great Script! Thank you very much for the work!

oh, and i translated it into german

May I have your translation? Would be more easy than translating it for myself
Wirklich!

[playmaker]

Nice work, Lightbreeze, really appreciate it. Notifications are working very nice, only the new message notification, as described by mr_pitchfork, doesn't work as it should, but anyway, your script is just great.

Thank you very much and keep on the good work.

playmaker

[_sebastian_]

hi all,
seems like the script(s) have evolved since I installed the first version.

Is the code on launchpad by now, any plans. would be much easier to follow up and colaborate/translate

last but def not least: thank you lightbreeze for the script!

btw: there are quite a few blogs out there selling the script without giving credit to lightbreeze