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X-Chat Aqua “Now Playing” Plugin

Example

This is a Perl plugin for X-Chat Aqua that adds a command, /np, which displays what you’re playing in iTunes at the moment.

Download

Package
Download “Now Playing” Plugin

Installation

  1. Make sure X-Chat Aqua is not running.
  2. Unzip the file you downloaded.
  3. Copy xchat-aqua-np.pl to /Applications/X-Chat Aqua/Plugins/.
  4. Play something in iTunes.
  5. Start X-Chat Aqua up, and try it out by typing in a channel /np and pressing enter.

Credits & Thanks

  • Joey for the original AppleScript that is used in the Perl script.
  • John Gruber and O’Reilly for help on using AppleScript and Perl together.