First please watch the video above as it will help you better understand the tools required to get this job done correctly.
I have always had the issue of Mac OS X not having the best IRC clients. So I decided to start using mIRC within a VM (Virtual Machine) Running windows XP. However the problem I ran into was not getting the fancy growl notifications when I received a PM or Highlight. To solve this issue we at Geekologist have found a way to get mIRC to send notifications to Growl via SSH.
Requirements :
- plink.exe – It can be download from putty’s download page. (Just google Putty)
- growlnotify – This is included in the software bundle when you download Growl
- mIRC (Obvious)
- SSH enabled on the Mac – (Follow the instructions in the video to do this)
- Growl installed and running on the mac
mIRC Scripts you will need :
For Highlights :
On $*:Text:*:#: {
if ($highlight($1-)) {
if (($0 == 1) && ($1 isnum)) return
else echo $color(highlight) -ts -Highlight- $nick highlighted you in $chan $+ . ( $+ $replace($1-,$ifmatch, $+ $ifmatch $+ ) $+ )
/run -hide plink.exe -ssh MACIP -l YOURUSERNAME -pw YOURPASSWORD /Users/YOURUSERNAME/growlnotify –image ‘/users/YOURUSERNAME/images.png’ -t ‘ Highlight from $nick ‘ -m ‘ $chan $+ : $replace($1-,$ifmatch, $+ $ifmatch $+ ) $+ ‘ -n ‘ mIRC ‘
}For PM’s :
On $*:Text:*:?: {
if ($nick == $active) { return }
/run -hide plink.exe -ssh MACIP -l YOURUSERNAME -pw YOURPASSWORD /Users/YOURUSERNAME/growlnotify –image ‘/Users/YOURUSERNAME/images.png’ -t ‘PM from $nick ‘ -m ‘ $1- ‘
}
Please replace YOURUSERNAME with your mac username, YOURPASSWORD with your mac password and MACIP with the IP address of the mac running growl.
If you have any questions or comments please leave them below.
Hosts:
Chris C
Dan Peters
Excerpt:
On this week’s episode of Geekologist Deep Dish Radio, Dan and Chris begin the journey into the depths of the IT industry. After a brief introduction of the everyday working lives of Dan and Chris (and a slight disagreement over who is actually the host of the show), the duo talk briefly about servers in general and some of the common uses for them in the workplace. This leads into a discussion of virtual machines, including what they are used for (in the business and home environments) and various VM software packages on the market. Finally, Dan and Chris answer questions from the chat involving VMWare layers and Mac OS X Server.