I don't know what I am missing, but if I modify the string to use an alternative program, it just doesn't seem to work. I've tried calling a simple bash script which takes in the %qmessage% argument and just writes it out to another file, but nothing.
BTW, I have just sent a donation your way, albeit it is only a small one.
Student eh?
I just tried again at the location I'm going to, and after it downloaded 5445 tiles of the same zoomlevel, I couldn't scroll past the location I started at, the tiles just said 'loading' Now switched to sqlite and re-downloading to see if that will work :/