xwjdsh / tmux-nowplaying

Tmux plugin that displays the playing media in the status line.

tmux-nowplaying

Shows now playing media in the status line.

Installation

Requirements

• macOS
• nowplaying-cli

With Tmux Plugin Manager

Add the plugin in .tmux.conf:

set -g @plugin 'xwjdsh/tmux-nowplaying'

Press prefix + I to fetch the plugin and source it. Done.

Manual

Clone the repo somewhere. Add run-shell in the end of .tmux.conf:

run-shell PATH_TO_REPO/tmux-nowplaying.tmux

NOTE: this line should be placed after set-option -g status-right ....

Press prefix + : and type source-file ~/.tmux.conf. Done.

Usage

Add #{nowplaying} somewhere in the right status line:

set-option -g status-right "#{nowplaying}"

then you will see the current playing media in the status line.

Customization

The plugin could be customized with:

• set-option -g @tmux-nowplaying-length 15 - Set the display length in the status line, if exceeded the display will scroll, by default it is 20.
• set-option -g @tmux-nowplaying-play "▶️" - Set the play symbol, by default it is "▶".
• set-option -g @tmux-nowplaying-pause "⏸️" - Set the pause symbol, by default it is "⏸".

License

tmux-nowplaying plugin is released under the MIT License.