[xmonad] mpc output in xmobar

[Jan]

Write the mpc status to a pipe(mkfifo) then read the data with
xmobar's  pipe reader plugin?

-J

* jean bonhomme <jeanbonh at ymail.com> [2009-05-23 22:03:19 +0000]:

> Hello,
> I would like to pipe this command :
> echo -n "$(mpc --format "%file%" | head -n 1)"
> to xmobar.
> I haven't found any infos on how to do it.
> I've tried severals methods but without any success.
> On my best test, I could see the output in ~/.xsession-errors, but that wasn't my goal.
> When someone knows how to do it, please let me know.
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