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Moosic GNOME Panel Applet

About the applet

This applet for the GNOME panel is quite useful for quickly and easily viewing the current state of the Moosic player. It also provides some basic features for controlling that state. This applet was started by me (Daniel Pearson), and Paramjit Oberoi <param@cs.wisc.edu> quickly took over its development and turned the original rough draft code into the fine release that is available today.

Here's a usage tip: if you want to bind the multimedia keys (or other keys) on your keyboard to actions that affect the Moosic server, the xbindkeys program is recommended.

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The README file for the current release contains important information on requirements, installation, and usage.

You may view the Changelog to see the changes that have been made recently.

The following versions of MoosicApplet have been released:

(Versions released before 0.0.6 only work with versions 1.4.x of the Moosic server, moosicd. Version 0.0.6 only works with moosicd 1.5.x.)

You may also download the applet from Paramjit Oberoi's own web site.

Screenshots

applet screenshot

This picture shows the applet in action. I'll describe each of the visible features, from left to right. The green icon indicates that new songs will continue to be played when the current song finishes. The number "108" indicates that there are 108 songs waiting in the queue. The text "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" is the name of the current song. Finally, the four buttons on the right side perform "Stop/Play", "Pause/Unpause", "Previous Song", and "Next Song".

applet preferences

This picture shows off the dialog for modifying the applet's preferences. I think it's pretty self-explanatory.