loose collection of scripts related to i3 and i3blocks

mpd_controller

A set of Python scripts to manage mpd (Music Player Daemon). It uses notify-send to display the current song playing with cover art if embeded in the metadata. Is meant to run as a scritp from i3blocks
but can also be called via the media keys on your keyboard.

how to use

The main file is mpd_main.py, called without arguments, it will just output the current status.
The script expects mpd to be running on localhost:6600, and will try to start the daemon
if it looks like it is not running already. Additionaly the following arguments can be passed:

• toggle: if mpd is playing, it will pause, if is paused it will resume
• next: jump to next song in playlist
• prev: jump to previous song in playlist

Config:

in mpd_main.py edit signal_id to change to the id used in your i3blocks.conf file so the script can be called from anywhere.

Install:

None standard Python dependencies: python-mpd python-mpd2

• On Arch: sudo pacman -S python-mpd2
• Via Pip: pip install python-mpd2

Additional:

notify-send will get called via subprocess, works best with Dunst to show current song playing with cover art extracted from metadata.

i3block_shell

A bunch of simple bash scripts to be called via i3blocks.

• date.sh: Echos the current date
  • on left click: uses notify-send to print current three month calendar
• df.sh: Echos current diskfree level of the root partition
  • on left click: uses notify-send to print the df of all relevant connected partitions
• ip.sh: Echos current ip addresses in use or inactive when offline
• updates.sh: Echos how many updates are pending.
  • on left click: echos the complete list of all pending updates
  • on right click: refreshes the current pending updates and echos result
• wifiinfo.sh: Echos current db level of signal strength.
  • on left click: Uses nmcli to echo all device status