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Switch desktops in Desktop Manager via a physical touch
Authored by: ghay on Dec 15, '06 04:19:29AM
Specifically, change this line in the perl

system "./notify SwitchTo${foo}Workspace\n";

to be a terminal command to play your sound file.

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Switch desktops in Desktop Manager via a physical touch
Authored by: qrulf on Dec 15, '06 12:06:03PM
I liked the idea about the computer complaining, when smacked, so I began looking for a simple player that could be used from the commandline. I ended up with Play Sound (free):
http://microcosmsoftware.com/playsound/

I must admit I was looking for a text-based player, but Play Sound seems like an ok solution for now. If anyone knows a better/ fast commandline player I would like to know about it :-)

The line in the smackbook perl-script should then look something like:
system "open -a '/Applications/Play Sound.app' 'path-to-your-sound' &";

~ Jørgen

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Switch desktops in Desktop Manager via a physical touch
Authored by: qrulf on Dec 16, '06 07:00:44AM

It might be noted that the AMSTracker application with an update interval of 0.01 seconds, will take up about 17% (measured in top) of my Core 2 Duo 2ghz processor... Might not be such a good idea anyway :-/

~ Jørgen



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