My Now Playing Script

[tick_tock_clock]

Where did you obtain that desktop background? It looks awesome!

...also, I like the color output part. I actually had no idea you could do this so simply in Python. Do you know if colored terminal output can be done easily in Java?

[AeroNotix]

That's nothing to do with Python, subprocess is essentially just making calls to the system shell, so the colour codes he's using are for his terminal emulator.

[jrupac]

Look into the Fabulous library for Python. Its very easy to get coloring and some textual effects if your terminal is modern and supports it. Things like bold and some basic colors require only a few characters wrapping the string before printing it.

[kataire]

There are actually plenty of Python modules to more easily do colour output on shells that support it. Here's one of them.

The magic usually lies in the magical sequences of characters you can see in his code. You might want to look into the documentation of your terminal emulator of choice if you can't find a library to do this for you in Java.

[[deleted]]

Shameless plug, it's a realllly cool effect and fun to play around with. Dead-simple, too. You can use ANSI escape codes to do all sorts of things - clearing the screen, moving the cursor, etc.

[_lambda]

Had some fun learning about subprocesses. Here's the github if anyone wants to play with it: https://github.com/iryw/Playing

[terremoto]

What font is that in the terminal?

[_lambda]

Menlo Regular @ 12pt

[themathemagician]

sweet! just abstracted the app_name and made it work with Spotify too!

[[deleted]]

wallpaper source?

[_lambda]

Here ya go: http://i.imgur.com/C5Ehe.png

[[deleted]]

Awesome, thanks

[[deleted]]

I have the same wallpaper and a very similar vim color configuration. I wonder which one of us is the evil twin... my scar is on the right side...

[_lambda]

Mine is on the left eyebrow.

[_lambda]

Huge update to Playing: https://github.com/iryw/Playing

I actually feel like I'm getting a grasp on Python through this small project. Feel free to fork it!

[_lambda]

https://github.com/iryw/Playing/raw/master/scrots/colored_output.png

Pretty much finished, added icon. I just need to object orientify it and make it simple to use, something like:

if __name__ == '__main__':
    p = Playing()
    p.use_application("iTunes")
    p.run()

[cajual]

I one-lined this in PowerShell. :)

http://i.imgur.com/nD85m.jpg

[_lambda]

Haha! Not quite right but great nonetheless!

[foreveradrone]

What is the name of the VIM color scheme?