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Display iTunes cover art in iChat AV
I would still use ichatStatus to run this script, just because i dont want anything in my dock. I want these things to be transparent. I dont want to know they are going on in the background, and thats what ichatstatus provides.
ScriptDaemon
actually i've been working on a applescript daemon for a week or so. right now it just does timers, run a script at a certain time, and run a script right now. it has a folder of scripts that it loads at startup and can be reloaded so the daemon doesn't have to be restarted. it's written in applescript right now, but i think i'm going to look into applescript studio so it can have a fancy interface, right now it has none. the interface is provided by applescripts that add timers to the daemon. it also allows for the scripts to send a script object to be used as the action for the timer. the ability to send script object is very handy and adds some useful functionality, but it does open up a bit of a security hole if you have remote apple events enabled. repeating scripts are a good idea. application dependencies can be done in the scripts, but i can see some advantages to having them in the daemon.
Display iTunes cover art in iChat AV
Sounds a bit like Konfabulator. (Which also offers much more).
Display iTunes cover art in iChat AV
No. It's nothing like Konfabulator.
Display iTunes cover art in iChat AV
Actually, I think it is slightly relevant even though the author of the comment wasn't clear why.
Display iTunes cover art in iChat AV
Why not think of Cron and use cron for this?
Display iTunes cover art in iChat AV
You got to it first :)
I planned on posting a similar message. To execute an AppleScript as a background timed event you can use cron. There is a command line tool on OS X called osascript that can be used to execute applescripts (man osascript). For a good Cron GUI I'd recommend Cronnix - http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/9478 The command to execute would be osascript (path/to/applescript) and you can do as many as you want. So if you open a terminal and type 'crontab -e' to edit your own crontab file you can enter something like: */5 * * * * /usr/bin/osascript /path/to/applescript1 */10 * * * * /usr/bin/osascript /path/to/applescript2 */15 * * * * /usr/bin/osascript /path/to/applescript3Then cntrl-x and return to save your changes and you have a cron job configured that will execute three applescripts - applescript1 will be run every 5 minutes, applescript2 every 10 and applescript3 every 15. BTW - mazatty - if you complete your scriptdaemon and it will be released as an open source freeware project let me know. I'd be happy to post it on cocoaobjects, perhaps you could supply a 'how to' to go along with it. Hope that helps, Daryl --- |
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