vicious/mpd.lua

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Lua

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-- Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2
-- * Copyright (C) 2009 Adrian C. <anrxc_sysphere_org>
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-- {{{ Grab environment
local io = { popen = io.popen }
local setmetatable = setmetatable
local helpers = require("vicious.helpers")
-- }}}
-- Mpd: provides the currently playing song in MPD
module("vicious.mpd")
-- {{{ MPD widget type
function worker(format)
-- 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
nowplaying = helpers.truncate(nowplaying, 30)
return {nowplaying}
end
-- }}}
setmetatable(_M, { __call = function(_, ...) return worker(...) end })