summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
-rw-r--r--cmus-widget/README.md3
-rw-r--r--cmus-widget/cmus.lua13
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/cmus-widget/README.md b/cmus-widget/README.md
index e33655e..ddf4bc2 100644
--- a/cmus-widget/README.md
+++ b/cmus-widget/README.md
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ awful.key({ }, "XF86AudioPlay", function () cmus_widget:play()
awful.key({ }, "XF86AudioPause", function () cmus_widget:play() end, {description = "pause track", group = "cmus"}),
awful.key({ }, "XF86AudioNext", function () cmus_widget:next_track() end, {description = "next track", group = "cmus"}),
awful.key({ }, "XF86AudioPrev", function () cmus_widget:prev_track() end, {description = "previous track", group = "cmus"}),
-awful.key({ }, "XF86AudioStop", function () cmus_widget:stop() end, {description = "stop cmus", group = "cmus"}),
+awful.key({ }, "XF86AudioStop", function () cmus_widget:stop() end, {description = "stop track", group = "cmus"}),
```
## Customization
@@ -50,4 +50,5 @@ It is possible to customize the widget by providing a table with all or some of
| `font` | `beautiful.font` | Font name and size, like `Play 12` |
| `path_to_icons` | `/usr/share/icons/Arc/actions/symbolic/` | Alternative path for the icons |
| `timeout`| `10` | Refresh cooldown |
+| `max_length` | `30` | Maximum lentgh of title. Text will be ellipsized if longer. |
| `space` | `3` | Space between icon and track title |
diff --git a/cmus-widget/cmus.lua b/cmus-widget/cmus.lua
index b1287c5..a2eddf5 100644
--- a/cmus-widget/cmus.lua
+++ b/cmus-widget/cmus.lua
@@ -12,6 +12,16 @@ local watch = require("awful.widget.watch")
local spawn = require("awful.spawn")
local beautiful = require('beautiful')
+local function ellipsize(text, length)
+ -- utf8 only available in Lua 5.3+
+ if utf8 == nil then
+ return text:sub(0, length)
+ end
+ return (utf8.len(text) > length and length > 0)
+ and text:sub(0, utf8.offset(text, length - 2) - 1) .. '...'
+ or text
+end
+
local cmus_widget = {}
local function worker(user_args)
@@ -21,6 +31,7 @@ local function worker(user_args)
local path_to_icons = args.path_to_icons or "/usr/share/icons/Arc/actions/symbolic/"
local timeout = args.timeout or 10
+ local max_length = args.max_length or 30
local space = args.space or 3
cmus_widget.widget = wibox.widget {
@@ -86,7 +97,7 @@ local function worker(user_args)
widget:update_icon("media-playback-stop-symbolic.svg")
end
- widget:set_title(title)
+ widget:set_title(ellipsize(title, max_length))
widget.visible = true
else
widget.visible = false