mpd status notification

1 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/.config/herbstluftwm/mpc-status.sh b/.config/herbstluftwm/mpc-status.sh
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+++ b/.config/herbstluftwm/mpc-status.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+case "$1" in
+	next)
+		mpc next
+		;;
+	prev)
+		mpc prev
+		;;
+	*)
+		;;
+esac
+
+cd ~/music/
+dir=$(dirname "$(mpc current -f %file%)")
+# copying is necessary because notify-send can't into icon paths containing commas
+cp "$dir/cover-small.png" /tmp/mpd-icon.png
+
+message="$(mpc current -f '##%track% %title% (%date%)\n%artist% - %album%')
+
+$(mpc status | tail -n -2 | sed -re 's/volume.*repeat/\nrepeat/' -e 's/( ){3,4}/\n/g' -e '/volume:  /d')"
+
+# i patched dunst to clear all on SIGUSR1
+killall -SIGUSR1 dunst
+
+notify-send --icon=/tmp/mpd-icon.png "$message"