I'm not sure I can help on the spacing issue. Never used the spacers before so I'm not entirely sure how they would work here.
On Fri, 7 May 2021, 14:18 ahooda, <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, I implemented your suggestion and changed the scroll_wait_interval > . I don't really plan on having scrolling text so it's not an issue for me. > One more question though, I can't seem to center the bar. I tried putting > spacers with not specified length on the bar but it didn't work. Is there > any way to center the widget? > > On Friday, May 7, 2021 at 9:13:29 AM UTC-4 elParaguayo wrote: > >> Great. >> >> Your issue is the point I mentioned in one of my earlier messages. The >> widget is not really designed to keep the text visible all the time, it's >> more like a notification. >> >> I can make the change in the latest version but, for your version, I >> think the best you can do is increase the scroll_wait_interval as this >> impacts how long until the text appears. However, it also impacts the time >> before the text starts scrolling. >> >> On Fri, 7 May 2021, 14:09 ahooda, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Just checked, I have it installed. >>> I also just noticed that the name of the song will show up when it >>> starts playing. But will immediately disappear a few seconds later. Is >>> there any way to keep the title visible until the song changes again, I >>> can't find it on the documentation. >>> On Friday, May 7, 2021 at 9:04:46 AM UTC-4 elParaguayo wrote: >>> >>>> Ok. Do you have python-dbus and python-gobject installed? They're both >>>> dependencies for the widget. >>>> >>>> On Fri, 7 May 2021, 14:01 ahooda, <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> pacman -Qi says i'm running version 0.17.0-1 >>>>> >>>>> On Friday, May 7, 2021 at 9:00:13 AM UTC-4 elParaguayo wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Which version of qtile are you using? There have been some dependency >>>>>> changes since the latest official release (0.17.0). >>>>>> >>>>>> Also, if I recall correctly, the track info is only shown when the >>>>>> track or playback status changes i.e. it's not constantly visible. >>>>>> >>>>>> Lastly, I've submitted a PR that will hopefully fix the issue with >>>>>> the docs. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Fri, 7 May 2021, 13:54 ahooda, <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> How exactly do you set it up? >>>>>>> I put this in my config file: >>>>>>> libqtile.widget.Mpris2( >>>>>>> display_metadata = ['xesam:title', 'xesa m: >>>>>>> artist'], >>>>>>> objname = 'org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotif y', >>>>>>> fmt = '{}', >>>>>>> ), >>>>>>> >>>>>>> but it didn't work? >>>>>>> On Friday, May 7, 2021 at 8:11:12 AM UTC-4 Kai Stian Olstad wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 07.05.2021 13:31, el Paraguayo wrote: >>>>>>>> > Have you tried the mpris2 widget? That can show the info you >>>>>>>> want. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> One challenge can be that it's missing from the latest >>>>>>>> documentation >>>>>>>> https://docs.qtile.org/en/latest/manual/ref/widgets.html#mpris2 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> One would need to change to another version like stable or 0.17 to >>>>>>>> see >>>>>>>> the documentation. >>>>>>>> https://docs.qtile.org/en/v0.17.0/manual/ref/widgets.html#mpris2 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> Kai Stian Olstad >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>> Groups "qtile-dev" group. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>>> send an email to [email protected]. >>>>>>> >>>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qtile-dev/e1b1f752-04d9-4c0e-aff6-2d4236ee0787n%40googlegroups.com >>>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qtile-dev/e1b1f752-04d9-4c0e-aff6-2d4236ee0787n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>>>> . >>>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "qtile-dev" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>> >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qtile-dev/c348d05c-f6e1-4874-ac0c-15cc59949f10n%40googlegroups.com >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qtile-dev/c348d05c-f6e1-4874-ac0c-15cc59949f10n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "qtile-dev" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> >> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qtile-dev/f69d3584-2ca4-4665-ab4b-b32951c8f920n%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qtile-dev/f69d3584-2ca4-4665-ab4b-b32951c8f920n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "qtile-dev" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qtile-dev/d929a9be-78e6-445e-beaf-aafd5dcf7598n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qtile-dev/d929a9be-78e6-445e-beaf-aafd5dcf7598n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qtile-dev" group. 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