u/a1barbarian

This is a really neat player that is made with a bash script. I wanted something simple to listen to the BBC services. The screenshots show it running as normal in a terminal. Also the smaller version is the one I use from my newly created dock app.  Who needs all the fancy smachy bloated new offerings when you can have programs that are true to the KISS principles.

https://github.com/hakerdefo/pmrp-ng

>PMRP-NG is the next-generation successor to the classic pmrp script (featured in distros like antiX Linux). After 11 years, PMRP has been completely rewritten from the ground up to utilize modern tools, leaving behind hardcoded stations for a vast, dynamically updated global directory.

>✨ Features

>

>🌍 Infinite Stations: Powered by the open Radio-Browser API, giving you instant access to over 40,000 global radio stations.

>⚡ Blistering Fast Interface: Uses fzf and jq for instant, fuzzy-searchable, and beautifully aligned columnar menus.

>🛡️ Resilient Connections: Automatically shuffles and pings multiple API directory servers on startup, locking onto the fastest available one to ensure the app never breaks if a server goes down.

>⭐ Star Map (Favorites): Bookmark stations directly after listening with a single keystroke. Access them instantly from the main menu.

>🎵 MPV Powered: Relies on the incredibly stable mpv engine for seamless background buffering and playback.

Enjoy :-)

Brought up to date some more dead or dying dock apps.

speyes -- South Park eyes version

and

wmeyes --- more traditional style but it has extra benefits.

Details can be found at Scot's.

https://forums.scotsnewsletter.com/index.php?/topic/56171-window-maker/#comments

Enjoy :-)

Screenshots look awful here. The dock apps look way better on a real dock.

A while back I posted about wmbday a dock app I managed to raise from the dead back in 2017.

https://www.reddit.com/r/windowmaker/comments/1lp13j9/wmbday_dock_app/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

I have given it a major update for 2026. Details can be found over at Scots,

https://forums.scotsnewsletter.com/index.php?/topic/56171-window-maker/page/14/#findComment-493338

There are possibly some useful tips there aswell,

https://forums.scotsnewsletter.com/index.php?/topic/56171-window-maker/

Enjoy. :-)

If you find a theme that you like and the font is hard to read in the title bars.Or you think it is aesthetically not quite right for a bigger screen.

This is an easy way to make the text appear larger.

Make a copy of the theme and rename it. In my case,

eg: Intrigue to Intrigue1

Open up the STYLE file in Intrigue1 and look for something like this,

>ClipTitleFont = "-*-helvetica-bold-r-normal-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-*-*";

> WindowTitleFont = "-*-helvetica-bold-r-normal-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*";

> MenuTitleFont = "-*-helvetica-bold-r-normal-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*";

> MenuTextFont = "-*-helvetica-medium-r-normal-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*";

Change the " 12 " to a " 18 " or whatever suits and save.

>ClipTitleFont = "-*-helvetica-bold-r-normal-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-*-*";

> WindowTitleFont = "-*-helvetica-bold-r-normal-*-18-*-*-*-*-*-*-*";

> MenuTitleFont = "-*-helvetica-bold-r-normal-*-18-*-*-*-*-*-*-*";

> MenuTextFont = "-*-helvetica-medium-r-normal-*-18-*-*-*-*-*-*-*";

Simple ain't it.

You can of course do the same thing through WPrefs.

Enjoy :-)

Title says it all. :-)

Details can be found at

https://forums.scotsnewsletter.com/index.php?/topic/56171-window-maker/

Probably looks better on YT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i6oCUApwmI

I managed to install wmcliphist on my Arch by manually installing locally. This post details how if anyone is interested.

https://forums.scotsnewsletter.com/index.php?/topic/56171-window-maker/page/14/#findComment-493057

Enjoy :-)