Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of MpdStatus

Timestamp:

Mar 11, 2006, 10:32:28 PM (19 years ago)

Author:

simon

Comment:

Update to reflect README

MpdStatus

@@ -3 +3 @@
 MPD Status is a quick Python script to display some details about the track currently playing in [http://www.musicpd.org/ MPD].  It is intended for use in [http://wmii.de wmii]'s status bar.
 
-If you want a more featureful status bar, check out [http://wmii.de/index.php/Contrib/Szs3rd szs3rd], from which I shamelessly copied and hacked the {{{mpc.py}}} module.
+If you want a more featureful status bar for wmii, check out [http://wmii.de/index.php/Contrib/Szs3rd szs3rd], from which I shamelessly copied and hacked the `mpc.py` module.
 
 == Features ==
@@ -20 +20 @@
 or, since it is just the one file, grab it via HTTP from http://svn.bleah.co.uk/repos/misc/mpd-status/trunk/mpd-status.py
 
-== Installation and Usage ==
-(Instructions are based around the setup for wmii 2 in [http://www.debian.org/ Debian], please add generic instructions where they differ)
-  1. Place {{{mpd-status.py}}} somewhere, like {{{/usr/local/bin/}}} or {{{~/.wmii/scripts/}}}.
-  1. Copy {{{/etc/wmii/status.sh}}} to {{{~/.wmii/status.sh}}} and edit it, or edit {{{/etc/wmii/status.sh}}} directly.
-  1. Edit the following line to include "{{{`python2.4 /path/to/mpc.py`}}}" (see patch attached to this page for an example):
+== Usage ==
+
+When run, the script simply outputs current track information (or '--Not playing--') to standard output.  To have this update continuously, run it repeatedly inside a loop construct, for example (using `sh`):
 {{{
-text="`date` `uptime | sed -e 's/.*://' -e 's/,//g'`"
+#!sh
+while true
+do
+    mpd-status.py
+    sleep 1
+done
 }}}
-  1. Restart wmii: {{{/etc/wmii/rc restart}}}
-
-You should see some extra text on your wmibar, either "--Not playing--" or your currently playing/paused track.
+Some example 'status' rc scripts for wmii 2.5 are contained in the examples directory.
 
 == License ==
-{{{mpd-status}}} is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of version 2 of the [http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl.html GNU General Public License] as published by the [http://www.fsf.org/ Free Software Foundation].
+`mpd-status` is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of version 2 of the [http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl.html GNU General Public License] as published by the [http://www.fsf.org/ Free Software Foundation].
 
-{{{mpd-status}}} is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the [http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl.html GNU General Public License] for more details.
+`mpd-status` is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the [http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl.html GNU General Public License] for more details.