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Set Your Pidgin Status With Ruby and DBus
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pidgin_manipulator.rb
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
#
require "dbus"
session_bus = DBus::SessionBus.instance
# Get the Pidgin Service
pidgin_dbus = session_bus.service("im.pidgin.purple.PurpleService")
# Get the object from this service
pidgin = pidgin_dbus.object("/im/pidgin/purple/PurpleObject")
pidgin.default_iface = "im.pidgin.purple.PurpleInterface"
pidgin.introspect
def set_status(new_status, pidgin)
current = pidgin.PurpleSavedstatusGetType(pidgin.PurpleSavedstatusGetCurrent().first).first
status = pidgin.PurpleSavedstatusNew("", current).first
pidgin.PurpleSavedstatusSetMessage(status, new_status)
pidgin.PurpleSavedstatusActivate(status)
end
set_status("I just set my IM status with Ruby and DBus.", pidgin)
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