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19.TH disorder_config 5
20.SH NAME
21pkgconfdir/config - DisOrder jukebox configuration
22.SH DESCRIPTION
23The purpose of DisOrder is to organize and play digital audio files, under the
24control of multiple users. \fIpkgconfdir/config\fR is the primary
25configuration file but this man page currently documents all of its various
26configuration files.
27.SS Tracks
28DisOrder can be configured with multiple collections of tracks, indexing them
29by their filename, and picking players on the basis of filename patterns (for
30instance, "*.mp3").
31.PP
32Although the model is of filenames, it is not inherent that there are
33corresponding real files - merely that they can be interpreted by the chosen
34player. See \fBdisorder\fR(3) for more details about this.
35.PP
36Each track can have a set of preferences associated with it. These are simple
37key-value pairs; they can be used for anything you like, but a number of keys
38have specific meanings. See \fBdisorder\fR(1) for more details about these.
39.SS "Track Names"
40Track names are derived from filenames under the control of regular
41expressions, rather than attempting to interpret format-specific embedded name
42information. They can be overridden by setting preferences.
43.PP
44Names for display are distinguished from names for sorting, so with the right
45underlying filenames an album can be displayed in its original order even if
46the displayed track titles are not lexically sorted.
47.SS "Server State"
48A collection of global preferences define various bits of server state: whether
49random play is enabled, what tags to check for when picking at random, etc.
50.SS "Users And Access Control"
51DisOrder distinguishes between multiple users. This is for access control and
52reporting, not to provide different views of the world: i.e. preferences and so
53on are global.
54.PP
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55Each user has an associated set of rights which contorl which commands they may
56execute. Normally you would give all users most rights, and expect them to
57cooperate (they are after all presumed to be in a shared sound environment).
58.PP
59The full set of rights are:
60.TP
61.B read
62User can perform read-only operations
63.TP
64.B play
65User can add tracks to the queue
66.TP
67.B "move any"
68User can move any track
69.TP
70.B "move mine"
71User can move their own tracks
72.TP
73.B "move random"
74User can move randomly chosen tracks
75.TP
76.B "remove any"
77User can remove any track
78.TP
79.B "remove mine"
80User can remove their own tracks
81.TP
82.B "remove random"
83User can remove randomly chosen tracks
84.TP
85.B "scratch any"
86User can scratch any track
87.TP
88.B "scratch mine"
89User can scratch their own tracks
90.TP
91.B "scratch random"
92User can scratch randomly chosen tracks
93.TP
94.B volume
95User can change the volume
96.TP
97.B admin
98User can perform admin operations
99.TP
100.B rescan
101User can initiate a rescan
102.TP
103.B register
104User can register new users. Normally only the
105.B guest
106user would have this right.
107.TP
108.B userinfo
109User can edit their own userinfo
110.TP
111.B prefs
112User can modify track preferences
113.TP
114.B "global prefs"
115User can modify global preferences
116.TP
117.B pause
118User can pause/resume
460b9539 119.PP
120Access control is entirely used-based. If you configure DisOrder to listen for
121TCP/IP connections then it will accept a connection from anywhere provided the
122right password is available. Passwords are never transmitted over TCP/IP
123connections in clear, but everything else is. The expected model is that
124host-based access control is imposed at the network layer.
125.SS "Web Interface"
126The web interface is controlled by a collection of template files, one for each
127kind of page, and a collection of option files. These are split up and
128separate from the main configuration file to make it more convenient to
129override specific bits.
130.PP
131The web interface connects to the DisOrder server like any other user, though
132it is given a special privilege to "become" any other user. (Thus, any process
133with the same UID as the web interface is very powerful as far as DisOrder
25ca855b 134goes. This model will be changed in a future version.)
460b9539 135.PP
136Access control to the web interface is (currently) separate from DisOrder's own
137access control (HTTP authentication is required) but uses the same user
138namespace.
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139.SS "Searching And Tags"
140Search strings contain a list of search terms separated by spaces. A search
141term can either be a single word or a tag, prefixed with "tag:".
142.PP
143Search words are compared without regard to letter case or accents; thus, all
144of the following will be considered to be equal to one another:
145.PP
146.nf
147 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E
148 LATIN SMALL LETTER E
149 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH GRAVE
150 LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH GRAVE
151 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E plus COMBINING GRAVE ACCENT
152 LATIN SMALL LETTER E plus COMBINING GRAVE ACCENT
153.fi
154.PP
155The same rules apply to tags but in addition leading and trailing whitespace is
156disregarded and all whitespace sequences are treated as equal when they appear
157as internal whitespace.
158.PP
159Where several tags are listed, for instance the tags preference for a track,
160the tags are separated by commas. Therefore tags may not contain commas.
460b9539 161.SH "CONFIGURATION FILE"
162.SS "General Syntax"
163Lines are split into fields separated by whitespace (space, tab, line
164feed, carriage return, form feed). Comments are started by the number
165sign ("#").
166.PP
167Fields may be unquoted (in which case they may not contain spaces and
168may not start with a quotation mark or apostrophe) or quoted by either
169quotation marks or apostrophes. Inside quoted fields every character
170stands for itself, except that a backslash can only appear as part of
171one of the following escape sequences:
172.TP
173.B \e\e
174Backslash
175.TP
176.B \e"
177Quotation mark
178.\" "
179.TP
180.B \e'
181Apostrophe
182.TP
183.B \en
184Line feed
185.PP
186No other escape sequences are allowed.
187.PP
188Within any line the first field is a configuration command and any
189further fields are parameters. Lines with no fields are ignored.
190.PP
191After editing the config file use \fBdisorder reconfigure\fR to make
192it re-read it. If there is anything wrong with it the daemon will
193record a log message and ignore the new config file. (You should fix
194it before next terminating and restarting the daemon, as it cannot
195start up without a valid config file.)
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196.SS "Configuration Files"
197Configuration files are read in the following order:
198.TP
199.I pkgconfdir/config
200.TP
201.I pkgconfdir/config.private
202Should be readable only by the jukebox group. Not really useful any more and
203may be abolished in future.
204.TP
205.I pkgconfdir/config.\fRUSER
206Per-user system-controlled client configuration. Optional but if it
207exists must be readable only by the relevant user. Would normally
208contain a \fBpassword\fR directive.
209.TP
210.I ~\fRUSER\fI/.disorder/passwd
211Per-user client configuration. Optional but if it exists must be
212readable only by the relevant user. Would normally contain a
213\fBpassword\fR directive.
460b9539 214.SS "Global Configuration"
215.TP
216.B home \fIDIRECTORY\fR
217The home directory for state files. Defaults to
218.IR pkgstatedir .
659d87e8 219The server will create this directory on startup if it does not exist.
460b9539 220.TP
0c6bcae0 221.B plugins \fIPATH\fR
460b9539 222Adds a directory to the plugin path. (This is also used by the web
223interface.)
224.IP
225Plugins are opened the first time they are required and never after,
226so after changing a plugin you must restart the server before it is
227guaranteed to take effect.
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228.IP
229If
230.B plugins
231is used without arguments the plugin path is cleared.
460b9539 232.SS "Server Configuration"
233.TP
234.B alias \fIPATTERN\fR
235Defines the pattern use construct virtual filenames from \fBtrackname_\fR
236preferences.
237.IP
238Most characters stand for themselves, the exception being \fB{\fR which is used
239to insert a track name part in the form \fB{\fIname\fB}\fR or
240\fB{/\fIname\fB}\fR.
241.IP
242The difference is that the first form just inserts the name part while the
243second prefixes it with a \fB/\fR if it is nonempty.
244.IP
245The pattern should not attempt to include the collection root, which is
246automatically included, but should include the proper extension.
247.IP
248The default is \fB{/artist}{/album}{/title}{ext}\fR.
249.TP
25ca855b 250.B authorization_algorithm \fIALGORITHM\fR
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251Defines the algorithm used to authenticate clients. The valid options
252are sha1 (the default), sha256, sha384 and sha512. See
253.BR disorder_protocol (5)
254for more details.
255.TP
30ad4dab 256.B broadcast \fIADDRESS\fR \fIPORT\fR
257Transmit sound data to \fIADDRESS\fR using UDP port \fIPORT\fR. This implies
29573477 258\fBspeaker_backend network\fR.
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259.IP
260See also \fBmulticast_loop\fR and \fBmulticast_ttl\fR.
30ad4dab 261.TP
262.B broadcast_from \fIADDRESS\fR \fIPORT\fR
263Sets the (local) source address used by \fBbroadcast\fR.
264.TP
460b9539 265.B channel \fICHANNEL\fR
266The mixer channel that the volume control should use. Valid names depend on
267your operating system and hardware, but some standard ones that might be useful
268are:
269.RS
270.TP 8
271.B pcm
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272Output level for the audio device. This is probably what you want and is the
273default.
460b9539 274.TP
275.B speaker
276Output level for the PC speaker, if that is connected to the sound card.
277.TP
278.B pcm2
279Output level for alternative codec device.
280.TP
281.B vol
282Master output level. The OSS documentation recommends against using this, as
283it affects all output devices.
284.RE
285.IP
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286You can also specify channels by number, if you know the right value. NB that
287volume setting only works on OSS systems (including ALSA, via emulation).
460b9539 288.TP
289.B collection \fIMODULE\fR \fIENCODING\fR \fIROOT\fR
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290.TP
291.B collection \fIMODULE\fR \fIROOT\fR
292.TP
293.B collection \fIROOT\fR
460b9539 294Define a collection of tracks.
295.IP
296\fIMODULE\fR defines which plugin module should be used for this
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297collection. Use the supplied \fBfs\fR module for tracks that exist
298as ordinary files in the filesystem. If no \fIMODULE\fR is specified
299then \fBfs\fR is assumed.
300.IP
301\fIENCODING\fR defines the encoding of filenames in this collection. For
302\fBfs\fR this would be the encoding you use for filenames. Examples might be
303\fBiso-8859-1\fR or \fButf-8\fR. If no encoding is specified then the current
304locale's character encoding is used.
460b9539 305.IP
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306NB that this default depends on the locale the server runs in, which is not
307necessarily the same as that of ordinary users, depending how the system is
308configured. It's best to explicitly specify it to be certain.
460b9539 309.IP
310\fIROOT\fR is the root in the filesystem of the filenames and is
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311passed to the plugin module. It must be an absolute path and should not
312end with a "/".
460b9539 313.TP
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314.B default_rights \fIRIGHTS\fR
315Defines the set of rights given to new users. The argument is a
316comma-separated list of rights. For the possible values see
317.B "Users And Access Control"
318above.
319.IP
320The default is to allow everything except \fBadmin\fR and \fBregister\fR
321(modified in legacy configurations by the obsolete \fBrestrict\fR directive).
322.TP
460b9539 323.B device \fINAME\fR
324ALSA device to play raw-format audio. Default is \fBdefault\fR, i.e. to use
325the whatever the ALSA configured default is.
326.TP
327.B gap \fISECONDS\fR
328Specifies the number of seconds to leave between tracks. The default
329is 2.
330.TP
331.B history \fIINTEGER\fR
332Specifies the number of recently played tracks to remember (including
333failed tracks and scratches).
334.TP
335.B listen \fR[\fIHOST\fR] \fISERVICE\fR
336Listen for connections on the address specified by \fIHOST\fR and port
337specified by \fISERVICE\fR. If \fIHOST\fR is omitted then listens on all
338local addresses.
339.IP
340Normally the server only listens on a UNIX domain socket.
341.TP
342.B lock yes\fR|\fBno
343Determines whether the server locks against concurrent operation. Default is
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344\fByes\fR. There is no good reason to set this to \fBno\fR and the option will
345probably be removed in a future version.
460b9539 346.TP
347.B mixer \fIPATH\fR
348The path to the mixer device, if you want access to the volume control,
25ca855b 349e.g. \fB/dev/mixer\fR (the default).
460b9539 350.TP
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351.B multicast_loop yes\fR|\fBno
352Determines whether multicast packets are loop backed to the sending host. The
353default is \fByes\fR. This only applies if
354\fBspeaker_backend\fR is set to \fBnetwork\fR and \fBbroadcast\fR is actually a
355multicast address.
356.TP
23205f9c 357.B multicast_ttl \fIHOPS\fR
61941295 358Set the maximum number of hops to send multicast packets. This only applies if
23205f9c 359\fBspeaker_backend\fR is set to \fBnetwork\fR and \fBbroadcast\fR is actually a
25ca855b 360multicast address. The default is 1.
23205f9c 361.TP
460b9539 362.B namepart \fIPART\fR \fIREGEXP\fR \fISUBST\fR [\fICONTEXT\fR [\fIREFLAGS\fR]]
363Determines how to extract trackname part \fIPART\fR from a
364track name (with the collection root part removed).
365Used in \fB@recent@\fR, \fB@playing@\fR and \fB@search@\fR.
366.IP
367Track names can be different in different contexts. For instance the sort
368string might include an initial track number, but this would be stripped for
369the display string. \fICONTEXT\fR should be a glob pattern matching the
370contexts in which this directive will be used.
371.IP
372Valid contexts are \fBsort\fR and \fBdisplay\fR.
373.IP
374All the \fBnamepart\fR directives are considered in order. The
375first directive for the right part, that matches the desired context,
376and with a \fIREGEXP\fR that
377matches the track is used, and the value chosen is constructed from
378\fISUBST\fR according to the substitution rules below.
379.IP
380Note that searches use the raw track name and \fBtrackname_\fR preferences but
381not (currently) the results of \fBnamepart\fR, so generating words via this option
382that aren't in the original track name will lead to confusing results.
383.IP
384If you supply no \fBnamepart\fR directives at all then a default set will be
385supplied automatically. But if you supply even one then you must supply all of
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386them. The defaults are equivalent to:
387.PP
388.nf
389namepart title "/([0-9]+ *[-:] *)?([^/]+)\\.[a-zA-Z0-9]+$" $2 display
390namepart title "/([^/]+)\\.[a-zA-Z0-9]+$" $1 sort
391namepart album "/([^/]+)/[^/]+$" $1 *
392namepart artist "/([^/]+)/[^/]+/[^/]+$" $1 *
393namepart ext "(\\.[a-zA-Z0-9]+)$" $1 *
394.fi
460b9539 395.TP
396.B nice_rescan \fIPRIORITY\fR
397Set the recan subprocess priority. The default is 10.
398.IP
399(Note that higher values mean the process gets less CPU time; UNIX priority
04e42396 400values are backwards.)
460b9539 401.TP
402.B nice_server \fIPRIORITY\fR
403Set the server priority. This is applied to the server at startup time (and
404not when you reload configuration). The server does not use much CPU itself
405but this value is inherited by programs it executes. If you have limited CPU
406then it might help to set this to a small negative value. The default is 0.
407.TP
408.B nice_speaker \fIPRIORITY\fR
409Set the speaker process priority. This is applied to the speaker process at
410startup time (and not when you reload the configuration). The speaker process
411is not massively CPU intensive by today's standards but depends on reasonably
412timely scheduling. If you have limited CPU then it might help to set this to a
413small negative value. The default is 0.
414.TP
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415.B noticed_history
416The maximum days that a track can survive in the database of newly added
417tracks. The default is 31.
418.TP
460b9539 419.B player \fIPATTERN\fR \fIMODULE\fR [\fIOPTIONS.. [\fB--\fR]] \fIARGS\fR...
420Specifies the player for files matching the glob \fIPATTERN\fR. \fIMODULE\fR
421specifies which plugin module to use.
422.IP
423The following options are supported:
424.RS
425.TP
426.B --wait-for-device\fR[\fB=\fIDEVICE\fR]
427Waits (for up to a couple of seconds) for the default, or specified, libao
428device to become openable.
429.TP
430.B --
431Defines the end of the list of options. Needed if the first argument to the
432plugin starts with a "-".
433.RE
434.IP
435The following are the standard modules:
436.RS
437.TP
438.B exec \fICOMMAND\fR \fIARGS\fR...
439The command is executed via \fBexecvp\fR(3), not via the shell.
440The \fBPATH\fR environment variable is searched for the executable if it is not
441an absolute path.
442The command is expected to know how to open its own sound device.
443.TP
444.B execraw \fICOMMAND\fR \fIARGS\fR...
445Identical to the \fBexec\fR except that the player is expected to use the
ce6c36be 446DisOrder raw player protocol.
447.BR disorder-decode (8)
448can decode several common audio file formats to this format. If your favourite
449format is not supported, but you have a player which uses libao, there is also
450a libao driver which supports this format; see below for more information about
451this.
460b9539 452.TP
453.B shell \fR[\fISHELL\fR] \fICOMMAND\fR
454The command is executed using the shell. If \fISHELL\fR is specified then that
455is used, otherwise \fBsh\fR will be used. In either case the \fBPATH\fR
456environment variable is searched for the shell executable if it is not an
457absolute path. The track name is stored in the environment variable
458\fBTRACK\fR.
459.IP
460Be careful of the interaction between the configuration file quoting rules and
461the shell quoting rules.
462.RE
463.IP
464If multiple player commands match a track then the first match is used.
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465.IP
466For the server to be able to calculate track lengths, there should be a
467.B tracklength
468command corresponding to each
469.B player
470command.
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471.IP
472If
473.B player
474is used without arguments, the list of players is cleared.
460b9539 475.TP
476.B prefsync \fISECONDS\fR
477The interval at which the preferences log file will be synchronised. Defaults
478to 3600, i.e. one hour.
479.TP
459d4402 480.B queue_pad \fICOUNT\fR
481The target size of the queue. If random play is enabled then randomly picked
25ca855b 482tracks will be added until the queue is at least this big. The default is 10.
459d4402 483.TP
405fea4e 484.B sample_format \fIBITS\fB/\fIRATE\fB/\fICHANNELS
485Describes the sample format expected by the \fBspeaker_command\fR (below). The
486components of the format specification are as follows:
487.RS
488.TP 10
489.I BITS
490The number of bits per sample. Optionally, may be suffixed by \fBb\fR or
491\fBl\fR for big-endian and little-endian words. If neither is used the native
492byte order is assumed.
493.TP
494.I RATE
495The number of samples per second.
496.TP
497.I CHANNELS
498The number of channels.
499.PP
500The default is
501.BR 16/44100/2 .
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502.PP
503With the
504.B network
505backend the sample format is forced to
e99d42b1 506.B 16b/44100/2
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507and with the
508.B coreaudio
509backend it is forced to
510.BR 16/44100/2 ,
511in both cases regardless of what is specified in the configuration file.
405fea4e 512.RE
513.TP
460b9539 514.B signal \fINAME\fR
515Defines the signal to be sent to track player process groups when tracks are
516scratched. The default is \fBSIGKILL\fR.
517.IP
518Signals are specified by their full C name, i.e. \fBSIGINT\fR and not \fBINT\fR
519or \fBInterrupted\fR or whatever.
520.TP
29573477 521.B speaker_backend \fINAME\fR
522Selects the backend use by the speaker process. The following options are
523available:
524.RS
525.TP
526.B alsa
527Use the ALSA API. This is only available on Linux systems, on which it is the
528default.
529.TP
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530.B coreaudio
531Use Apple Core Audio. This only available on OS X systems, on which it is the
532default.
533.TP
e99d42b1 534.B oss
25ca855b 535Use the OSS (/dev/dsp) API. Not available on all platforms.
e99d42b1 536.TP
29573477 537.B command
538Execute a command. This is the default if
539.B speaker_command
937be4c0 540is specified, or if no native is available.
29573477 541.TP
542.B network
543Transmit audio over the network. This is the default if
803f6e52 544\fBbroadcast\fR is specified. You can use
545.BR disorder-playrtp (1)
546to receive and play the resulting stream on Linux and OS X.
29573477 547.RE
548.TP
5330d674 549.B sox_generation \fB0\fR|\fB1
550Determines whether calls to \fBsox\fR(1) should use \fB-b\fR, \fB-x\fR, etc (if
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551the generation is 0) or \fB-\fIbits\fR, \fB-L\fR etc (if it is 1). See the
552documentation for your installed copy of \fBsox\fR to determine which you need.
553The default is 0.
5330d674 554.TP
405fea4e 555.B speaker_command \fICOMMAND
556Causes the speaker subprocess to pipe audio data into shell command
557\fICOMMAND\fR, rather than writing to a local sound card. The sample format is
558determine by
559.B sample_format
560above.
77cfc7a2 561.IP
562Note that if the sample format is wrong then
563.BR sox (1)
564is invoked to translate it. If
565.B sox
566is not installed then this will not work.
405fea4e 567.TP
460b9539 568.B scratch \fIPATH\fR
569Specifies a scratch. When a track is scratched, a scratch track is
570played at random.
571Scratches are played using the same logic as other tracks.
572.IP
573At least for the time being, path names of scratches must be encoded using
574UTF-8 (which means that ASCII will do).
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575.IP
576If \fBscratch\fR is used without arguments then the list of scratches is
577cleared.
460b9539 578.TP
579.B stopword \fIWORD\fR ...
580Specifies one or more stopwords that should not take part in searches
581over track names.
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582.IP
583If \fBstopword\fR is used without arguments then the list of stopwords is
584cleared.
86be0c30 585.IP
586There is a default set of stopwords built in, but this option can be used to
587augment or replace that list.
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588.TP
589.B tracklength \fIPATTERN\fR \fIMODULE\fR
590Specifies the module used to calculate the length of files matching
591\fIPATTERN\fR. \fIMODULE\fR specifies which plugin module to use.
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592.IP
593If \fBtracklength\fR is used without arguments then the list of modules is
594cleared.
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595.TP
596.B user \fIUSER\fR
597Specifies the user to run as. Only makes sense if invoked as root (or
598the target user).
460b9539 599.SS "Client Configuration"
600.TP
ccf0aafa 601.B connect \fIHOST SERVICE\fR
460b9539 602Connect to the address specified by \fIHOST\fR and port specified by
ccf0aafa 603\fISERVICE\fR.
460b9539 604.SS "Web Interface Configuration"
605.TP
e70701e7 606.B mail_sender \fIADDRESS\fR
607The email address that appears in the From: field of any mail messages sent by
608the web interface. This must be set if you have online registration enabled.
609.TP
460b9539 610.B refresh \fISECONDS\fR
611Specifies the maximum refresh period in seconds. Default 15.
612.TP
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613.B short_display \fICHARACTERS\fR
614Defines the maximum number of characters to include in a \fBshort\fR name
615part. Default 30.
616.TP
e70701e7 617.B smtp_server \fIHOSTNAME\fR
618The hostname (or address) of the SMTP server to use for sending mail. The
619default is 127.0.0.1.
620.TP
460b9539 621.B templates \fIPATH\fR ...
622Specifies the directory containing templates used by the web
623interface. If a template appears in more than one template directory
624then the one in the earliest directory specified is chosen.
625.IP
626See below for further details.
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627.IP
628If \fBtemplates\fR is used without arguments then the template path is cleared.
460b9539 629.TP
630.B transform \fITYPE\fR \fIREGEXP\fR \fISUBST\fR [\fICONTEXT\fR [\fIREFLAGS\fR]]
631Determines how names are sorted and displayed in track choice displays.
632.IP
633\fITYPE\fR is the type of transformation; usually \fBtrack\fR or
634\fBdir\fR but you can define your own.
635.IP
636\fICONTEXT\fR is a glob pattern matching the context. Standard contexts are
637\fBsort\fR (which determines how directory names are sorted) and \fBdisplay\fR
638(which determines how they are displayed). Again, you can define your
639own.
640.IP
641All the \fBtransform\fR directives are considered in order. If
642the \fITYPE\fR, \fIREGEXP\fR and the \fICONTEXT\fR match
643then a new track name is constructed from
644\fISUBST\fR according to the substitution rules below. If several
645match then each is executed in order.
646.IP
647If you supply no \fBtransform\fR directives at all then a default set will be
648supplied automatically. But if you supply even one then you must supply all of
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649them. The defaults are:
650.PP
651.nf
652transform track "^.*/([0-9]+ *[-:] *)?([^/]+)\\.[a-zA-Z0-9]+$" $2 display
653transform track "^.*/([^/]+)\\.[a-zA-Z0-9]+$" $1 sort
654transform dir "^.*/([^/]+)$" $1 *
655transform dir "^(the) ([^/]*)" "$2 $1" sort i
656transform dir "[[:punct:]]" "" sort g
657.fi
460b9539 658.TP
659.B url \fIURL\fR
660Specifies the URL of the web interface. This URL will be used in
b64c2805 661generated web pages. The default is inferred at runtime, so this option no
662longer needs to be specified.
460b9539 663.IP
664This must be the full URL, e.g. \fBhttp://myhost/cgi-bin/jukebox\fR and not
665\fB/cgi-bin/jukebox\fR.
666.SS "Authentication Configuration"
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667These options would normally be used in \fI~\fRUSER\fI/.disorder/passwd\fR or
668\fIpkgconfdir/config.\fRUSER.
460b9539 669.TP
460b9539 670.B password \fIPASSWORD\fR
671Specify password.
672.TP
460b9539 673.B username \fIUSERNAME\fR
674Specify username. The default is taken from the environment variable
675\fBLOGNAME\fR.
460b9539 676.SH "GLOBAL PREFERENCES"
677These are the values set with \fBset-global\fR.
678.TP
679.B required-tags
680If this is set an nonempty then randomly played tracks will always have at
681least one of the listed tags.
460b9539 682.TP
683.B prohibited-tags
684If this is set an nonempty then randomly played tracks will never have any of
685the listed tags.
686.TP
687.B playing
688If unset or \fByes\fR then play is enabled. Otherwise it is disabled. Use
689\fBdisable\fR rather than setting it directly.
690.TP
691.B random-play
692If unset or \fByes\fR then random play is enabled. Otherwise it is disabled.
693Use \fBdisable\fR rather than setting it directly.
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694.PP
695Global preferences starting '_' are read-only (in the sense that you cannot
696modify them; the server may modify them as part of its normal operation). They
697are:
698.TP
699.B _dbversion
700The database version string. This is used by DisOrder to detect when it must
701modify the database after an upgrade.
460b9539 702.SH "LIBAO DRIVER"
703.SS "Raw Protocol Players"
704Raw protocol players are expected to use the \fBdisorder\fR libao driver.
705Programs that use libao generally have command line options to select the
706driver and pass options to it.
707.SS "Driver Options"
708The known driver options are:
709.TP
710.B fd
711The file descriptor to write to. If this is not specified then the driver
712looks like the environment variable \fBDISORDER_RAW_FD\fR. If that is not set
713then the default is 1 (i.e. standard output).
714.TP
715.B fragile
716If this is set to a nonzero value then the driver will call \fB_exit\fR(2) if a
717write to the output file descriptor fails. This is a workaround for buggy
718players such as \fBogg123\fR that ignore write errors.
719.SH "WEB TEMPLATES"
720When \fBdisorder.cgi\fR wants to generate a page for an action it searches the
721directories specified with \fBtemplates\fR for a matching file. It is
722suggested that you leave the distributed templates unchanged and put
723any customisations in an earlier entry in the template path.
724.PP
725The supplied templates are:
726.TP
727.B about.html
728Display information about DisOrder.
729.TP
730.B choose.html
731Navigates through the track database to choose a track to play. The
732\fBdir\fR argument gives the directory to look in; if it is missing
733then the root directory is used.
734.TP
735.B choosealpha.html
736Provides a front end to \fBchoose.html\fR which allows subsets of the top level
737directories to be selected by initial letter.
738.TP
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739.B new.html
740Lists newly added tracks.
741.TP
460b9539 742.B playing.html
743The "front page", which usually shows the currently playing tracks and
744the queue.
745Gets an HTTP \fBRefresh\fR header.
746.IP
747If the \fBmgmt\fR CGI argument is set to \fBtrue\fR then we include extra
748buttons for moving tracks up and down in the queue. There is some logic in
749\fBdisorder.cgi\fR to ensure that \fBmgmt=true\fR is preserved across refreshes
750and redirects back into itself, but URLs embedded in web pages must include it
751explicitly.
752.TP
753.B prefs.html
754Views preferences. If the \fBfile\fR, \fBname\fR and \fBvalue\fR arguments are
755all set then that preference is modified; if \fBfile\fR and \fBname\fR are set
756but not \fBvalue\fR then the preference is deleted.
757.TP
758.B recent.html
759Lists recently played tracks.
760.TP
761.B search.html
762Presents search results.
763.TP
764.B volume.html
765Primitive volume control.
766.PP
767Additionally, other standard files are included by these:
768.TP
769.B credits.html
770Included at the end of the main content \fB<DIV>\fR element.
771.TP
d5b6ffd7 772.B topbar.html
e12da4d9 773Included at the start of the \fB<BODY>\fR element.
774.TP
775.B topbarend.html
776Included at the end of the \fB<BODY>\fR element.
460b9539 777.TP
778.B stdhead.html
779Included in the \fB<HEAD>\fR element.
780.TP
781.B stylesheet.html
782Contains the default DisOrder stylesheet. You can override this by editing the
783CSS or by replacing it all with a \fB<LINK>\fR to an external stylesheet.
784.PP
785Templates are ASCII files containing HTML documents, with an expansion
786syntax to enable data supplied by the implementation to be inserted.
787.PP
788If you want to use characters outside the ASCII range, use either the
789appropriate HTML entity, e.g. \fB&eacute;\fR, or an SGML numeric
790character reference, e.g. \fB&#253;\fR. Use \fB&#64;\fR to insert a
791literal \fB@\fR without falling foul of the expansion syntax.
792.SS "Expansion Syntax"
793Expansions are surrounded by at ("@") symbols take the form of a keyword
794followed by zero or more arguments. Arguments may either be quoted by curly
795brackets ("{" and "}") or separated by colons (":"). Both kinds may be mixed
796in a single expansion, though doing so seems likely to cause confusion.
797The descriptions below contain suggested forms for each
798expansion.
799.PP
800Leading and trailing whitespace in unquoted arguments is ignored, as is
801whitespace (including newlines) following a close bracket ("}").
802.PP
803Arguments are recursively expanded before being interpreted, except for
804\fITEMPLATE\fR arguments. These are expanded (possibly more than once) to
805produce the final expansion.
806(More than once means the same argument being expanded more than once
807for different tracks or whatever, not the result of the first
808expansion itself being re-expanded.)
809.PP
810Strings constructed by expansions (i.e. not literally copied from the template
811text) are SGML-quoted: any character which does not stand for itself in #PCDATA
812or a quoted attribute value is replaced by the appropriate numeric character
813reference.
814.PP
815The exception to this is that such strings are \fInot\fR quoted when they are
816generated in the expansion of a parameter.
817.PP
818In the descriptions below, the current track means the one set by
819\fB@playing@\fR, \fB@recent@\fR or \fB@queue@\fR, not the one that is playing.
820If none of these expansions are in force then there is no current track.
821\fIBOOL\fR should always be either \fBtrue\fR or \fBfalse\fR.
822.SS "Expansions"
823The following expansion keywords are defined:
824.TP
825.B @#{\fICOMMENT\fB}@
826Ignored.
827.TP
828.B @action@
829The current action. This reports
830.B manage
831if the action is really
832.B playing
833but
834.B mgmt=true
835was set.
836.TP
837.B @and{\fIBOOL\fB}{\fIBOOL\fB}\fR...\fB@
838If there are no arguments, or all the arguments are \fBtrue\fB, then expands to
839\fBtrue\fR, otherwise to \fBfalse\fR.
840.TP
841.B @arg:\fINAME\fB@
25ca855b 842Expands to the value of CGI argument \fINAME\fR.
460b9539 843.TP
844.B @basename@
845The basename of the current directory component, in \fB@navigate@\fR.
846.TP
847.B @basename{\fIPATH\fB}@
848The base name part of \fIPATH\fR.
849.TP
850.B @choose{\fIWHAT\fB}{\fITEMPLATE\fB}@
851Expands \fITEMPLATE\fR repeatedly for each file or directory under
852\fB@arg:directory@\fR.
853\fIWHAT\fR should be either \fBfile\fR or \fBdirectory\fR.
854Use \fB@file@\fR to get the display name or filename of the file or
855directory.
856Usually used in \fBchoose.html\fR.
857.TP
858.B @dirname@
859The directory of the current directory component, in \fB@navigate@\fR.
860.TP
861.B @dirname{\fIPATH\fB}@
862The directory part of \fIPATH\fR.
863.TP
864.B @enabled@
865Expands to \fBtrue\fR if play is currently enabled, otherwise to \fBfalse\fR.
866.TP
867.B @eq{\fIA\fB}{\fIB\fB}
868Expands to \fBtrue\fR if \fIA\fR and \fIB\fR are identical, otherwise to
869\fBfalse\fR.
870.TP
871.B @file@
872Expands to the filename of the current file or directory, inside the template
873argument to \fBchoose\fR.
874.TP
875.B @files{\fITEMPLATE\fB}
40c30921 876Expands \fITEMPLATE\fR once for each file indicated by the \fBdirectory\fR CGI
460b9539 877arg if it is present, or otherwise for the list of files counted by \fBfiles\fR
878with names \fB0_file\fR, \fB1_file\fR etc.
879.TP
880.B @fullname@
881The full path of the current directory component, in \fB@navigate@\fR.
882.TP
883.B @id@
884The ID of the current track.
885.TP
886.B @if{\fIBOOL\fB}{\fITRUEPART\fB}{\fIFALSEPART\fB}@
887If \fIBOOL\fR expands to \fBtrue\fR then expands to \fITRUEPART\fR, otherwise
888to \fIFALSEPART\fR (which may be omitted).
889.TP
890.B @include:\fIPATH\fR@
891Include the named file as if it were a template file. If \fIPATH\fR
892starts with a \fB/\fR then it is used as-is; otherwise, ".html" is
893appended and the template path is searched.
894.TP
895.B @index@
896Expands to the index of the current file in \fB@queue@\fR, \fB@recent@\fR or
897\fB@files@\fR.
898.TP
899.B @isdirectories@
900Expands to \fBtrue\fR if there are any directories in \fB@arg:directory@\fR,
901otherwise to \fBfalse\fR.
902.TP
903.B @isfiles@
904Expands to \fBtrue\fR if there are any files in \fB@arg:directory@\fR,
905otherwise to \fBfalse\fR.
906.TP
907.B @isfirst@
908Expands to \fBtrue\fR if this is the first repetition of a \fITEMPLATE\fR
909argument in a loop (\fB@queue\fR or similar), otherwise to \fBfalse\fR.
910.TP
911.B @islast@
912Expands to \fBtrue\fR if this is the last repetition of a \fITEMPLATE\fR in a
913loop, otherwise to \fBfalse\fR.
914.TP
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915.B @isnew@
916Expands to \fBtrue\fR if the newly added tracks list has any tracks in it,
917otherwise to \fBfalse\fR.
918.TP
460b9539 919.B @isplaying@
920Expands to \fBtrue\fR if a track is playing, otherwise to \fBfalse\fR.
921.TP
922.B @isqueue@
923Expands to \fBtrue\fR if there are any tracks in the queue, otherwise to
924\fBfalse\fR.
925.TP
926.B @isrecent@
927Expands to \fBtrue\fR if the recently played list has any tracks in it,
928otherwise to \fBfalse\fR.
929.TP
930.B @label:\fINAME\fR\fB@
931Expands to the value of label \fINAME\fR. See the shipped \fIoptions.labels\fR
932file for full documentation of the labels used by the standard templates.
933.TP
934.B @length@
935Expands to the length of the current track.
936.TP
938d8157 937.B @movable@
938Expands to \fBtrue\fR if the current track is movable, otherwise to
939\fBfalse\fR.
940.TP
460b9539 941.B @navigate{\fIDIRECTORY\fB}{\fITEMPLATE\fB}
942Expands \fITEMPLATE\fR for each component of \fIDIRECTORY\fR in turn.
943Use \fB@dirname\fR and \fB@basename@\fR to get the components of the path to
944each component.
945Usually used in \fBchoose.html\fR.
946.TP
947.B @ne{\fIA\fB}{\fIB\fB}
948Expands to \fBtrue\fR if \fIA\fR and \fIB\fR differ, otherwise to \fBfalse\fR.
949.TP
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950.B @new{\fITEMPLATE\fB}
951Expands \fITEMPLATE\fR for each track in the newly added tracks list, starting
952with the most recent. Used in \fBnew.html\fR.
953.TP
460b9539 954.B @nfiles@
955Expands to the number of files from \fB@files\fR (above).
956.TP
957.B @nonce@
958Expands to a string including the time and process ID, intended to be
959unique across invocations.
960.TP
961.B @not{\fIBOOL\fB}@
962Expands to \fBfalse\fR if \fIBOOL\fR is \fBtrue\fR, otherwise to
963\fBfalse\fR.
964.TP
965.B @or{\fIBOOL\fB}{\fIBOOL\fB}\fR...\fB@
966If at least one argument is \fBtrue\fB, then expands to \fBtrue\fR, otherwise
967to \fBfalse\fR.
968.TP
969.B @parity@
970Expands to \fBeven\fR or \fBodd\fR depending on whether the current track is at
971an even or odd position in \fB@queue@\fR, \fB@recent@\fR or \fB@files@\fR.
972.TP
973.B @part{\fICONTEXT\fB}{\fIPART\fB}@
974Expands to track name part \fIPART\fR using context \fICONTEXT\fR for the
61507e3c 975current track. The context may be omitted and defaults
460b9539 976to \fBdisplay\fR.
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977.IP
978The special context \fBshort\fR is equivalent to \fBdisplay\fR but limited to
979the \fBshort_display\fR limit.
460b9539 980.TP
981.B @part{\fICONTEXT\fB}{\fIPART\fB}{\fITRACK\fB}@
982Expands to track name part \fIPART\fR using context \fICONTEXT\fR for
983\fITRACK\fR. In this usage the context may not be omitted.
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984.IP
985The special context \fBshort\fR is equivalent to \fBdisplay\fR but limited to
986the \fBshort_display\fR limit.
460b9539 987.TP
988.B @paused@
989Expands to \fBtrue\fR if the current track is paused, else \fBfalse\fR.
990.TP
991.B @playing{\fITEMPLATE\fB}@
992Expands \fITEMPLATE\fR using the playing track as the current track.
993.TP
994.B @pref{\fITRACK\fB}{\fIKEY\fB}@
995Expand to the track preference, or the empty string if it is not set.
996.TP
997.B @prefname@
998Expands to the name of the current preference, in the template
999argument of \fB@prefs@\fR.
1000.TP
1001.B @prefs{\fIFILE\fB}{\fITEMPLATE\fB}@
1002Expands \fITEMPLATE\fR repeatedly, for each preference of track
1003\fIFILE\fR.
1004Use \fB@prefname@\fR and \fB@prefvalue@\fR to get the name and value.
1005.TP
1006.B @prefvalue@
1007Expands to the value of the current preference, in the template
1008argument of \fB@prefs@\fR.
1009.TP
1010.B @queue{\fITEMPLATE\fB}@
1011Expands \fITEMPLATE\fR repeatedly using the each track on the queue in turn as
1012the current track. The track at the head of the queue comes first.
1013.TP
1014.B @random-enabled@
1015Expands to \fBtrue\fR if random play is currently enabled, otherwise to
1016\fBfalse\fR.
1017.TP
1018.B @recent{\fITEMPLATE\fB}@
1019Expands \fITEMPLATE\fR repeatedly using the each recently played track in turn
1020as the current track. The most recently played track comes first.
1021.TP
938d8157 1022.B @removable@
1023Expands to \fBtrue\fR if the current track is removable, otherwise to
1024\fBfalse\fR.
1025.TP
460b9539 1026.B @resolve{\fITRACK\fB}@
1027Resolve aliases for \fITRACK\fR and expands to the result.
1028.TP
938d8157 1029.B @right{\fIRIGHT\fB}@
1030Exapnds to \fBtrue\fR if the user has right \fIRIGHT\fR, otherwise to
1031\fBfalse\fR.
1032.TP
1033.B @right{\fIRIGHT\fB}{\fITRUEPART\fB}{\fIFALSEPART\fB}@
1034Expands to \fITRUEPART\fR if the user right \fIRIGHT\fR, otherwise to
1035\fIFALSEPART\fR (which may be omitted).
1036.TP
1037.B @scratchable@
1038Expands to \fBtrue\fR if the currently playing track is scratchable, otherwise
1039to \fBfalse\fR.
1040.TP
460b9539 1041.B @search{\fIPART\fB}\fR[\fB{\fICONTEXT\fB}\fR]\fB{\fITEMPLATE\fB}@
1042Expands \fITEMPLATE\fR once for each group of search results that have
1043a common value of track part \fIPART\fR.
1044The groups are sorted by the value of the part.
1045.IP
1046.B @part@
1047and
1048.B @file@
1049within the template will apply to one of the tracks in the group.
1050.IP
1051If \fICONTEXT\fR is specified it should be either \fBsort\fR or \fBdisplay\fR,
1052and determines the context for \fIPART\fR. The default is \fBsort\fR. Usually
1053you want \fBdisplay\fR for everything except the title and \fBsort\fR for the
1054title. If you use \fBsort\fR for artist and album then you are likely to get
1055strange effects.
1056.TP
1057.B @server-version@
1058Expands to the server's version string.
1059.TP
1060.B @shell{\fICOMMAND\fB}@
1061Expands to the output of \fICOMMAND\fR executed via the shell. \fBsh\fR is
1062searched for using \fBPATH\fR. If the command fails then this is logged but
1063otherwise ignored.
1064.TP
1065.B @state@
1066In \fB@queue@\fR and \fB@recent@\fR, expands to the state of the current
1067track. Otherwise the empty string. Known states are:
1068.RS
1069.TP 12
1070.B failed
1071The player terminated with nonzero status, but not because the track was
1072scratched.
1073.TP
1074.B isscratch
1075A scratch, in the queue.
1076.TP
1077.B no_player
1078No player could be found.
1079.TP
1080.B ok
1081Played successfully.
1082.TP
1083.B random
1084A randomly chosen track, in the queue.
1085.TP
1086.B scratched
1087This track was scratched.
1088.TP
1089.B unplayed
1090An explicitly queued track, in the queue.
1091.RE
1092.IP
1093Some additional states only apply to playing tracks, so will never be seen in
1094the queue or recently-played list:
1095.RS
1096.TP 12
1097.B paused
1098The track has been paused.
1099.TP
1100.B quitting
1101Interrupted because the server is shutting down.
1102.TP
1103.B started
1104This track is currently playing.
1105.RE
1106.TP
1107.B @stats@
1108Expands to the server statistics.
1109.TP
1110.B @thisurl@
1111Expands to the URL of the current page. Typically used in
1112.B back
1113arguments. If there is a
1114.B nonce
1115argument then it is changed to a fresh value.
1116.TP
1117.B @track@
1118The current track.
1119.TP
1120.B @trackstate{\fIPATH\fB}@
1121Expands to the current track state: \fBplaying\fR if the track is actually
1122playing now, \fBqueued\fR if it is queued or the empty string otherwise.
1123.TP
1124.B @transform{\fIPATH\fB}{\fITYPE\fB}{\fICONTEXT\fB}@
1125Transform a path according to \fBtransform\fR (see above).
1126\fIPATH\fR should be a raw filename (of a track or directory).
1127\fITYPE\fR should be the transform type (e.g. \fItrack\fR or \fIdir\fR).
1128\fICONTEXT\fR should be the context, and can be omitted (the default
1129is \fBdisplay\fR).
1130.TP
1131.B @url@
1132Expands to the canonical URL as defined in \fIpkgconfdir/config\fR.
1133.TP
1134.B @urlquote{\fISTRING\fB}@
1135URL-quote \fISTRING\fR.
1136.TP
fdf98378 1137.B @user@
1138The current username. This will be "guest" if nobody is logged in.
1139.TP
460b9539 1140.B @version@
1141Expands to \fBdisorder.cgi\fR's version string.
1142.TP
1143.B @volume:\fISPEAKER\fB@
40c30921 1144The volume on the left or right speaker. \fISPEAKER\fR must be \fBleft\fR or
460b9539 1145\fBright\fR.
1146.TP
1147.B @when@
1148When the current track was played (or when it is expected to be played, if it
1149has not been played yet)
1150.TP
1151.B @who@
1152Who submitted the current track.
1153.SH "WEB OPTIONS"
1154This is a file called \fIoptions\fR, searched for in the same manner
1155as templates. It includes numerous options for the control of the web
1156interface. The general syntax is the same as the main configuration
1157file, except that it should be encoded using UTF-8 (though this might
1158change to the current locale's character encoding; stick to ASCII to
1159be safe).
1160.PP
1161The shipped \fIoptions\fR file includes four standard options files.
1162In order, they are:
1163.TP
1164.I options.labels
1165The default labels file. You wouldn't normally edit this directly - instead
1166supply your own commands in \fIoptions.user\fR. Have a look at the shipped
1167version of the file for documentation of labels used by the standard templates.
1168.TP
1169.I options.user
1170A user options file. Here you should put any overrides for the default
1171labels and any extra labels required by your modified templates.
1172.PP
1173Valid directives are:
1174.TP
1175.B columns \fINAME\fR \fIHEADING\fR...
1176Defines the columns used in \fB@playing@\fR and \fB@recent@\fB. \fINAME\fR
1177must be either \fBplaying\fR, \fBrecent\fR or \fBsearch\fR.
1178\fIHEADING\fR... is a list of
1179heading names. If a column is defined more than once then the last definitions
1180is used.
1181.IP
1182The heading names \fBbutton\fR, \fBlength\fR, \fBwhen\fR and \fBwho\fR
1183are built in.
1184.TP
1185.B include \fIPATH\fR
1186Includes another file. If \fIPATH\fR starts with a \fB/\fR then it is
1187taken as is, otherwise it is searched for in the template path.
1188.TP
1189.B label \fINAME\fR \fIVALUE\fR
1190Define a label. If a label is defined more than once then the last definition
1191is used.
1192.SS Labels
1193Some labels are defined inside \fBdisorder.cgi\fR and others by the
1194default templates. You can define your own labels and use them inside
1195a template.
1196.PP
1197When an undefined label is expanded, if it has a dot in its name then
1198the part after the final dot is used as its value. Otherwise the
1199whole name is used as the value.
1200.PP
1201Labels are no longer documented here, see the shipped \fIoptions.labels\fR file
1202instead.
1203.SH "REGEXP SUBSTITUTION RULES"
1204Regexps are PCRE regexps, as defined in \fBpcrepattern\fR(3). The
1205only option used is \fBPCRE_UTF8\fR. Remember that the configuration
1206file syntax means you have to escape backslashes and quotes inside
1207quoted strings.
1208.PP
1209In a \fISUBST\fR string the following sequences are interpreted
1210specially:
1211.TP
1212.B $1 \fR... \fB$9
1213These expand to the first to ninth bracketed subexpression.
1214.TP
1215.B $&
1216This expands to the matched part of the subject string.
1217.TP
1218.B $$
1219This expands to a single \fB$\fR symbol.
1220.PP
1221All other pairs starting with \fB$\fR are undefined (and might be used
1222for something else in the future, so don't rely on the current
1223behaviour.)
1224.PP
1225If \fBi\fR is present in \fIREFLAGS\fR then the match is case-independent. If
1226\fBg\fR is present then all matches are replaced, otherwise only the first
1227match is replaced.
1228.SH "ACTIONS"
1229What the web interface actually does is terminated by the \fBaction\fR CGI
1230argument. The values listed below are supported.
1231.PP
1232Except as specified, all actions redirect back to the \fBplaying.html\fR
1233template unless the \fBback\fR argument is present, in which case the URL it
1234gives is used instead.
1235.PP
1236Redirection to \fBplaying.html\fR preserves \fBmgmt=true\fR if it is present.
1237.TP 8
1238.B "move"
1239Move track \fBid\fR by offset \fBdelta\fR.
1240.TP
1241.B "play"
1242Play track \fBfile\fR, or if that is missing then play all the tracks in
1243\fBdirectory\fR.
1244.TP
1245.B "playing"
1246Don't change any state, but instead compute a suitable refresh time and include
1247that in an HTTP header. Expands the \fBplaying.html\fR template rather than
1248redirecting.
1249.IP
1250This is the default if \fBaction\fR is missing.
1251.TP
1252.B "random-disable"
1253Disables random play.
1254.TP
1255.B "random-enable"
1256Enables random play.
1257.TP
1258.B "disable"
1259Disables play completely.
1260.TP
1261.B "enable"
1262Enables play.
1263.TP
1264.B "pause"
1265Pauses the current track.
1266.TP
1267.B "remove"
1268Remove track \fBid\fR.
1269.TP
1270.B "resume"
1271Resumes play after a pause.
1272.TP
1273.B "scratch"
1274Scratch the playing track. If \fBid\fR is present it must match the playing
1275track.
1276.TP
1277.B "volume"
1278Change the volume by \fBdelta\fR, or if that is missing then set it to the
1279values of \fBleft\fR and \fBright\fR. Expands to the \fBvolume.html\fR template
1280rather than redirecting.
1281.TP
1282.B "prefs"
1283Adjust preferences from the \fBprefs.html\fR template (which it then expands
1284rather than redirecting).
1285.IP
1286If
1287.B parts
1288is set then the cooked interface is assumed. The value of
1289.B parts
1290is used to determine which trackname preferences are set. By default the
1291.B display
1292context is adjusted but this can be overridden with the
1293.B context
1294argument. Also the
1295.B random
1296argument is checked; if it is set then random play is enabled for that track,
1297otherwise it is disabled.
1298.IP
1299Otherwise if the
1300.B name
1301and
1302.B value
1303arguments are set then they are used to set a single preference.
1304.IP
1305Otherwise if just the
1306.B name
1307argument is set then that preference is deleted.
1308.IP
1309It is recommended that links to the \fBprefs\fR action use \fB@resolve@\fR to
1310enure that the real track name is always used. Otherwise if the preferences
1311page is used to adjust a trackname_ preference, the alias may change, leading
1312to the URL going stale.
1313.TP
1314.B "error"
1315This action is generated automatically when an error occurs connecting to the
1316server. The \fBerror\fR label is set to an indication of what the error is.
1317.SH "TRACK NAME PARTS"
1318The traditional track name parts are \fBartist\fR, \fBalbum\fR and \fBtitle\fR,
1319with the obvious intended meaning. These are controlled by configuration and
1320by \fBtrackname_\fR preferences.
1321.PP
1322In addition there are two built-in parts, \fBpath\fR which is the whole path
1323name and \fBext\fR which is the filename extension, including the initial dot
1324(or the empty string if there is not extension).
1325.SH "SEE ALSO"
77cfc7a2 1326\fBdisorder\fR(1), \fBsox\fR(1), \fBdisorderd\fR(8), \fBdisorder-dump\fR(8),
460b9539 1327\fBpcrepattern\fR(3)
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