mpd.md

   1 [<- widgets](https://github.com/copycat-killer/lain/wiki/Widgets)
   2
   3 Shows MPD status in a textbox.
   4
   5         mympd = lain.widgets.mpd()
   6
   7 Now playing songs are notified like this:
   8
   9         +--------------------------------------------------------+
  10         | +-------+                                              |
  11         | |/^\_/^\| Now playing                                  |
  12     | |\ O O /| Cannibal Corpse (Hammer Smashed Face) - 1993 |
  13     | | '.o.' | Hammer Smashed Face (Radio Disney Version)   |
  14         | +-------+                                              |
  15         +--------------------------------------------------------+
  16
  17 Dependencies
  18
  19 - imagemagick
  20
  21 The function takes a table as optional argument, which can contain:
  22
  23 Variable | Meaning | Type | Default
  24 --- | --- | --- | ---
  25 `password` | MPD password | string | ""
  26 `host` | MPD server | string | "127.0.0.1"
  27 `port` | MPD port | string | "6600"
  28 `music_dir` | Music directory | string | "~/Music"
  29 `refresh_timeout` | Refresh timeout seconds | int | 1
  30 `header_color` | Artist value color | string | `beautiful.fg_normal` or "#FFFFFF"
  31 `color` | Song value color | string | `beautiful.fg_focus` or "#FFFFFF"
  32 `footer` | Text to append to values | string | ""
  33 `spr` | Separator text between artist and song values | string | " "
  34 `app` | Music program to spawn on click | string | "ncmpcpp"
  35 `shadow` | Hide widget when there are no songs playing | boolean | false
  36
  37 **Note**: `footer` and `spr` can be markup text.
  38
  39 `lain.widgets.mpd` outputs the following table:
  40
  41 Variable | Meaning | Type
  42 --- | --- | ---
  43 `widget` | The textbox | `wibox.widget.textbox`
  44 `notify` | The notification | function
  45
  46 Finally, you can control the widget with key bindings like these:
  47
  48     -- MPD control
  49     awful.key({ altkey, "Control" }, "Up",
  50         function ()
  51             awful.util.spawn_with_shell("mpc toggle || ncmpcpp toggle || ncmpc toggle || pms toggle")
  52             mpdwidget.notify()
  53         end),
  54     awful.key({ altkey, "Control" }, "Down",
  55         function ()
  56             awful.util.spawn_with_shell("mpc stop || ncmpcpp stop || ncmpc stop || pms stop")
  57             mpdwidget.notify()
  58         end),
  59     awful.key({ altkey, "Control" }, "Left",
  60         function ()
  61             awful.util.spawn_with_shell("mpc prev || ncmpcpp prev || ncmpc prev || pms prev")
  62             mpdwidget.notify()
  63         end),
  64     awful.key({ altkey, "Control" }, "Right",
  65         function ()
  66             awful.util.spawn_with_shell("mpc next || ncmpcpp next || ncmpc next || pms next")
  67             mpdwidget.notify()
  68         end),
  69
  70 where `altkey = "Mod1"`.