README.md

Quacks

I created this simple script to play a random audio file from my ~/quacks directory. Then mapped this script to ⌃⌥Q with QuickSilver. This is like one free interaction just for me. I placed the default Adium sounds into this directory for a start.

The script creates a log from the numbers the audio files were played. If you don't need this just delete the file contents from line 9 to the end of file.

quack

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

require 'yaml'

quacks = Dir[File.join(ENV['HOME'], 'quacks', '*.*')]
quack = quacks[rand(quacks.size)]
system %{afplay "#{quack}"}

quack = File.basename(quack)

stat_file = File.join(ENV['HOME'], 'quacks.log')
stats = YAML.load_file(stat_file) rescue {}
stats[quack] ||= 0
stats[quack] += 1
File.open(stat_file, "w") {|f| f.write(YAML.dump(stats))}