Tagger

This build fixes a bug caused by the Release Candidate of Java 6 (which I’d recommend downloading to replace whatever current beta of Java 6 you have) but maintains backwards compatability with people who choose not to upgrade. There are no changes in the Java 5 version.

You can grab Tagger 3 from the Download page.

I can’t remember what’s new in this build aside from the obvious scripting support (Java 6). Anyway, if you’re interested in scripting, check out the Scripting page (the tutorial will be finished soon). Included in the download is a “scripts” folder containing two sample scripts. One gives you the option of enabling/disabling tabs being closed after being saved. The other allows you to set all the iTunes tags (the ones in the iTMS tab) to blank, in effect removing them after you save. Any .js files placed in the “scripts” directory are loaded on startup. You can also load files in other directories via the Load Script… action in the File menu.

Please give loads of feedback on scripting and feature/script requests.

You can grab Tagger 3 from the Download page.

New in this build [Java 6 only]:

• Added: get description of currently selected track via button
• Changed: no longer allows multiple tracks to be selected
• Changed: clears field after save
• Changed: window is now resizable

Click here to download.

Thanks to a new addition to Java 6, Tagger will soon be supporting plugins via a JavaScript interface. Want to add your own functionality to the program? An API will soon be available for a forthcoming release of Tagger [Java 6] so that you can write your own scripts. For instance, you may want to dump a file’s tags to a .txt file, or maybe you want to interact with iTunes.

Stay tuned for more information about this in the coming week.

Update: I’ve worked out a large portion of this functionality already, and have made a simple script to show as an example of how easy it is to write your own. I will also be writing some documentation on all the functions available.

The following snippet would cause tabs to close after they have been saved:

var CloseOnSave = {
	tabSaved : function(tab) {
		tab.close();
	}
};

Tagger.addSaveListener(new TSaveListener(CloseOnSave));

This release is only for Java 6 and is a GUI. When you double-click the JAR it’ll open iTunes. Simply select the songs (in iTunes) you wish to add a description to and click save.

Click here to download.

New in this build:

• Added: right-click context menu for text fields (cut, copy, paste, etc)
• Changed [Java6]: performance enhancements

You can grab Tagger 3 from the Download page.