Comments on: Advertising blog entries on Pidgin’s status http://blog.motane.lu/2009/08/21/advertising-blog-entries-on-pidgins-status/ Ramblings about software development Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:38:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Radu http://blog.motane.lu/2009/08/21/advertising-blog-entries-on-pidgins-status/comment-page-1/#comment-612 Radu Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:21:09 +0000 http://blog.motane.lu/?p=967#comment-612 Check this out: <a href="http://radu.cotescu.com/2009/08/26/python-and-pidgin-status-on-ubuntu-linux/" title="improved version of Tudor's script" rel="nofollow">Python and Pidgin's status on Ubuntu (Linux)</a>. Check this out: Python and Pidgin’s status on Ubuntu (Linux).

]]> By: Radu http://blog.motane.lu/2009/08/21/advertising-blog-entries-on-pidgins-status/comment-page-1/#comment-609 Radu Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:09:53 +0000 http://blog.motane.lu/?p=967#comment-609 I used your script to change my Pidgin's status. It's a bit slow (because of the time spent on querying the feed) but it's more easy to use than mine. One alteration though: [code lang="python"] os.system(status.encode("utf-8")) [/code] This one is needed if you have ' (apostrophes) in your post's title. I used your script to change my Pidgin’s status. It’s a bit slow (because of the time spent on querying the feed) but it’s more easy to use than mine. One alteration though:

os.system(status.encode("utf-8"))

This one is needed if you have ‘ (apostrophes) in your post’s title.

]]> By: scribu http://blog.motane.lu/2009/08/21/advertising-blog-entries-on-pidgins-status/comment-page-1/#comment-605 scribu Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:13:33 +0000 http://blog.motane.lu/?p=967#comment-605 It's easier, I'll give you that. :P It’s easier, I’ll give you that. :P

]]> By: Tudor http://blog.motane.lu/2009/08/21/advertising-blog-entries-on-pidgins-status/comment-page-1/#comment-604 Tudor Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:11:03 +0000 http://blog.motane.lu/?p=967#comment-604 scribu> is it better than Radu's? Is it...come on :P I need this :D scribu> is it better than Radu’s? Is it…come on :P I need this :D

]]> By: scribu http://blog.motane.lu/2009/08/21/advertising-blog-entries-on-pidgins-status/comment-page-1/#comment-603 scribu Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:12:37 +0000 http://blog.motane.lu/?p=967#comment-603 Thanks for the script. Instead of using cron, I added it to the launcher so that I have a different status every time I go online. Thanks for the script. Instead of using cron, I added it to the launcher so that I have a different status every time I go online.

]]> By: Tudor http://blog.motane.lu/2009/08/21/advertising-blog-entries-on-pidgins-status/comment-page-1/#comment-602 Tudor Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:58:12 +0000 http://blog.motane.lu/?p=967#comment-602 The feed contains the latest info from your blog and since I choose a random item from the feed each time, if you run cron every 5 minutes, you will have a different item every time in your status. And dude...that's why we have RSS feeds, to query them whenever necessary. Feed readers query feeds all the time to see if you they contain new information. And it's easier and more logical this way, rather than exporting a new SQL dump file after each post. What if you post 3 or 4 times a day? Will you go to all that trouble every time? I'm sure that you can make an automation script, but still... Does it hurt to say that I was right this time? After all, it's written in python, a language you evangelised to me for so long and in the beginning I was refering to it as gaython :P The feed contains the latest info from your blog and since I choose a random item from the feed each time, if you run cron every 5 minutes, you will have a different item every time in your status.

And dude…that’s why we have RSS feeds, to query them whenever necessary. Feed readers query feeds all the time to see if you they contain new information. And it’s easier and more logical this way, rather than exporting a new SQL dump file after each post. What if you post 3 or 4 times a day? Will you go to all that trouble every time? I’m sure that you can make an automation script, but still…

Does it hurt to say that I was right this time? After all, it’s written in python, a language you evangelised to me for so long and in the beginning I was refering to it as gaython :P

]]> By: Radu http://blog.motane.lu/2009/08/21/advertising-blog-entries-on-pidgins-status/comment-page-1/#comment-601 Radu Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:43:58 +0000 http://blog.motane.lu/?p=967#comment-601 My ideea was a pure raw thought. Therefore it can't be lame because it hasn't had the time to develop into something more rafined. But I do have some questions regarding your technique: what do you do in case you want to exclude some posts from your feed? if you set the <code>cron</code> job to run every 5 minutes, wouldn't it be lame to load the exact same feed from 5 to 5 minutes? I must admit that using Python you have a lot more space for customizing the idea, but the intelligent approach would be to build a file to hold your entries for some time rather than querying the feed whenever you want your status to be changed. My ideea was a pure raw thought. Therefore it can’t be lame because it hasn’t had the time to develop into something more rafined. But I do have some questions regarding your technique:

what do you do in case you want to exclude some posts from your feed?

if you set the cron job to run every 5 minutes, wouldn’t it be lame to load the exact same feed from 5 to 5 minutes?

I must admit that using Python you have a lot more space for customizing the idea, but the intelligent approach would be to build a file to hold your entries for some time rather than querying the feed whenever you want your status to be changed.

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