Re: dmenu filtering by genre

[Yoni Rabkin]

Aleksas Tunikas <mail@aleksas.ru> writes:

> thank you Yoni i used chatgpt to generate this script,

...so we definitely can't add that the manual.

> to be honest i don't want to get back there, I read in the manual that
> you can manipulate the indexed files roughly the same way that's why
> i'm asking about quick access to it, i know you can program it in lisp
> but being a taxi driver and not a proficient coder not allowes me to
> make an intuitive decission about how to do this.

It's all good. I hope people will find the script useful.

> Yoni Rabkin <yoni@rabkins.net> writes:
>
>> 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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