thank you Yoni i used chatgpt to generate this script, 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.
Yoni Rabkin <[email protected]> writes: > Aleksas Tunikas <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Aleksas Tunikas <[email protected]> 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" >>> -- Aleksas Tunikas http://www.aleksas.ru
