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   <h1>2. Window Layout</h1>

   <p>This chapter contains a tour of the main Disobedience
   window.</p>

   <h2><a name=main>2.1 The Disobedience Window</a></h2>
   
   <p>Disobedience should look something like this when you've started
   it up and logged in:</p>

   <p class=image><img src="queue.png"></p>

   <p>At the top is the menu bar, and immediately below it a toolbar
   with some buttons and a volume control.  (In some cases the volume
   control may be absent.)  Below that is a row of
   tabs: <b>Queue</b>, <b>Recent</b> and so on.  The <b>Queue</b> tab
   is selected: this displays the currently playing track and the list
   of tracks that will play in the near future.</p>

   <p>In this example nothing is actually playing.  (Apart from the
   fact that you wouldn't hear anything) you can tell this because the
   top row only has a single length indicator (&ldquo;3:04&rdquo;).
   If it was playing it would show how far through the track it was
   too.  Secondly, all the tracks were chosen at random.  You can tell
   this because the <b>Who</b> column is empty.

   <p>In the screenshot below both of these things have changed.
   Use <tt>rjk</tt> has selected some tracks and the first of them is
   playing.</p>

   <p class=image><img src="queue2.png"></p>

   <p>The first track is 4 minutes and 10 seconds long and so far, the
   first 21 seconds of it has played.</p>

   <h2><a name=buttons>2.2 Buttons</a></h2>

   <p>The meaning of the buttons is as follows:</p>

   <table>
     <tr>
       <td><img src="button-pause.png"></td>
       <td>The pause button.  This only effective when a track is
       playing.  When it is pressed the playing track is paused and
       the button turns into a &ldquo;play&rdquo; icon instead.</td>
     </tr>

     <tr>
       <td><img src="button-scratch.png"></td>
       <td>The scratch button.  As above this is only effective when
       a track is playing.  Pressing it will stop that track playing
       and move onto the next one.</td>
     </tr>

     <tr>
	 <td><img src="button-random.png"></td>
	 <td>The random play button.  Random play means that if
	 nothing is playing the server will automatically pick a track
	 at random and play that.  Furthermore it will ensure that the
	 queue always has a minimum number of tracks, so you can see
	 ahead of time what will play next.<br>
	 As shown, random play is disabled.  The button goes green
	 when it is enabled.</td>
     </tr>

     <tr>
	 <td><img src="button-playing.png"></td>
	 <td>The playing button.  Normally this would always be left
	 enabled (green).  If it is disabled then nothing will be
	 played at all, regardless of whether it was randomly chosen
	 or picked by a human.</td>
     </tr>

     <tr>
	 <td><img src="button-rtp.png"></td>
	 <td>The network play button.  This is only effective if the
	 server is playing over the network (as opposed to using a
	 local sound card).  When network play is enabled,
	 Disobedience runs a client program on your computer to play
	 sound received over the network using your sound card.<br>
	 As shown, network play is disabled.  The button goes green
	 when it is enabled.</td>
     </tr>
   </table>

   <p>To the right of the buttons are two sliders:</p>

   <p class=image><img src="volume-slider.png"></p>

   <p>The left hand slider is the volume control.  This ranges from 0
   (silent) to 10 (loudest).  The right hand slider is the balance
   control, which ranges form -1.0 (left) to +1.0 (right).</p>

   <h2><a name=menu>2.3 The Menu Bar</a></h2>

   <p class=image><img src="menu-server.png"></p>

   <p>The <b>Server</b> menu is loosely analogous to the <b>File</b>
   menu in othe applications.  It has no file-related options though,
   so the name would not be appropriate!  Instead the three options it
   has are <b>Login</b>, which brings back the login window shown the
   first time it is run, <b>Manage Users</b> which allows
   adminstrators to do user management, and <b>Quit</b>.</p>

   <!-- TODO link to use management -->

   <p class=image><img src="menu-edit.png"></p>

   <p>The <b>Edit</b> menu has options to select or deselect all
   tracks.  You can also do this with CTRL-A and CTRL-SHIFT-A, and of
   course you can select tracks in the queue (or other tabs) with the
   mouse.</p>

   <p>The <b>Track Properties</b> option will create a window with
   editable properties of each selected track and the <b>Edit
   Playlists</b> option will create a window allowing editing of
   playlists.</p>

   <!-- TODO link to properties -->

   <!-- TODO link to playlists -->

   <p class=image><img src="menu-control.png"></p>

   <p>The <b>Control</b> menu options are mostly equivalent to the
   buttons described above.  The one exception is <b>Activate
   Playlist</b> which allows you to play a playlist.</p>

   <!-- TODO link to playlists -->

   <p class=image><img src="menu-help.png"></p>

   <p>The <b>Help</b> menu has an option to bring up the Disobedience
   manual and an <b>About</b> option which will display a bit of
   version information for the server and for Disobedience (which
   might not be the same).</p>

   <hr>

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85c95b7f RK	1	<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN">
	2	<!--
	3	This file is part of DisOrder.
	4	Copyright (C) 2009 Richard Kettlewell
	5
	6	This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
	7	it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
	8	the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
	9	(at your option) any later version.
	10
	11	This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
	12	but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
	13	MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
	14	GNU General Public License for more details.
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	16	You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
	17	along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
	18	-->
	19	<html>
	20	<head>
	21	<title>Disobedience: Window Layout</title>
	22	<link rel=stylesheet
	23	type="text/css"
	24	href="disobedience.css">
	25	</head>
	26	<body>
	27	<h1>2. Window Layout</h1>
	28
d365231a RK	29	<p>This chapter contains a tour of the main Disobedience
d365231a RK	30	window.</p>
85c95b7f	31
d365231a	32	<h2><a name=main>2.1 The Disobedience Window</a></h2>
85c95b7f RK	33
	34	<p>Disobedience should look something like this when you've started
	35	it up and logged in:</p>
	36
	37	<p class=image><img src="queue.png"></p>
	38
	39	<p>At the top is the menu bar, and immediately below it a toolbar
	40	with some buttons and a volume control. (In some cases the volume
	41	control may be absent.) Below that is a row of
	42	tabs: <b>Queue</b>, <b>Recent</b> and so on. The <b>Queue</b> tab
	43	is selected: this displays the currently playing track and the list
	44	of tracks that will play in the near future.</p>
	45
	46	<p>In this example nothing is actually playing. (Apart from the
	47	fact that you wouldn't hear anything) you can tell this because the
	48	top row only has a single length indicator (“3:04”).
	49	If it was playing it would show how far through the track it was
	50	too. Secondly, all the tracks were chosen at random. You can tell
	51	this because the <b>Who</b> column is empty.
	52
	53	<p>In the screenshot below both of these things have changed.
	54	Use <tt>rjk</tt> has selected some tracks and the first of them is
	55	playing.</p>
	56
	57	<p class=image><img src="queue2.png"></p>
	58
	59	<p>The first track is 4 minutes and 10 seconds long and so far, the
	60	first 21 seconds of it has played.</p>
	61
d365231a	62	<h2><a name=buttons>2.2 Buttons</a></h2>
85c95b7f RK	63
	64	<p>The meaning of the buttons is as follows:</p>
	65
	66	<table>
	67	<tr>
	68	<td><img src="button-pause.png"></td>
	69	<td>The pause button. This only effective when a track is
	70	playing. When it is pressed the playing track is paused and
	71	the button turns into a “play” icon instead.</td>
	72	</tr>
	73
	74	<tr>
	75	<td><img src="button-scratch.png"></td>
	76	<td>The scratch button. As above this is only effective when
	77	a track is playing. Pressing it will stop that track playing
	78	and move onto the next one.</td>
	79	</tr>
	80
	81	<tr>
	82	<td><img src="button-random.png"></td>
	83	<td>The random play button. Random play means that if
	84	nothing is playing the server will automatically pick a track
	85	at random and play that. Furthermore it will ensure that the
	86	queue always has a minimum number of tracks, so you can see
	87	ahead of time what will play next.<br>
	88	As shown, random play is disabled. The button goes green
	89	when it is enabled.</td>
	90	</tr>
	91
	92	<tr>
	93	<td><img src="button-playing.png"></td>
	94	<td>The playing button. Normally this would always be left
	95	enabled (green). If it is disabled then nothing will be
	96	played at all, regardless of whether it was randomly chosen
	97	or picked by a human.</td>
	98	</tr>
	99
	100	<tr>
	101	<td><img src="button-rtp.png"></td>
	102	<td>The network play button. This is only effective if the
	103	server is playing over the network (as opposed to using a
	104	local sound card). When network play is enabled,
	105	Disobedience runs a client program on your computer to play
	106	sound received over the network using your sound card.<br>
	107	As shown, network play is disabled. The button goes green
	108	when it is enabled.</td>
	109	</tr>
	110	</table>
	111
	112	<p>To the right of the buttons are two sliders:</p>
	113
	114	<p class=image><img src="volume-slider.png"></p>
	115
	116	<p>The left hand slider is the volume control. This ranges from 0
	117	(silent) to 10 (loudest). The right hand slider is the balance
	118	control, which ranges form -1.0 (left) to +1.0 (right).</p>
	119
d365231a	120	<h2><a name=menu>2.3 The Menu Bar</a></h2>
85c95b7f RK	121
	122	<p class=image><img src="menu-server.png"></p>
	123
	124	<p>The <b>Server</b> menu is loosely analogous to the <b>File</b>
	125	menu in othe applications. It has no file-related options though,
	126	so the name would not be appropriate! Instead the three options it
	127	has are <b>Login</b>, which brings back the login window shown the
	128	first time it is run, <b>Manage Users</b> which allows
	129	adminstrators to do user management, and <b>Quit</b>.</p>
	130
	131	<!-- TODO link to use management -->
	132
	133	<p class=image><img src="menu-edit.png"></p>
	134
	135	<p>The <b>Edit</b> menu has options to select or deselect all
	136	tracks. You can also do this with CTRL-A and CTRL-SHIFT-A, and of
	137	course you can select tracks in the queue (or other tabs) with the
	138	mouse.</p>
	139
	140	<p>The <b>Track Properties</b> option will create a window with
	141	editable properties of each selected track and the <b>Edit
	142	Playlists</b> option will create a window allowing editing of
	143	playlists.</p>
	144
	145	<!-- TODO link to properties -->
	146
	147	<!-- TODO link to playlists -->
	148
	149	<p class=image><img src="menu-control.png"></p>
	150
	151	<p>The <b>Control</b> menu options are mostly equivalent to the
	152	buttons described above. The one exception is <b>Activate
	153	Playlist</b> which allows you to play a playlist.</p>
	154
	155	<!-- TODO link to playlists -->
	156
	157	<p class=image><img src="menu-help.png"></p>
	158
	159	<p>The <b>Help</b> menu has an option to bring up the Disobedience
	160	manual and an <b>About</b> option which will display a bit of
	161	version information for the server and for Disobedience (which
	162	might not be the same).</p>
	163
f326f12d RK	164	<hr>
	165
	166	<a href="index.html">Back to contents</a>
	167
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