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