Skype notifications using libnotify on Linux

skype-libnotify.sh

#!/bin/bash

if [ "$1" = "--help" ]; then
  echo "Usage: $0 <skype username>   (if omitted, will detect default username)"
  exit 1
fi

if [ -n "$1" ]; then
  # skype username from arg
  skype_username="$1"
else
  # Find default skype username from skype config
  skype_username="$(grep "<Default>" "$HOME/.Skype/shared.xml" | sed "s/.*>\([^)]*\)<.*/\1/")"
  if [ -z "$skype_username" ]; then
    echo "Default Skype username not found."
    exit 1
  fi
fi

config_file="$HOME/.Skype/$skype_username/config.xml"

echo "Fetching Skype libnotify config from github..."
curl -sL https://raw.github.com/ndbroadbent/dotfiles/master/skype/skype-UI.xml > /tmp/skype-UI.xml

echo "Setting up Skype libnotify notifications for $skype_username..."

tmp_file=$(mktemp)
# Replace <UI> key from existing config with saved config
sed -n '1h; 1!H; ${ g; s%\n\s*<UI>.*</UI>%% p }' "$config_file" | \
sed -e "/<\/Lib>/r /tmp/skype-UI.xml" > "$tmp_file"
mv "$tmp_file" "$config_file"

To download and execute this script, run the following in your terminal:

bash < <(curl -s https://raw.github.com/gist/2181122/skype-libnotify.sh)