Description: An Amarok script for launching an external browser. URL's can be defined with placeholders that are replaced with the selected track's data tags. The examples included by default allow searching for the artist's website, reviews, MySpace profile, YouTube videos for the song, guitar tabs, and concert listings.Last changelog:
1.3.0 - Uses browser set in Amarok's preferences. - Configuration file opens in the default KDE text editor if none set by user. - Simpler config file.
1.2.1 - Minor bugfix.
1.2 - It now works on the selected track rather than the playing track. No need to be playing anything to use it. - The "configure" button opens the configuration file. - More meaningful error messages. - Removed the "|" char from default URLs. It was causing problems when opening firefox.
1.1 - removed url encoding of whole query string - changed default browser from 'mozilla-firefox' to 'firefox' - added myspace to defaults - code cleanup
Yes, Amarok runs fine in Gnome but the script might not.
There is a 'text_editor' option in the configuration file (~/.kde/share/apps/amarok/scripts-data/weblaunchrc). It's empty by default but you can use it to open the file in whatever editor you prefer. Let me know if you have any problems. Thanks.
For me this was the last amarok's missing feature.
By the way, i've found a silly problem and how to solve it.
I was trying to launch new searches on my http://mldonkey.sourceforge.net server but the auth pair "user:pass" is needed.
When i launch this query the hostname becomes "user%3Apass".
I've commented the 67th line in weblaunch.py and now is working.
Probably i'm wrong but i think urllib.quote statement can be removed, Isn't?
The menu installs but does nothing when a query is selected. I tried changing browsers and restarting app. but did not help.
Suggestion add defaults allmusicguide artist/album/song and google
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What's about Gnome?
Most Amarok scripts will have a dependency on DCOP, used heavily in KDE. ...Did you actually bother looking at the name of this website??
Amarok runs fine on my Gnome Desktop. The problem is the usage of a default KDE editor.
Yes, Amarok runs fine in Gnome but the script might not. There is a 'text_editor' option in the configuration file (~/.kde/share/apps/amarok/scripts-data/weblaunchrc). It's empty by default but you can use it to open the file in whatever editor you prefer. Let me know if you have any problems. Thanks.
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For me this was the last amarok's missing feature. By the way, i've found a silly problem and how to solve it. I was trying to launch new searches on my http://mldonkey.sourceforge.net server but the auth pair "user:pass" is needed. When i launch this query the hostname becomes "user%3Apass". I've commented the 67th line in weblaunch.py and now is working. Probably i'm wrong but i think urllib.quote statement can be removed, Isn't?
i'm not sure why that line was there but it's gone now anyway :) thanks!
The menu installs but does nothing when a query is selected. I tried changing browsers and restarting app. but did not help. Suggestion add defaults allmusicguide artist/album/song and google
1.1 also won't work for me
for whatever reason it started working thanks,
:)