MPD i3status

answered 2013-07-23 18:06:33 +0000

sycamorex
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updated 2013-07-27 15:59:02 +0000

If you use ncmpcpp as a client, you could save it in eg. ~/.i3status.sh:

i3status --config ~/.i3status.conf | while :
do
        playing=$(ncmpcpp --now-playing)
        echo "$playing" || exit 1
done

In i3 config, you can point to that script in the bar { } section:

status_command /home/user/.i3status.sh

EDIT/UPDATE: To combine i3status output with ncmpcpp:

i3status --config ~/.i3status.conf | while :
do
        read line
        playing=$(ncmpcpp --now-playing)
        echo "$playing | $line" || exit 1
done

As Michael pointed out below, unless you keep your .i3config.conf in a different folder from the default (~/) or your i3config file has a custom file name, the "--config ~/.i3status.conf" part is unnecessary.