Getting Your RunCodeRun on with Geektool
Are you using GeekTool? If not, download it! It is a very cool tool to help you keep track of what’s going on with your Mac. Now you can combine the power of Geektool with the RunCodeRun API. Head over to Github and checkout Aaron Bedra’s clj-runcoderun-radiator. Give it a shot on the command line by running
./geektool
Notice that you get a list of the Relevance open source projects. There’s an easy remedy for this. Simply open up src/runcoderun/api.clj and change the url to match your RunCodeRun username. Give the command line tool a shot again and make sure that your changes worked.
Now that you have the tools you need it’s time to wire them together. Open up System Preferences and select the GeekTool preference pane. Select the shell icon and drag it onto your desktop. Once you see the preferences appear, select ... next to the Command window to expand the view. Simply copy and paste the following:
cd ~/src/opensource/clj-runcoderun-radiator/
echo "RunCodeRun Status for Relevance"
echo "-------------------------------"
./geektool
and make the necessary changes match your system. Save the changes and watch the magic happen. Set the refresh rate to your liking (60 seconds seems to work well). Make sure to set the font to your liking as well. The screenshot above is using Courier bold 14pt. Enjoy your new RunCodeRun goodies!
