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@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +---------------------------------------------------------- +-- 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 +-- }}} |