Tag Archives: ncmpc

Evad 0.0.2 – “Approximate”

I have released version 0.0.2 of my coding project Evad, codenamed Approximate. This release is an unstable development release, so don’t blame me if it would steal your computer, eat your lunch or anything similar. Evad is a keyboard-controlled client that controls the MPD music system, and is written to optimize screen usage and efficiency. [...]

Remaining time display in ncmpc

My first real hack on ncmpc (and the first on a C program in general). Get it here. This patch on ncmpc allows the user to display the remaining time in the status bar instead of the elapsed time. The patch is to be applied onto the most recent svn version.

Ncmpc and displaying time

After hacking the source code for one hour, it appeared to me that the functionality I wanted already was available. I am using ncmpc, an excellent and small program that controls the mpd music player daemon, and wanted it to display how long each song in the playlist is and did not find an obvious [...]