Re: dmenu filtering by genre

[Yoni Rabkin]

Aleksas Tunikas <mail@aleksas.ru> writes:

> #!/bin/bash
>
> # Define the directory to search for media files
> MEDIA_DIR="/storage/Audio/"
>
> # Use dmenu to display a list of directories containing media files
> DIR=$(find $MEDIA_DIR -type d -iname "*" | dmenu -nb '#2e3440' -nf
> '#d8dee9' -i -l 20 -p "Choose a directory:")
>
> # Check if the user pressed Escape
> if [ -z "$DIR" ]; then
>     exit 0
> fi
>
> # Use EMMS to play all media files in the chosen directory
> emacsclient -e "(progn (require 'emms-setup) (emms-all)
> (emms-play-directory \"$DIR\") (message \"Now playing: %s\"
> \"$DIR\"))"

Thank you.

This might be worth adding to the manual.


> On Fri, Aug 11, 2023 at 3:48 PM Yoni Rabkin <yoni@rabkins.net> wrote:
>
>> Aleksas Tunikas <mail@aleksas.ru> writes:
>>
>> > friends, i have a great success integrating into my modest environment
>> > with dmenu as app launcher (script here http://ix.io/4C9N) i understand
>> > that browser function (which i not fully understand yet) will be able to
>> > playback depending by the genre and i am looking forward to make another
>> > version of the script that will let me do that. i hope everybody have a
>> lot
>> > of fun with this software, i myself has been using it forewer, or
>> > something which feels like that, maybe three-four-five years,
>> > exclusively as my main media center. guess this message already too
>> > explicit, we should thank my coffee machine for that. everyone, have a
>> > great Friday! God bless.
>>
>> Instead of a link, can you please attach the script to the mail message?
>>
>> --
>>    "Cut your own wood and it will warm you twice"
>>

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