issue #9 fix

[etc/awesome.git] / widgets / mpd.lua

diff --git a/widgets/mpd.lua b/widgets/mpd.lua
index 41233cd39256e17125d4f67595f1f38972a2ce8a..36c3ed767b7239d88c96fab0b4fa2b5ddeb49a81 100644 (file)
--- a/widgets/mpd.lua
+++ b/widgets/mpd.lua
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ local wibox        = require("wibox")
 local io           = { popen    = io.popen }
 local os           = { execute  = os.execute,
                        getenv   = os.getenv }
-local string       = { format   = string.format, 
+local string       = { format   = string.format,
                        gmatch   = string.gmatch }
 
 local setmetatable = setmetatable
@@ -38,7 +38,19 @@ local function worker(args)
 
     local mpdcover = helpers.scripts_dir .. "mpdcover"
     local mpdh = "telnet://" .. host .. ":" .. port
-    local echo = "echo 'password " .. password .. "\nstatus\ncurrentsong\nclose'"
+
+    local echo = nil
+
+    if password == "" then
+        echo = "(echo -e 'status'; sleep 0.1;" ..
+               "echo -e 'currentsong'; sleep 0.1;" ..
+               "echo -e 'close')"
+    else
+        echo = "(echo -e 'password " .. password .. "'" ..
+               "echo -e 'status'; sleep 0.1;" ..
+               "echo -e 'currentsong'; sleep 0.1;" ..
+               "echo -e 'close')"
+    end
 
     mpd.widget = wibox.widget.textbox('')