Controlling mpd via dmenu

Question

Hi,
i already posted the script in the "Post your handy self made command line utilities" thread, but probably hardly anybody will look at the programming forum when searching for something like this.
I hope it is ok to post it again here, if not feel free to delete this topic (if you are a mod)
This script lets you select any track of your current mpd playlist via dmenu and makes mpd play it immediately.
I think it is pretty useful when bound to a keyboard shortcut in any tiling wm.
Yes, it took only a few minutes to do this, but maybe you'll find it useful nontheless.
#!/bin/bash
mpc play `mpc playlist | sed -e "s/^>/ /" | dmenu -i | grep -P -o "^ \d+" `

Answer 1

i think we need a dmenu hacks thread, hehe.  anyway here's my version of the same thing (did someone say bikeshed?)
mine accepts search parameters or 'all' to put up the whole playlist.  that way i can search from CLI or bind the 'msearch all' to a key as mentioned.
example:
  msearch a love supreme
  msearch led zeppelin
  msearch all
#!/bin/bash
if [ -f $HOME/.dmenurc ]; then
. $HOME/.dmenurc
else
DMENU='dmenu -i'
fi
if [ $# -eq 1 -a "$1" = "all" ]; then
mpc --no-status play $(mpc playlist --format '%title% by %artist%' | cut -c 2- | sed 's/)/ -/g' | $DMENU | awk '{print $1}')
else
mpc --no-status play $(mpc playlist --format '%title% by %artist% #| %album%' | cut -c 2- | sed 's/)/ -/g' | grep -i "$*" | cut -d '|' -f 1 | $DMENU | awk '{print $1}')
fi
i also keep a file at $HOME/.dmenurc that contains the DMENU variable so my 4 different dmenu scripts can all source it and keep consistent font/colors which i can change easily from one file.