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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 `color_artist` | Artist value color | string | `beautiful.fg_normal` or "#FFFFFF"
31 `color_song` | Song value color | string | `beautiful.fg_focus` or "#FFFFFF"
32 `spr` | Separator text between artist and song values | string | " "
33 `app` | Music program to spawn on click | string | "ncmpcpp"
34 `shadow` | Hide widget when there are no songs playing | boolean | false 
35
36 **Note**: `spr` can be a markup text.
37
38 `lain.widgets.mpd` outputs the following table:
39
40 Variable | Meaning | Type
41 --- | --- | ---
42 `widget` | The textbox | `wibox.widget.textbox`
43 `notify` | The notification | function
44
45 Finally, you can control the widget with key bindings like these:
46
47     -- MPD control
48     awful.key({ altkey, "Control" }, "Up",
49     function ()
50         awful.util.spawn_with_shell( "mpc toggle || ncmpcpp toggle || ncmpc toggle || pms toggle", false )
51         mympd.notify()
52      end),
53     awful.key({ altkey, "Control" }, "Down",
54     function ()
55         awful.util.spawn_with_shell( "mpc stop || ncmpcpp stop || ncmpc stop || pms stop", false )
56         mympd.notify()
57     end),
58     awful.key({ altkey, "Control" }, "Left",
59     function ()
60         awful.util.spawn_with_shell( "mpc prev || ncmpcpp prev || ncmpc prev || pms prev", false )
61         mympd.notify()
62     end),
63     awful.key({ altkey, "Control" }, "Right",
64     function ()
65         awful.util.spawn_with_shell( "mpc next || ncmpcpp next || ncmpc next || pms next", false )
66         mympd.notify()
67     end),
68
69 where `altkey = "Mod1"`.