Re: [Banshee-List] show currently playing song on keyboard shortcut via notify

[Max Battcher <me worldmaker net>]

On 12/29/2009 20:38, Arutha wrote:
> Is it possible to do this with the current version (i.e., Banshee 1.6 Beta 4
> (1.5.3))? If so, where can I set the keyboard shortcut?
>
> Just to be clear (in case it wasn't already clear;-)):
> while playing music, once in a while, a song is played which I like but of
> which I do not know what band is playing it and what the title is.
> Currently, I have to either switch to the desktop containing Banshee or I
> have to move the mouse to the panel and wait for a second (or so) to have
> the notification icon display the song properties.

I'm perfectly okay with using the panel icon hover for that. I, for one, 
am not convinced that a generic keyboard shortcut is really that useful. 
(Not that my opinion matters for much.)

> I would like to be able to get the ordinary notify bubble (which I already
> get on a change of song but not always pay attention to at that moment)
> on-demand via a keyboard shortcut.

If you've got your global (multimedia keys) shortcuts for playback 
working, what about just a quick pause/unpause? IIRC, Banshee redisplays 
the notification on unpause.

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