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links to literally everything below. common q&a in pinned comment!

the song I had playing is worth a listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdEPp_QtaUg


playerctl: https://github.com/altdesktop/playerctl

manual page for it: https://man.archlinux.org/man/playerctl.1.en

MPRIS spec: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/MPRIS

mpd-mpris: https://github.com/natsukagami/mpd-mpris

rmpc: https://github.com/mierak/rmpc

my vid on rmpc: https://youtu.be/oTOu7VfXnl8

my vid on mpd: https://youtu.be/6EAID9yopIE

original vid breaking down my music block script: https://youtu.be/VBzAY4bSTVo

rewrite of said script: https://youtu.be/TRRFrRt46VI

script: https://github.com/BreadOnPenguins/scripts/blob/master/statusbar/musicplaying


bat: https://github.com/sharkdp/bat

my shell aliases: https://github.com/BreadOnPenguins/dots/blob/master/.config/shell/alias

stats script: https://github.com/BreadOnPenguins/scripts/blob/master/shell/stats

my vid on bat: https://youtu.be/90sZYRoe-fo


lm_sensors: https://github.com/lm-sensors/lm-sensors

how to set them up: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Lm_sensors

xclip: https://github.com/astrand/xclip

xsel: https://github.com/kfish/xsel

wl-clipboard: https://github.com/bugaevc/wl-clipboard

scripts mentioned: https://github.com/BreadOnPenguins/scripts

image clipboard history: https://youtu.be/PFuo1B7E3qw


chafa: https://github.com/hpjansson/chafa/

ueberzugpp: https://github.com/jstkdng/ueberzugpp

fzfub: https://github.com/jstkdng/ueberzugpp/blob/master/scripts/fzfub


my vid on image menus (same as above): https://youtu.be/PFuo1B7E3qw

wallpaper photo is mine, you can download it free here: https://www.patreon.com/breadonpenguins
my music: https://unicornmasquerade.bandcamp.com/

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4:29 program 4
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bat and batman are fantastic.

Still using ls aliases instead of eza, is old school.

fzf is what you really want.

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