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authorAdrian C. (anrxc) <anrxc@sysphere.org>2009-07-29 17:59:32 +0200
committerAdrian C. (anrxc) <anrxc@sysphere.org>2009-07-29 17:59:32 +0200
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downloadvicious-legacy-98e26ee0436822b00d4a6e707d86cf33d24bc00f.tar.xz
Import of vicious source tree.v1.0.0
Vicious is a modular widget library for 'awesome' window manager, derived from the 'Wicked' widget library. Summary of changes: * Original wicked code modularized * Widgets ported from Wicked: - CPU, MEM, FS, NET, Date, Uptime, MPD * CPU widget rewritten, uses pattern matching * MEM widget rewritten, uses pattern matching - Swap widget merged with MEM widget type * FS widget rewritten, uses pattern matching - Also fixed padding in the process * NET widget rewritten, uses pattern matching * MPD widget rewritten, a bit more versatile * Removed deprecated helper functions * Widgets written for Vicious: - Thermal, Battery, Mbox, OrgMode, Volume, Entropy, Disk I/O, System Load, Wireless, Pacman, Maildir
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+----------------------------------------------------------
+-- Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2
+-- * Copyright (C) 2009 Adrian C. <anrxc_sysphere_org>
+----------------------------------------------------------
+
+-- {{{ Grab environment
+local io = { popen = io.popen }
+local helpers = require("vicious.helpers")
+-- }}}
+
+
+-- Mpd: provides the currently playing song in MPD
+module("vicious.mpd")
+
+
+-- {{{ MPD widget type
+function worker()
+ -- This one is as simple as they come. Using sockets or expanding
+ -- it is a lost cause since there are already a few MPD Lua libs
+ -- written for awesome. Use them.
+ --
+ -- Get data from mpc
+ local f = io.popen("mpc")
+ local np = f:read("*line")
+ f:close()
+
+ -- Check if it's stopped, off or not installed
+ if np == nil or (np:find("MPD_HOST") or np:find("volume:")) then
+ return {"Stopped"}
+ end
+
+ -- Sanitize the song name
+ nowplaying = helpers.escape(np)
+
+ -- Don't abuse the wibox, truncate
+ if nowplaying:len() > 30 then
+ nowplaying = nowplaying:sub(1, 27) .. "..."
+ end
+
+ return {nowplaying}
+end
+-- }}}