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simple-mpc
A GNU Emacs major mode that acts as a front end to mpc.
Requirements
Installation
MELPA
The easiest way to install is through MELPA.
To do this add MELPA to your package-archives
list if you have not
yet done so:
(require 'package) ;; You might already have this line (add-to-list 'package-archives '("melpa" . "http://melpa.org/packages/")) (package-initialize) ;; You might already have this line
Then install the package through either M-x list-packages
or by just
running M-x package-install simple-mpc
.
Manual
- Clone the repository
- Add it to your emacs init:
(add-to-list 'load-path "path/to/simple-mpc")
(require 'simple-mpc)
Usage
Quickstart
Start with M-x simple-mpc
. The rest of the keybindings now appear in
a buffer. Configuration can be done with M-x customize-group <RET>
simple-mpc
. Viewing the current playlist and querying the database is
done with c
and s
respectively. Most commands (like
simple-mpc-query-add
and simple-mpc-delete
) respect the region.
Structure
Simple-mpc consists of three ‘views’, two of which have their own minor mode that implements specific extra functionality:
viewmajor modeminor modemainsimple-mpc-mode/querysimple-mpc-modesimple-mpc-query-modecurrent playlistsimple-mpc-modesimple-mpc-current-playlist-modesimple-mpc-mode is always active and contains the most common
bindings. Additional functionality is added with minor modes. Someone
who does not like the interface can use simple-mpc-query-mode
and
simple-mpc-current-playlist-mode
directly.
Bindings
Bindings can be viewed with describe-mode
(C-h m
) but are listed
below for completeness:
simple-mpc-mode
keyfunctiont
simple-mpc-togglen
simple-mpc-nextp
simple-mpc-prevf
simple-mpc-seek-forwardb
simple-mpc-seek-backwardc
simple-mpc-view-current-playlistC
simple-mpc-clear-current-playlistS
simple-mpc-shuffle-current-playlistl
simple-mpc-load-playlists
simple-mpc-queryq
simple-mpc-quitsimple-mpc-query-mode
keyfunctionq
simple-mpc-query-quitS
simple-mpc-query-sort<return>
simple-mpc-query-add<S-return>
simple-mpc-query-add-and-playsimple-mpc-current-playlist-mode
keyfunctiond
simple-mpc-deleteq
simple-mpc-current-playlist-quit<return>
simple-mpc-play-current-lineConfiguration
Configuring simple-mpc can be done entirely through the simple-mpc
customization group (M-x customize-group simple-mpc<RET>
).
When using Mopidy as a server setting simple-mpc-playlist-format
is
recommended, the default output from mpc search
won’t be very
descriptive otherwise. The following configuration works well mopidy
(note that the whitespace between the metadata delimiters and the
separator itself are TAB characters (C-q <TAB>
), not spaces):
(custom-set-variables ... '(simple-mpc-playlist-format "%artist% %album% %title% %file%") '(simple-mpc-table-separator " ") ...)
History
This mode was inspired by mingus written by Niels Giesen and parts of the interface were inspired by mu4e written by Dirk-Jan C. Binnema. I used mingus for > 4 years and was mostly happy with it, but occasionally there were bugs and interface choices that I disagreed with. After looking through the source code in an attempt to fix these issues I came to the conclusion that it would be better to implement my own mode. A big reason for this decision was the fact that mingus uses its own MPD library implementation called libmpdee.el, which I expect contain some obscure bugs. I think it is a better choice to instead take advantage of mpc, a small program that is maintained by MPD developers and implements more than libmpdee.el. On top of that it makes the major mode much smaller and easier to maintain. Currently simple-mpc consists of ~300 LOC versus ~5000 LOC for mingus (mingus does have more features though).
GNU Emacs also contains mpc.el written by Stefan Monnier. It’s interesting but wasn’t really what I was looking for, partly because of its interface (inspired by Rhythmbox), and partly because it’s not particularly well documented.
Todo
- add a way to combine multiple search terms e.g. mpc search artist a album b
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