Blocklets for i3blocks.
Shows the currently playing title in a fixed width
- a running mpd server
- python-musicpd
usage: currently_playing [-h] [--host HOST] [--port PORT]
[--play_symbol PLAY_SYMBOL]
[--pause_symbol PAUSE_SYMBOL]
[--stop_symbol STOP_SYMBOL]
[--refresh-time REFRESH_TIME]
[--text-refresh-rate TEXT_REFRESH_RATE]
[--string-length STRING_LENGTH] [--pango]
[--unicode-font UNICODE_FONT]
[--regular-font REGULAR_FONT] [--no-artist]
[--no-title]
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--host HOST, -s HOST Specify the host mpd is running on
--port PORT, -p PORT Specify the port mpd is running on
--play_symbol PLAY_SYMBOL
Symbol-code for playing music (default is f144)
--pause_symbol PAUSE_SYMBOL
Symbol-code for paused music (default is f28b)
--stop_symbol STOP_SYMBOL
Symbol-code for stopped music (default is f28d)
--refresh-time REFRESH_TIME, -r REFRESH_TIME
Interval for when to check data in seconds (float)
--text-refresh-rate TEXT_REFRESH_RATE, -R TEXT_REFRESH_RATE
Interval for text rotation:index will be increased by
x for every r
--string-length STRING_LENGTH, -l STRING_LENGTH
Total length of printed string
--pango, -m Enables printing with pango markup. Required for some
unicode symbols.
--unicode-font UNICODE_FONT
Font for drawing unicode symbols
--regular-font REGULAR_FONT
Font for regular text
--no-artist Disable showing the artist
--no-title Disable showing the title
The block in your i3blocks config should look something like this:
[currently_playing]
command=/path/to/the/script/currently_playing --pango #with all parameters you need
interval=persist
separator=true
markup=pango
align=center
