[<- widgets](https://github.com/copycat-killer/lain/wiki/Widgets) Shows MPD status in a textbox. mpdwidget = lain.widgets.mpd() Now playing songs are notified like this: +--------------------------------------------------------+ | +-------+ | | |/^\_/^\| Now playing | | |\ O O /| Cannibal Corpse (Hammer Smashed Face) - 1993 | | | '.o.' | Hammer Smashed Face (Radio Disney Version) | | +-------+ | +--------------------------------------------------------+ The function takes a table as optional argument, which can contain: Variable | Meaning | Type | Default --- | --- | --- | --- `timeout` | Refresh timeout seconds | int | 1 `password` | MPD password | string | "" `host` | MPD server | string | "127.0.0.1" `port` | MPD port | string | "6600" `music_dir` | Music directory | string | "~/Music" `settings` | User settings | function | empty function `settings` can use `mpd_now` table, which contains the following string values: - state - file - artist - title - album - date 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: notification _preset = { title = "Now playing", text = mpd_now.artist .. " (" .. mpd_now.album .. ") - " .. mpd_now.date .. "\n" .. mpd_now.title, fg = beautiful.fg_normal or "#FFFFFF", bg = beautiful.bg_normal or "#000000", timeout = 6 } ### output table Variable | Meaning | Type --- | --- | --- `widget` | The textbox | `wibox.widget.textbox` `notify` | The notification | function You can control the widget with key bindings like these: -- MPD control awful.key({ altkey, "Control" }, "Up", function () awful.util.spawn_with_shell("mpc toggle || ncmpcpp toggle || ncmpc toggle || pms toggle") mpdwidget.notify() end), awful.key({ altkey, "Control" }, "Down", function () awful.util.spawn_with_shell("mpc stop || ncmpcpp stop || ncmpc stop || pms stop") mpdwidget.notify() end), awful.key({ altkey, "Control" }, "Left", function () awful.util.spawn_with_shell("mpc prev || ncmpcpp prev || ncmpc prev || pms prev") mpdwidget.notify() end), awful.key({ altkey, "Control" }, "Right", function () awful.util.spawn_with_shell("mpc next || ncmpcpp next || ncmpc next || pms next") mpdwidget.notify() end), where `altkey = "Mod1"`.