mpd.md

   1 [<- widgets](https://github.com/copycat-killer/lain/wiki/Widgets)
   2
   3 Shows MPD status in a textbox.
   4
   5         mpdwidget = 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 ### input table
  18
  19 Variable | Meaning | Type | Default
  20 --- | --- | --- | ---
  21 `timeout` | Refresh timeout seconds | int | 1
  22 `password` | MPD password | string | ""
  23 `host` | MPD server | string | "127.0.0.1"
  24 `port` | MPD port | string | "6600"
  25 `music_dir` | Music directory | string | "~/Music"
  26 `settings` | User settings | function | empty function
  27
  28 `settings` can use `mpd_now` table, which contains the following string values:
  29
  30 - state
  31 - file
  32 - artist
  33 - title
  34 - album
  35 - date
  36
  37 and can modify `notification_preset` table, which will be the preset for the naughty notifications. Check [here](http://awesome.naquadah.org/doc/api/modules/naughty.html#notify) for the list of variables it can contain. Default definition:
  38
  39     notification _preset = {
  40        title   = "Now playing",
  41        text    = mpd_now.artist .. " ("   ..
  42                  mpd_now.album  .. ") - " ..
  43                  mpd_now.date   .. "\n"   ..
  44                  mpd_now.title,
  45        fg      = beautiful.fg_normal or "#FFFFFF",
  46        bg      = beautiful.bg_normal or "#000000",
  47        timeout = 6
  48     }
  49
  50 ### output table
  51
  52 Variable | Meaning | Type
  53 --- | --- | ---
  54 `widget` | The textbox | `wibox.widget.textbox`
  55 `notify` | The notification | function
  56
  57 You can control the widget with key bindings like these:
  58
  59     -- MPD control
  60     awful.key({ altkey, "Control" }, "Up",
  61         function ()
  62             awful.util.spawn_with_shell("mpc toggle || ncmpcpp toggle || ncmpc toggle || pms toggle")
  63             mpdwidget.notify()
  64         end),
  65     awful.key({ altkey, "Control" }, "Down",
  66         function ()
  67             awful.util.spawn_with_shell("mpc stop || ncmpcpp stop || ncmpc stop || pms stop")
  68             mpdwidget.notify()
  69         end),
  70     awful.key({ altkey, "Control" }, "Left",
  71         function ()
  72             awful.util.spawn_with_shell("mpc prev || ncmpcpp prev || ncmpc prev || pms prev")
  73             mpdwidget.notify()
  74         end),
  75     awful.key({ altkey, "Control" }, "Right",
  76         function ()
  77             awful.util.spawn_with_shell("mpc next || ncmpcpp next || ncmpc next || pms next")
  78             mpdwidget.notify()
  79         end),
  80
  81 where `altkey = "Mod1"`.