This is a pretty technical reply to Hrvoje, so any non-techie people out there don't worry if it makes no sense. :)
Skype4Py development seems to have stalled, and my various and multi-method attempts to contact the author have failed. You might want to compare the Skype4Py you have to the one in Clisk though, because I believe I fixed a minor issue or two in Skype4Py myself. I worked around most Skype4Py issues in Clisk though, such as the fact that Skype4Py overzealously caches non-local conference participant info, so that if a participant holds the call, the Skype API would tell you but the Skype4Py interface would not. I have also seen that on Mac Skype 2.8, you can get into a situation where things like oCall.Hold() raises an "invalid call Id" error even though a direct Skype API command like "SET CALL <id> STATUS ONHOLD" will succeed. This one is probably the Skype API's fault though, because in all my tests, the direct Skype API command "ALTER CALL <id> HOLD" will also fail with the same "invalid call Id" message. Curiouser and curiouser, as they say... On Tue, May 04, 2010 at 02:19:29PM +0200, Hrvoje Kati?? wrote: Hello, Well, I am using Skype4Py like Clisc does, since SKT is also written in Python. I've downloaded Skype4Py from it's SVN repository, but it's last modified at the end of 2009, so I am wondering if they stopped improving it or not, or they just moved to a different versioning system or repository location. Hrvoje On 4.5.2010 11:51, Doug Lee wrote: >This is a common myth, that you can't re-add participants in a Skype 4 >conference. Directions were just posted on how to do it, but I want >to add that the reason there is such confusion is that the way of >re-adding people in Skype 4 changed from Skype 3 due to the way in >which conferences themselves changed. When you "drop" out of a Skype >4 conference, you really don't "leave" it; you simply lose the voice >part of the conversation. You remain in the text part, along with >everyone else. Re-adding someone, then, is not actually like a new >call; it's more like a Reconnect. For the host, there's a Call button >beside everyone in the conference who does not have a voice connection, >and an End Call button beside everyone that does have a voice connection. > >A couple other new features of Skype 4 conferences are the Call Group >button and the Join button. Call Group shows up if the conference's >voice part is no longer active, and it calls everyone in the group at >once. Join shows up when you are not the host and you lost or dropped >your voice connection, and it reconnects you to the conference without >the host having to answer your call. That, of course, is very handy >when someone has a rough Internet connection and needs to reconnect >often without disrupting everyone. > >Finally, a note mostly to Hrvoje but also to anyone else who plays >with the Skype API: The documented ways of building conferences using >the Skype API do not make Skype 4 style conferences, unfortunately. >This means that if you use the API to make a conference, participants >will not have the Join or Call Group buttons or even a text window for >the whole group at all. If anyone figures out how to make the API >build a fully functional Skype 4 conference, I'm all ears. It may be >possible, but it appears not to be documented. I would like to make >Clisk do it someday, but I have more pressing things to accomplish. :) > >On Tue, May 04, 2010 at 08:28:09AM +0200, Hrvoje Kati?? wrote: >That's the main problem of Skype 4.X. Dropped participants may not be >readded, unless you recreate the whole conference. > > >On 4.5.2010 2:58, Portia Scott wrote: >>Hi, >> >>I am using Skype with Nvda. When someone calls, and you were in a conference >>with them and the other person, how do you find the call button in the >>participant list to add them back if they drop with Nvda? Using Skype 4.2. >> >>Tia, >> >>Portia. >>Thanks for posting to the skype english list. To access scripts for the >>latest version of skype go to >>http://www.dlee.org/skype >>To access tutorials and other goodies go to >>http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html >> >> >>To contact the list owner send a message to >>mailto:[email protected] >> >>to download a tool to automate the installation of skypewatch go to this >>link. >>http://www.hrvojekatic.tk/ >> >>and for a searchable archives page go here. >>http://bit.ly/64Y48 >> >>thanks and have a wonderful day. >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Skypeenglish mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com >> > >Thanks for posting to the skype english list. To access scripts for the >latest version of skype go to >http://www.dlee.org/skype >To access tutorials and other goodies go to >http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html > > >To contact the list owner send a message to >mailto:[email protected] > >to download a tool to automate the installation of skypewatch go to this link. >http://www.hrvojekatic.tk/ > >and for a searchable archives page go here. >http://bit.ly/64Y48 > >thanks and have a wonderful day. > > >_______________________________________________ >Skypeenglish mailing list >[email protected] >http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com > Thanks for posting to the skype english list. To access scripts for the latest version of skype go to http://www.dlee.org/skype To access tutorials and other goodies go to http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html To contact the list owner send a message to mailto:[email protected] to download a tool to automate the installation of skypewatch go to this link. http://www.hrvojekatic.tk/ and for a searchable archives page go here. http://bit.ly/64Y48 thanks and have a wonderful day. _______________________________________________ Skypeenglish mailing list [email protected] http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com -- Doug Lee [email protected] http://www.dlee.org SSB BART Group [email protected] http://www.ssbbartgroup.com "You must let me try, for a true soldier does not admit defeat before the battle." --Helen Keller (in a letter to the president of Radcliffe College) Thanks for posting to the skype english list. To access scripts for the latest version of skype go to http://www.dlee.org/skype To access tutorials and other goodies go to http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html To contact the list owner send a message to mailto:[email protected] to download a tool to automate the installation of skypewatch go to this link. http://www.hrvojekatic.tk/ and for a searchable archives page go here. http://bit.ly/64Y48 thanks and have a wonderful day. _______________________________________________ Skypeenglish mailing list [email protected] http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com
