Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Sandro Tosi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* Package name : xmms-pipe Version : 0.5.6 Upstream Author : Ben Lynn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://rooster.stanford.edu/~ben/xmmspipe/ * License : GPL Description : plugin to control XMMS via a named pipe xmms-pipe is a plugin for XMMS that enables it to be controlled by sending strings to a named pipe (FIFO). When enabled, XMMS can be commanded by sending strings to $HOME/.xmms/inpipe . It is possible to setup an output pipe, and query XMMS for information. . There exists alternatives to xmms-pipe, but pipes may be preferable in some situations: * The pipe automatically inherits the security features of the underlying filesystem (e.g. you could change its permissions so that only users of a particular group can control XMMS). * In many programming languages, writing to a pipe is easier than executing programs, making it easier to build programs to control XMMS. * The plugin can call internal XMMS functions which means it can have more functionality than programs relying on the xmms_remote_* functions alone. For example, XMMSPipe can load/save playlists. -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-686-smp Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]