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Cossins
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 Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 4:14 pm Post subject: How do Gnome and Rhythmbox communicate? |
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Hi there!
I noticed that Gnome 2.6 communicates with Rhythmbox when I press my multimedia buttons on the keyboard. In KDE, this would obviously be done with DCOP, but how does Gnome do this?
It's because I want to use 'hotkeys' (the utility), but it hijacks a few of the buttons that are normally used by Gnome. So if I could move completely to hotkeys... But I need a way to tell Rhythmbox to play the next song.
- Simon
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| Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 4:41 pm Post subject: |
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| It's done with Bonobo. I guess the best way to control Rhythmbox would be to use Python to script the Rhythmbox Bonobo component. |
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richk449
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I don't know if this is what you are looking for, but Rhythmbox can accept command line controls. So if you have it open, and you run the command it will skip to the next song. I think all the possible commands are given under --help.
In the Gnome database thingy (I cant remember the name now - it is the gnome equivalent of the windows registry), you can set any key or key combo to run any arbitrary command. So i have F12 set to go to the next song. |
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Cossins
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| Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 5:25 pm Post subject: |
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| richk449 wrote: | | I don't know if this is what you are looking for, but Rhythmbox can accept command line controls. So if you have it open, and you run the command it will skip to the next song. I think all the possible commands are given under --help. |
This doesn't work. It creates a new instance of Rhythmbox (with some gsignal warnings at the terminal).
Anyways, I'll look into that with gconf-editor - any hints as to where the heck in that mess I'm supposed to find these settings?
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| Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 5:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Cossins wrote: | | richk449 wrote: | | I don't know if this is what you are looking for, but Rhythmbox can accept command line controls. So if you have it open, and you run the command it will skip to the next song. I think all the possible commands are given under --help. |
This doesn't work. It creates a new instance of Rhythmbox (with some gsignal warnings at the terminal).
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Thats strange - it works for me. On older versions of rhythmbox, it would maximize the currently running version of rhythmbox and move it to the current desktop, but in the new version (0.6.1), it works perfectly.
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Anyways, I'll look into that with gconf-editor - any hints as to where the heck in that mess I'm supposed to find these settings?
- Simon |
If the --next thing doesnt work for you, the gconf-editor (thanks for the name) will not help any. That just allows you to run arbitrary commands with arbitrary keys. I also can't remember where it is hidden at - I have a vague recollection it was under metacity somehow, but that might be wrong. I would look, but I don't run Gnome at work, only at home. |
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| richk449 wrote: | | If the --next thing doesnt work for you, the gconf-editor (thanks for the name) will not help any. That just allows you to run arbitrary commands with arbitrary keys. I also can't remember where it is hidden at - I have a vague recollection it was under metacity somehow, but that might be wrong. I would look, but I don't run Gnome at work, only at home. |
I found it and got it working. I just configure the previous/next track buttons in the Gnome control panel, and the commands with gconf-editor. And you're right, it's under metacity.
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