| +-------+ |
+--------------------------------------------------------+
+You need a file like this
+
+ (Front|front|Cover|cover|Art|art|Folder|folder)\.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif)
+
+in the album folder in order to show album art too.
+
### input table
Variable | Meaning | Type | Default
`host` | MPD server | string | "127.0.0.1"
`port` | MPD port | string | "6600"
`music_dir` | Music directory | string | "~/Music"
+`cover_size` | Album art notification size | int | 100
+`default_art` | Default art | string | ""
`settings` | User settings | function | empty function
`settings` can use `mpd_now` table, which contains the following string values:
Variable | Meaning | Type
--- | --- | ---
`widget` | The textbox | `wibox.widget.textbox`
-`notify` | The notification | function
+`update` | The notification | function
You can control the widget with key bindings like these:
awful.key({ altkey, "Control" }, "Up",
function ()
awful.util.spawn_with_shell("mpc toggle || ncmpcpp toggle || ncmpc toggle || pms toggle")
- mpdwidget.notify()
+ mpdwidget.update()
end),
awful.key({ altkey, "Control" }, "Down",
function ()
awful.util.spawn_with_shell("mpc stop || ncmpcpp stop || ncmpc stop || pms stop")
- mpdwidget.notify()
+ mpdwidget.update()
end),
awful.key({ altkey, "Control" }, "Left",
function ()
awful.util.spawn_with_shell("mpc prev || ncmpcpp prev || ncmpc prev || pms prev")
- mpdwidget.notify()
+ mpdwidget.update()
end),
awful.key({ altkey, "Control" }, "Right",
function ()
awful.util.spawn_with_shell("mpc next || ncmpcpp next || ncmpc next || pms next")
- mpdwidget.notify()
+ mpdwidget.update()
end),
where `altkey = "Mod1"`.
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