Emms: how to display the current track?

Emms: how to display the current track?

[Marcin Borkowski]

Hello,

so I started using Emms, and miss one functionality: I'd like to be able
to display the artist/title of the currently playing track in the echo
area (I know I can M-x emms, but I want something more lightweight, not
changing my window layout).

Is there such a function built-in?  I apropos'ed strings like "info",
"display", "current", but to no avail.

Regards,

-- 
Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Adam Mickiewicz University

Re: Emms: how to display the current track?

[Alexis]

On 2015-02-15T20:58:39+1100, Marcin Borkowski said:

 MB> so I started using Emms, and miss one functionality: I'd like 
 to MB> be able to display the artist/title of the currently 
 playing MB> track in the echo area (I know I can M-x emms, but I 
 want MB> something more lightweight, not changing my window 
 layout).

 MB> Is there such a function built-in?  I apropos'ed strings like 
 MB> "info", "display", "current", but to no avail.

 MB> Regards,

emms-show


Alexis.

Re: Emms: how to display the current track?

[Marcin Borkowski]

On 2015-02-15, at 11:05, Alexis <flexibeast@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 2015-02-15T20:58:39+1100, Marcin Borkowski said:
>
>  MB> so I started using Emms, and miss one functionality: I'd like 
>  to MB> be able to display the artist/title of the currently 
>  playing MB> track in the echo area (I know I can M-x emms, but I 
>  want MB> something more lightweight, not changing my window 
>  layout).
>
>  MB> Is there such a function built-in?  I apropos'ed strings like 
>  MB> "info", "display", "current", but to no avail.
>
>  MB> Regards,
>
> emms-show

Thanks!  That was what I was looking for.

> Alexis.

Best,

-- 
Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Adam Mickiewicz University

Re: Emms: how to display the current track?

[Marcin Borkowski]

On 2015-02-15, at 11:52, Marcin Borkowski <mbork@wmi.amu.edu.pl> wrote:

> On 2015-02-15, at 11:05, Alexis <flexibeast@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2015-02-15T20:58:39+1100, Marcin Borkowski said:
>>
>>  MB> so I started using Emms, and miss one functionality: I'd like 
>>  to MB> be able to display the artist/title of the currently 
>>  playing MB> track in the echo area (I know I can M-x emms, but I 
>>  want MB> something more lightweight, not changing my window 
>>  layout).
>>
>>  MB> Is there such a function built-in?  I apropos'ed strings like 
>>  MB> "info", "display", "current", but to no avail.
>>
>>  MB> Regards,
>>
>> emms-show
>
> Thanks!  That was what I was looking for.

OK, so now I'm looking for one more: a function which would return the
status of the player (stopped/playing/paused).

TIA,

-- 
Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Adam Mickiewicz University

Re: Emms: how to display the current track?

[Alexis]

On 2015-02-16T09:23:50+1100, Marcin Borkowski said:

 MB> OK, so now I'm looking for one more: a function which would 
 MB> return the status of the player (stopped/playing/paused).

i can't help with that one, i'm afraid, even after a quick scan 
through the list of emms- functions. Sorry! But you might like to 
ask about this on the emms-help list; i've found the maintainer to 
be responsive and helpful. :-)


Alexis.

Re: Emms: how to display the current track?

[Robert Thorpe]

Marcin Borkowski <mbork@wmi.amu.edu.pl> writes:

> On 2015-02-15, at 11:05, Alexis <flexibeast@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2015-02-15T20:58:39+1100, Marcin Borkowski said:
>>
>>  MB> so I started using Emms, and miss one functionality: I'd like 
>>  to MB> be able to display the artist/title of the currently 
>>  playing MB> track in the echo area (I know I can M-x emms, but I 
>>  want MB> something more lightweight, not changing my window 
>>  layout).
>>
>>  MB> Is there such a function built-in?  I apropos'ed strings like 
>>  MB> "info", "display", "current", but to no avail.
>>
>>  MB> Regards,
>>
>> emms-show
>
> Thanks!  That was what I was looking for.

Emms has an info manual.  It describes things like this.

BR,
Robert Thorpe

Re: Emms: how to display the current track?

[Marcin Borkowski]

On 2015-02-16, at 04:00, Robert Thorpe <rt@robertthorpeconsulting.com> wrote:

> Emms has an info manual.  It describes things like this.

Ooh, thank you.  And there's the source code.  I have no idea why this
list exists in the first place.

And to stop being a jerk, let me mention that I read the manual two or
three times, and somehow missed that.  I did what is usually advised -
"ask the system" - grepping (actually, icicling;-)) the emms-* functions
(as I said in the first email).

OTOH, I find the manual for Emms... strangely organized.  It's not
/bad/, but it's strange.  There are more than one section devoted (at
least partially) to installation: "installation", "simple setup",
"configuration" and "quickstart guide".  It doesn't explain exactly what
the "browser" is and how it relates to the playlist visible after M-x
emms.  The "detailed node listing" is /not/ an extension of the "menu",
as is customary in info manuals.  So - while technically you are right -
the manual is imho not exactly /that/ friendly, and it's rather easy to
get lost in it.

> BR,
> Robert Thorpe

Best,

-- 
Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Adam Mickiewicz University

Re: Emms: how to display the current track?

[Alex Kost]

Marcin Borkowski (2015-02-16 01:23 +0300) wrote:

> On 2015-02-15, at 11:52, Marcin Borkowski <mbork@wmi.amu.edu.pl> wrote:
>
> OK, so now I'm looking for one more: a function which would return the
> status of the player (stopped/playing/paused).

There are 2 variables for that:

- `emms-player-playing-p' (shows if a player is stopped or not);
- `emms-player-paused-p'.

-- 
Alex