From edeabd877f30c68dd56a850d273c766e5efaef2c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Henrik Lissner <henrik@lissner.net>
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2017 00:40:36 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] shell/mpd/bin/notify-song.sh: polish output + notifications

---
 shell/mpd/bin/notify-song.sh | 12 ++++++++----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/shell/mpd/bin/notify-song.sh b/shell/mpd/bin/notify-song.sh
index 2d28f485..d4c4d8b6 100755
--- a/shell/mpd/bin/notify-song.sh
+++ b/shell/mpd/bin/notify-song.sh
@@ -5,17 +5,21 @@ if ! pgrep mpd >/dev/null; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-info=$(mpc current)
-if [[ -z $info ]]; then
+info=$(mpc -f ";%artist%;%album%;%title%")
+if [[ -z $info || ${info:0:1} != ";" ]]; then
     >&2 echo "nothing is playing."
     exit
 fi
 
+artist=$(awk -F';' '{ print $2 }' <<<"$info")
+album=$(awk -F';' '{ print $3 }' <<<"$info")
+title=$(awk -F';' '{ print $4 }' <<<"$info")
+
 case $OSTYPE in
     darwin*)
-        terminal-notifier -title "Now playing" -message "$info" -appIcon "/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/Resources/iTunes.icns"
+        terminal-notifier -title "$title" -message "by $artist\n$album" -appIcon "/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/Resources/iTunes.icns"
         ;;
     linux*)
-        notify-send --icon="media-playback-start" --app-name="ncmpcpp" "Now playing" "$info"
+        notify-send --icon="media-playback-start" --app-name="ncmpcpp" "$title" "$artist\n<i>$album</i>"
         ;;
 esac