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 `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")
  51             mpdwidget.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")
  56             mpdwidget.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")
  61             mpdwidget.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")
  66             mpdwidget.notify()
  67         end),
  68
  69 where `altkey = "Mod1"`.