Conky Pidgin Python Script

[kaivalagi]

This is a great script, thank you for creating it. I have a question about it though. I have pidgin set up for Aim and Xfire. Many of my friends use both (not all of them though). Would it be possible to set it up so that it will only show one copy of that friend if they happen to be logged on both Xfire and AIM?

For example, if Friend1 is logged on AIM and Xfire, would it be possible to tell the script to display that friend on Xfire and only display them on AIM if they aren't logged onto anything else?

As I said, this is a great script, but it can become very cluttered if I have a lot of friends logged on to both AIM and Xfire at once. I don't want to remove them from either list because they don't always log on to both.

I have the same issue with my buddies too, in fact I am a problem for others as well 'cause I have 3 accounts to ensure I can talk to all my friends.

I assume the buddy alias is the same between accounts?

I'll add it to my todo list and get round to it at some point, no promises though...

[Sarai the Geek]

My pleasure

One more thing- because it's counting by lines, when a buddy has a custom status message it counts that as an extra line and thus an extra buddy, so the count isn't always accurate. Is there a way to attach a template to that script call so that I can format it as 1 buddy per line with no status message?

[kaivalagi]

One more thing- because it's counting by lines, when a buddy has a custom status message it counts that as an extra line and thus an extra buddy, so the count isn't always accurate. Is there a way to attach a template to that script call so that I can format it as 1 buddy per line with no status message?

Yep, use the --template option. From conkyPidgin --help :

  -t FILE, --template=FILE
                        Template file determining the format for each buddy's
                        data. Use the following placeholders: [name], [alias],
                        [group], [status], [status_message].

So, you would create a simple template file using the placeholders mentioned above and then use it by adding a --template=/path/to/file option in your exec calls.

In theory just use one placeholder for alias and you just want a count...

Cheers

[dather]

I found one bug,look at the ss

You must do something to protect from names that have $

[kaivalagi]

I found one bug,look at the ss

You must do something to protect from names that have $

I'll do something about it in all scripts that could be affected

[kaivalagi]

UPDATE

• Updated to expand ~ based template paths
• Updated to make safe the output to stop unwanted conky execution

Changes can be found here: https://launchpad.net/~m-buck/+archi...source.changes

The first post is updated and the apt package should be available soon...

[dather]

Nooooo w8, i want to hack one friend

[kaivalagi]

Nooooo w8, i want to hack one friend

too late I'm afraid

[thecheeks]

How do you get rid of the group name and the following '-'.

I just want screen names showing, no group name like (Buddies), the following dash, or status.

[kaivalagi]

How do you get rid of the group name and the following '-'.

I just want screen names showing, no group name like (Buddies), the following dash, or status.

Take a look at the template option, run conkyPidgin -h for more info

You'll need to create a new template to use. Start by copying the template from /usr/share/conkypidgin/example/conkyPidgin.template and then remove what you don't want. Also look at /usr/share/conkypidgin/example/conkyrc for how a template is used in a conkyrc

Hope that helps