Yu Last.fm Pidgin tune status plugin / News: Recent posts

After Pidgin 2.6.0, it becomes impossible to take advantage of Gtk2 perl module. In this version, I tried defer "require Gtk2" till plugin_load() and it works! So, all Gtk2 related features you can see in version 0.3.0 are all coming back. Furthermore, slash command has been enhanced. Now users are able to search artist/album on Last.fm through slash command "/yulastfm"
If you find any bug, please report it. Thank you.
Hope you like it.

Moved source from SVN repo to Git, and SVN repo will have been closed recently. You could get code from Git repo by "git clone git://yulastfm.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/yulastfm/yulastfm yulastfm.git" and browse it at "http://yulastfm.git.sourceforge.net/".

There are two known issues of Pidgin 2.6.x, which are related to YuLastfm.

1. YuLastfm crashes Pidgin 2.6.x
This bug is caused by Pidgin or libgtk2-perl modul.
Every time when you using/requiring Gtk2 module in Perl plugins, it crashes.
Since I can do nothing to fix this,
I just submitted a ticket on Pidgin Trac system.
Ticket number is 8499
Go http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/8499 for more information. ... read more

http://www.last.fm/user/linleno/journal/2009/03/09/2js7ao_yu_last.fm_pidgin_tune_status_plugin%253A_now_playing_updating_%2526_track_info_sharing

[[ The following paragraphs are the original comment of my Last.fm journal which was posted by the author, Natureshadow, of Pidgin-Last.fm ]]

linleno, this is an open world, so it is your right to publish this software.

However, the main aspect of open source is contribution, not concurrence. It would have been better for everyone, you, me, and our users, if you'd just contributed to my code. ... read more

NEW Feature in v.0.3.0

Enable user to send recent listened music information(track link on Last.fm) to his/her friend through a Gtk2-perl GUI. This is the major change in this release. The Gtk2-perl frame could be opened by executing a slash command "/yulastfm"

ABOUT YuLastfm

This is a Perl plugin for Pidgin. YuLastfm fetches current track information from Last.fm through its API. Then, YuLastfm use this fetched infomation to update Pidgin's TUNE status, also known as Now Playing information, periodically.

YuLastfm ChangeLog

Version 0.2.0
* Adding Windows Installation Instruction in README.
* There's a reasonable improvement on backend refresh mechanism. This improvement mainly relies on a better usage of plugin timeout callback function.

This Pidgin plugin fetches your now playing information from Last.FM periodically and refresh Pidgin's Tune Status(aka "now playing") information. It lets your buddies know what are you listening to right now. This plugin is easy to setup and easy to use. Read the README file in source tar ball or documentation page on this package for more information. Enjoy~