Music indicator scrolling now

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/herbstluftwm/.config/herbstluftwm/panel.sh b/herbstluftwm/.config/herbstluftwm/panel.sh
index 002877e..33ef886 100755
--- a/herbstluftwm/.config/herbstluftwm/panel.sh
+++ b/herbstluftwm/.config/herbstluftwm/panel.sh
@@ -66,7 +66,18 @@ fi
                 if [ $player_status = "Playing" ]; then
                         player_artist=$(playerctl metadata artist)
                         player_title=$(playerctl metadata title)
-                        echo -e "music\tPlaying: $player_title - $player_artist"        
+                        playing="$player_title - $player_artist"
+
+                        if [ "$current" != "$playing" ] ; then
+                                current=$playing
+                                scrolling=$current
+                        elif [ ${#scrolling} -gt "24" ] ; then
+                                scrolling=${scrolling:1}
+                        else
+                                scrolling=$current
+                        fi
+
+                        echo -e "music\tPlaying: ${scrolling:0:24}"     
                 else
                         echo -e "music\toff"            
                 fi