[mythtv-users] Myth Jabber bot

[Ian Barton]

Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 03/11/2008 06:53 AM, Ian Barton wrote:
>> I have looked into it and the python bindings will do some of what I 
>> want. I'll post this to the dev list, but maybe someone here can give me 
>> some guidance. Bear in mind that I am only at about page 2 of the "Noddy 
>>   Guide to Python".
>>
>> I think that if I inherit from the existing python bindings and add new 
>> methods, I should be able to do what I want.
> 
> It's quite possible that those new methods you wish to add should be 
> added to the official python bindings.  If so, patches to them (to allow 
> your jabber bot to work with less code) are greatly appreciated.
> 
> Anduin is the developer who has "inherited" responsibility for the 
> Python bindings.  He has an overall plan.  There has also been quite a 
> bit of other effort put into them from a couple of other people.  You 
> can likely find some of them on IRC (#mythtv and #mythtv-users on 
> freenode) if you hang out there for a while.  hads is another who has a 
> pretty good idea of where they need to go.
> 
OK, I'll hang about on IRC. Initially, I just want to add some more 
methods for various 'QUERY_xxx' commands that haven't been implemented 
in the current code. This would appear to be pretty straightforward.

Ian.