Hi,

I have put together a PyGTK App, with which you can handle your SMSs with Skype.

It has support for sending SMSs (with price preview), gives you a list of your SMSs and let's you register your mobil phone number as ReplyToNumber, so the SMSs you send from Skype appear to come from your mobile.

Since it's written in Python, you don't need to compile it, just make sure you have Skype4Py and PyGTK2 installed and then you are ready to go.

Just fetch it from: http://www.kolmann.at/philipp/linux/skype_sms/

Get Skype4Py from: http://skype4py.sourceforge.net/
If you don't want to install Skype4Py systemwide, untar the skype4py.tar.gz and copy the Skype4Py folder from within the tarball in your sms-0.8.0 directory.

PyGTK2 should be available for your distribution. (For debian based system try: apt-get install apt-get install python-gtk2)

Hope you like it,
Philipp

Nice one!
This should bridge the waiting time until SMS is integrated into Skype UI.

New Version 0.8.1 released:

06-09-2007: 0.8.1
* Feature: Fetch Numbers from Skype Client and use them in the GUI (List and Send)

06-09-2007: 0.8.2
* Feature: Show registration Status.
* Fix: Registration

This works really well. Thank you!

Let's hope Skype do at least as good a job as you did!

Troyski.

Thanks. I am glad that you like it.


They have laid the ground work and have done a superb job with 1.4. It just happened to have too many features on their list. I like it, that they tried to build a stable client and not a feature monster noone can handle.

There are already two new releases today:


If you still have features, just ask. I will see, what I can do.

Philipp

New version released today:

11-09-2007: 0.8.5
* Feature: Enable multirow delete in SMS List

Philipp

Pardon my ignorance, what is the 'Register Phone' option for?

Is it possible to get the replies routed to your regular phone number? that would be cool.

That's it. You register your mobile phone number with skype and it will get used as the Sender of the SMS so the sms appears to the recipient as if you would have sent it from your mobile phone.

Philipp

We have a new additional Feature:

13-09-2007: 0.9.0
* Feature: Calltransfer

Currently Calltransfer only works with Skype4py svn trunk but I hope that Arkadiusz will put up a new version with this bug fixed soon.

This is a really excellent addition! Thanks for this.

Why can't people create more addons for Skype for Linux. A video addon would be great until it is implemented into Skype properly. It would also keep some people on this forum quiet about it! Perhaps this is too complicated though.....

True I am sure that there is nothing wrong to just build a link with Unicap to send the video stream to it. I have an already working V4L2 webcam all I need is socket to send the stream to.

I also own a N800 and it would be great if the webcam did work with that version of skype.

Since my app now also has call transfer, a time for a new name was ripe:

SkySentials

New Version: 16-09-2007: 1.0.0
* Feature: New Name: SkySentials
* Feature: Possibility to control transfer for multiple calls
* Feature: Start GUI polishing


Fetch it now: http://www.kolmann.at/philipp/linux/skysentials/

This software needs at least:

* Python 2.5
* Skype4Py 0.9.28.3
http://skype4py.sourceforge.net/

Hope you like it
Philipp

Why should linux hackers waste our time in a company which don't want to share its knowledge with us? Give out the protocol specs (not the code) and a skype-compatible client for linux with webcam support will be released tomorrow.

It will support also msn, yahoo, aim, gadu, jabber, irc and winpoput. It's name is kopete, it worked with skype once, but the developer soon realized that it was too hard to be mantain compatibility with whom want to maintain a monopole.

so, very useful, I use it.
A little bug: sometimes, the text inserted disappears while I type a sms, so you have to type the text again before sending the sms.

Hi,
just to say that I continue to use this program often.
I just still misses these little bugs (text disappearing, sms not delivered sometimes)

Bye

Could you please add at the Read me file a "How to install"? I'm very new to Linux and I have no glue how to get that running at Mandriva.

Thanks.

To install you should follow these simple steps!

download skysentials from
http://www.kolmann.at/philipp/linux/skysen...ls-1.0.0.tar.gz
download skype4py from
http://switch.dl.sourceforge.net/sourcefor...0.9.28.5.tar.gz

go into directory where are the files and type
tar xzvf skysentials-1.0.0.tar.gz
tar xzvf Skype4Py-0.9.28.5.tar.gz

go into directory Skype4Py-0.9.28.5
and type
./setup.py install
./setup.py install_lib
./setup.py install_headers
./setup.py install_scripts
./setup.py install_data

after go into directory skysentials-1.0.0

and run program with ./skysentials.py
or ./skysentials.py &

enjoy!

Hi,
good question, but the installation instructions are to OLD.
The latest version is a ....06 version on sourceforge.net.
Question 2: how to uninstall it ?

Best regards

I think unistall is only made by

rm -Rf directories

regards

Sometimes it does not work:

the sms status goes to "sent to server", and then it remains blocked there. No "delivered" appears.

This is quite frustrating, as we don't know if we must re-sent the message, with the risk to have sent it 2 times, or wait still more, or whatever to do.

Has anyone an idea about this?

Bye

The problem is not only under Linux OS, is under skyper on windows too!

I think is a Server problem and not a client problem!

(but usually sms are sent!)

Will this, I know the subject title says otherwise but I gotta ask anyway, work with Skype 2.0 ? SMS and some configuration options are the key things I am missing right now.

I've been using this SMS app since 2.0 came out with no problems at all!

HI Philipp


Help will be much appreciated , I an absolute newbie for linux


I really need that sms function? I assumed there is ain't account details or call history possible?
Thanks in advance. I using ubuntu 7.10 32 bits

Update

I have done the following below
looks ok, no problem




$ tar -zxvf Skype4Py-x.x.x.x.tar.gz
$ cd Skype4Py-x.x.x.x

$ python setup.py install


NOw i need to know what to do with the file below. tar it where? install ect?

skysentials-1.0.1.tar.gz



Thanks guys




Update I got it working on a 32 bit ubuntu. Will this work on 64 bits ubuntu?

I followed the instruction, it worked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks

but do i have to do the skysential direction and execute the program? is there no a shortcut in the menu created?


Also, will this work on ubuntu 64 bits on pc? or is this for 32 bits and skype 1.4 not 2.0?


cheers

Irwin

cool


This is only a script. You can add it to whereever you want.



As long as you have python and xlib bindings, it should work.
It's only a script.

Philipp

Thanks a lot


Cheers

i'm trying to install it, and i get a couple of errors

$ #: ./setup.py install_scripts
running install_scripts
running build_scripts
error: cannot copy tree 'build/scripts-2.5': not a directory

$# ./setup.py install_data
running install_data
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./setup.py", line 136, in <module>
'install_lib': install_lib})
File "distutils/core.py", line 151, in setup
File "distutils/dist.py", line 974, in run_commands
File "distutils/dist.py", line 994, in run_command
File "distutils/command/install_data.py", line 50, in run
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not iterable


# ./skysentials.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./skysentials.py", line 165, in <module>
main()
File "./skysentials.py", line 158, in main
MainWindow()
File "./skysentials.py", line 136, in __init__
nb.append_page(self.RegisterPhone.window_register_phone(), label)
File "/home/judith/Documents/skysentials-1.0.0/RegisterPhone.py", line 82, in window_register_phone
label = gtk.Label(self.skype.CurrentUserProfile.ValidatedSmsNumbers)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Skype4Py/profile.py", line 320, in _GetValidatedSmsNumbers
return tuple(esplit(self._Property('SMS_VALIDATED_NUMBERS'), ', '))
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Skype4Py/profile.py", line 22, in _Property
return self._Skype._Property('PROFILE', '', PropName, Set)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Skype4Py/skype.py", line 374, in _Property
Value = self._DoCommand('GET %s' % jarg, jarg)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Skype4Py/skype.py", line 360, in _DoCommand
raise ISkypeError(int(errnum), errstr)
Skype4Py.errors.ISkypeError: [Errno 10] Invalid PROP



Please can anyone help? Everything works until i get to install scripts, then everything breaks from there!

Hi Judy

That's the steps I used from LocutusOfBorg tips and process



QUOTE(LocutusOfBorg1 @ Mon Nov 19 2007, 01:08) *

To install you should follow these simple steps!

download skysentials from
http://www.kolmann.at/philipp/linux/skysen...ls-1.0.0.tar.gz
download skype4py from
http://switch.dl.sourceforge.net/sourcefor...0.9.28.5.tar.gz

go into directory where are the files and type
tar xzvf skysentials-1.0.0.tar.gz
tar xzvf Skype4Py-0.9.28.5.tar.gz

go into directory Skype4Py-0.9.28.5
and type
./setup.py install
./setup.py install_lib
./setup.py install_headers
./setup.py install_scripts
./setup.py install_data

after go into directory skysentials-1.0.0

and run program with ./skysentials.py
or ./skysentials.py &



org1org1

I'm getting these same errors as Judy on Ubuntu Gutsy 7.10 (Kernel 2.6.24-4-generic).
But ./skyesentials.py launches the SMS app and the SMS app works. Are the above
errors a concern?

Judy, do you have skype launched when you try to run ./skyesentials.py? That's the
only thing I can think of..

I love this! Finally, I can stop getting ripped off by my mobile provider who rescinds all my credits if I don't use it within a week. Simple answer: don't buy any more credit

Hi, the last two ./setup.py install_* return an error.
Still the skysentials work (atleast for sending sms) but I am curious about the errors.
Sorry I am quite a Linux newbie :/ - running Ubuntu 7.10

Anyway thanks a lot for the script - was always booting up windows to send those sms :)


Error message:

I think the error was made by some changes in the new version of Skype4py...
anyway now ./setup.py install works like before with the others!!!

(I think now is all into the install command)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The best way to send sms under Linux without installing is to download skysentials and skype4py

and after unzip skype4py into skysentials directory!


To install you should follow these simple steps!

download skysentials from
http://www.kolmann.at/philipp/linux/skysen...ls-1.0.1.tar.gz
download skype4py from
http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourcefor...0.9.28.7.tar.gz

go into directory where are the files and type
tar xzvf skysentials-1.0.1.tar.gz
tar xzvf Skype4Py-0.9.28.7.tar.gz

cp Skype4Py-0.9.28.7/Skype4Py/ skysentials-1.0.1/ -R

after go into directory skysentials-1.0.1

cd skysentials-1.0.1

and run program with ./skysentials.py
or ./skysentials.py &


this should work without installing phyton module...




enjoy!

hi, thanks for the addo-on, it's months i was waiting for it, while still connecting in remote to a win$ machine to send my sms's!
ok, i did follow all your instructions without receiving any error, but the script doesn't run for the following error:

i'm running kubuntu 7.10 (kernel 2.6.22-14-generic), i have python2.5.1, libgtk1.2, libgtk2.0, and python-wxgtk2.6 installed.
any suggestion would be highly appreciated... thanks!
cia'cia', Lo.

edit: sorry, silly qyestion, please remove my post.. just solved it with:
sudo apt-get install python-gtk2 python-glade2
great extension, forever (till the skypeteam includes it?) gratefull! Lo.

There is not "silly questions"!!!

Of course you should have python-gtk2 installed!
I don't remember, but I think glade2 is not needed...

Hi, Locutus:

Can you be more specific about the directories to be removed? e.g., Is /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Skype4Py the only directory to be removed?

Eric P.
Sunnyvale, CA

I'm not sure, but I think you can remove the source Skype4py (the downloaded one) and also the Skype4py in lib directory.

But I'm not sure, you can try a find / -name Skype4py to check for others directory!

Hi!

I'd love to get your script to work, but I think maybe the check number script does not work for Indian mobile numbers (i.e. +91xxxx).

all I get is this when I ask it to check a number (although us mobile numbers work fine):



Skype on non-linux distros will send to Indian mobiles.

Thanks for your work on this!

I think you can try to send a mail to the skype4py and skysentials developer team!
https://developer.skype.com/wiki/Skype4Py
http://www.kolmann.at/philipp/linux/skysentials/

this can be a bug!

This app is still the best! Thanks for the great effort.



It works for me... it says "Acceptable" and shows price.

Hi, totally new to Linux. Installed Ubuntu last week, installed this today and managed to muddle through! (Glad to be rid of Windows and finding Linux a challenge but fun also!)

Well done and thank you.

I've found a really UGLY bug.

I'm testing ubuntu Intrepid Ibex alpha, and skysentials doesn't start!!!

I cannot understand where's the problem...

Can anyone help me to fix the problem? This is not good, because Ubuntu intrepid ibex will be released very soon!


thanks

(I attach the log file)

I too would like to extend my thanks to the developer for bringing linux users a native Skype SMS application. Shame on Skype for letting the linux version of their program lag so far behind of the windows version.

Just for those who are interested, I managed to install this successfully on Ubuntu Hardy 8.04 and have already sent some SMS's.

Now It seems to be working...

Probabbly was a bad update!