On Mon, 12 May 2008 20:29:46 -0700, George Sakkis wrote: > On May 12, 11:02 pm, Jimmy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On May 13, 10:36 am, "Dan Upton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> >> > On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 10:19 PM, Jimmy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > wrote: >> > > Well, i know it may be a little non-python thing, however, I can >> > > think >> > > of no place better to post this question :) >> >> > > can anyone tell me, in python, how to obtain some information of >> > > a running program? >> > > paticularly, if i am playing some music in audacious or other >> > > media player, how can i get the the name and some other info of >> > > current playing song? It seems that audicious doesn't output on >> > > run-time -- >> > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >> >> > In most cases, you'll probably need some sort of API, either in the >> > program itself or through some sort of plugin, that lets external >> > programs query it. For instance, there are some plugins to WinAmp >> > that allow external programs (like Last.FM or Mog-O-Matic) to see >> > what track is currently playing. You may also be able to do >> > something like get the window title (again, WinAmp's title bar >> > usually includes the artist and title) and parse it out. I don't >> > really know that there's anything specific to Python for accessing >> > these though, and it may vary depending on media player. >> >> > Just my two cents... >> >> > -dan >> >> thanks! >> >> In linux, I am always obfuscated by sort of APIs. Like how to get title >> information of a running program? where am I supposed to find these >> APIs > > I think you're a little confused about how computers work in general and > what a program can do, and you expect there is some general superprogram > able to decipher what an arbitrary other running program does. The > sentence "how to get title information of a running program" doesn't > even make sense for most programs since they don't play music anyway. > > Your best bet is if the *specific* program you're interested in (e.g. > audacious) exposes this information programmatically in some way. It's > up to the developers of this application if and how they choose to do > it. Even if they do it, there's no requirement that the same API will > work for any other program of the same category, unless there is some > popular industry standard that most applications implement. > > In short, you'll get more helpful replies at the audacious newsgroup. > > HTH, > George
George, have you read my post in this thread? What OP wants is actually possible and it's quite easy. X server is the "superprogram" that knows the names of all GUI window titles. -- Ivan -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
