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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 .
120.TP
121.B plugin \fIPATH\fR
122Adds a directory to the plugin path. (This is also used by the web
123interface.)
124.IP
125Plugins are opened the first time they are required and never after,
126so after changing a plugin you must restart the server before it is
127guaranteed to take effect.
128.SS "Server Configuration"
129.TP
130.B alias \fIPATTERN\fR
131Defines the pattern use construct virtual filenames from \fBtrackname_\fR
132preferences.
133.IP
134Most characters stand for themselves, the exception being \fB{\fR which is used
135to insert a track name part in the form \fB{\fIname\fB}\fR or
136\fB{/\fIname\fB}\fR.
137.IP
138The difference is that the first form just inserts the name part while the
139second prefixes it with a \fB/\fR if it is nonempty.
140.IP
141The pattern should not attempt to include the collection root, which is
142automatically included, but should include the proper extension.
143.IP
144The default is \fB{/artist}{/album}{/title}{ext}\fR.
145.TP
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146.B authorization_algorthm \fIALGORITHM\fR
147Defines the algorithm used to authenticate clients. The valid options
148are sha1 (the default), sha256, sha384 and sha512. See
149.BR disorder_protocol (5)
150for more details.
151.TP
30ad4dab 152.B broadcast \fIADDRESS\fR \fIPORT\fR
153Transmit sound data to \fIADDRESS\fR using UDP port \fIPORT\fR. This implies
29573477 154\fBspeaker_backend network\fR.
30ad4dab 155.TP
156.B broadcast_from \fIADDRESS\fR \fIPORT\fR
157Sets the (local) source address used by \fBbroadcast\fR.
158.TP
460b9539 159.B channel \fICHANNEL\fR
160The mixer channel that the volume control should use. Valid names depend on
161your operating system and hardware, but some standard ones that might be useful
162are:
163.RS
164.TP 8
165.B pcm
166Output level for the audio device. This is probably what you want.
167.TP
168.B speaker
169Output level for the PC speaker, if that is connected to the sound card.
170.TP
171.B pcm2
172Output level for alternative codec device.
173.TP
174.B vol
175Master output level. The OSS documentation recommends against using this, as
176it affects all output devices.
177.RE
178.IP
179You can also specify channels by number, if you know the right value.
180.TP
181.B collection \fIMODULE\fR \fIENCODING\fR \fIROOT\fR
182Define a collection of tracks.
183.IP
184\fIMODULE\fR defines which plugin module should be used for this
185collection. Use the supplied \fBfs\fR module for tracks that exists
186as ordinary files in the filesystem.
187.IP
188\fIENCODING\fR defines the encoding of filenames in this collection.
189For \fBfs\fR this would be the encoding you use for filenames.
190Examples might be \fBiso-8859-1\fR or \fButf-8\fR.
191.IP
192\fIROOT\fR is the root in the filesystem of the filenames and is
193passed to the plugin module.
194.TP
195.B device \fINAME\fR
196ALSA device to play raw-format audio. Default is \fBdefault\fR, i.e. to use
197the whatever the ALSA configured default is.
198.TP
199.B gap \fISECONDS\fR
200Specifies the number of seconds to leave between tracks. The default
201is 2.
202.TP
203.B history \fIINTEGER\fR
204Specifies the number of recently played tracks to remember (including
205failed tracks and scratches).
206.TP
207.B listen \fR[\fIHOST\fR] \fISERVICE\fR
208Listen for connections on the address specified by \fIHOST\fR and port
209specified by \fISERVICE\fR. If \fIHOST\fR is omitted then listens on all
210local addresses.
211.IP
212Normally the server only listens on a UNIX domain socket.
213.TP
214.B lock yes\fR|\fBno
215Determines whether the server locks against concurrent operation. Default is
216\fByes\fR.
217.TP
218.B mixer \fIPATH\fR
219The path to the mixer device, if you want access to the volume control,
220e.g. \fB/dev/mixer\fR.
221.TP
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222.B multicast_ttl \fIHOPS\fR
223Set the maximum number of hops to send multicast packets. This only applies is
224\fBspeaker_backend\fR is set to \fBnetwork\fR and \fBbroadcast\fR is actually a
225multicast address.
226.TP
460b9539 227.B namepart \fIPART\fR \fIREGEXP\fR \fISUBST\fR [\fICONTEXT\fR [\fIREFLAGS\fR]]
228Determines how to extract trackname part \fIPART\fR from a
229track name (with the collection root part removed).
230Used in \fB@recent@\fR, \fB@playing@\fR and \fB@search@\fR.
231.IP
232Track names can be different in different contexts. For instance the sort
233string might include an initial track number, but this would be stripped for
234the display string. \fICONTEXT\fR should be a glob pattern matching the
235contexts in which this directive will be used.
236.IP
237Valid contexts are \fBsort\fR and \fBdisplay\fR.
238.IP
239All the \fBnamepart\fR directives are considered in order. The
240first directive for the right part, that matches the desired context,
241and with a \fIREGEXP\fR that
242matches the track is used, and the value chosen is constructed from
243\fISUBST\fR according to the substitution rules below.
244.IP
245Note that searches use the raw track name and \fBtrackname_\fR preferences but
246not (currently) the results of \fBnamepart\fR, so generating words via this option
247that aren't in the original track name will lead to confusing results.
248.IP
249If you supply no \fBnamepart\fR directives at all then a default set will be
250supplied automatically. But if you supply even one then you must supply all of
251them. See the example config file for the defaults.
252.TP
253.B nice_rescan \fIPRIORITY\fR
254Set the recan subprocess priority. The default is 10.
255.IP
256(Note that higher values mean the process gets less CPU time; UNIX priority
04e42396 257values are backwards.)
460b9539 258.TP
259.B nice_server \fIPRIORITY\fR
260Set the server priority. This is applied to the server at startup time (and
261not when you reload configuration). The server does not use much CPU itself
262but this value is inherited by programs it executes. If you have limited CPU
263then it might help to set this to a small negative value. The default is 0.
264.TP
265.B nice_speaker \fIPRIORITY\fR
266Set the speaker process priority. This is applied to the speaker process at
267startup time (and not when you reload the configuration). The speaker process
268is not massively CPU intensive by today's standards but depends on reasonably
269timely scheduling. If you have limited CPU then it might help to set this to a
270small negative value. The default is 0.
271.TP
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272.B noticed_history
273The maximum days that a track can survive in the database of newly added
274tracks. The default is 31.
275.TP
460b9539 276.B player \fIPATTERN\fR \fIMODULE\fR [\fIOPTIONS.. [\fB--\fR]] \fIARGS\fR...
277Specifies the player for files matching the glob \fIPATTERN\fR. \fIMODULE\fR
278specifies which plugin module to use.
279.IP
280The following options are supported:
281.RS
282.TP
283.B --wait-for-device\fR[\fB=\fIDEVICE\fR]
284Waits (for up to a couple of seconds) for the default, or specified, libao
285device to become openable.
286.TP
287.B --
288Defines the end of the list of options. Needed if the first argument to the
289plugin starts with a "-".
290.RE
291.IP
292The following are the standard modules:
293.RS
294.TP
295.B exec \fICOMMAND\fR \fIARGS\fR...
296The command is executed via \fBexecvp\fR(3), not via the shell.
297The \fBPATH\fR environment variable is searched for the executable if it is not
298an absolute path.
299The command is expected to know how to open its own sound device.
300.TP
301.B execraw \fICOMMAND\fR \fIARGS\fR...
302Identical to the \fBexec\fR except that the player is expected to use the
ce6c36be 303DisOrder raw player protocol.
304.BR disorder-decode (8)
305can decode several common audio file formats to this format. If your favourite
306format is not supported, but you have a player which uses libao, there is also
307a libao driver which supports this format; see below for more information about
308this.
460b9539 309.TP
310.B shell \fR[\fISHELL\fR] \fICOMMAND\fR
311The command is executed using the shell. If \fISHELL\fR is specified then that
312is used, otherwise \fBsh\fR will be used. In either case the \fBPATH\fR
313environment variable is searched for the shell executable if it is not an
314absolute path. The track name is stored in the environment variable
315\fBTRACK\fR.
316.IP
317Be careful of the interaction between the configuration file quoting rules and
318the shell quoting rules.
319.RE
320.IP
321If multiple player commands match a track then the first match is used.
322.TP
323.B prefsync \fISECONDS\fR
324The interval at which the preferences log file will be synchronised. Defaults
325to 3600, i.e. one hour.
326.TP
459d4402 327.B queue_pad \fICOUNT\fR
328The target size of the queue. If random play is enabled then randomly picked
329tracks will be added until the queue is at least this big.
330.TP
405fea4e 331.B sample_format \fIBITS\fB/\fIRATE\fB/\fICHANNELS
332Describes the sample format expected by the \fBspeaker_command\fR (below). The
333components of the format specification are as follows:
334.RS
335.TP 10
336.I BITS
337The number of bits per sample. Optionally, may be suffixed by \fBb\fR or
338\fBl\fR for big-endian and little-endian words. If neither is used the native
339byte order is assumed.
340.TP
341.I RATE
342The number of samples per second.
343.TP
344.I CHANNELS
345The number of channels.
346.PP
347The default is
348.BR 16/44100/2 .
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349.PP
350With the
351.B network
352backend the sample format is forced to
e99d42b1 353.B 16b/44100/2
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354and with the
355.B coreaudio
356backend it is forced to
357.BR 16/44100/2 ,
358in both cases regardless of what is specified in the configuration file.
405fea4e 359.RE
360.TP
460b9539 361.B signal \fINAME\fR
362Defines the signal to be sent to track player process groups when tracks are
363scratched. The default is \fBSIGKILL\fR.
364.IP
365Signals are specified by their full C name, i.e. \fBSIGINT\fR and not \fBINT\fR
366or \fBInterrupted\fR or whatever.
367.TP
29573477 368.B speaker_backend \fINAME\fR
369Selects the backend use by the speaker process. The following options are
370available:
371.RS
372.TP
373.B alsa
374Use the ALSA API. This is only available on Linux systems, on which it is the
375default.
376.TP
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377.B coreaudio
378Use Apple Core Audio. This only available on OS X systems, on which it is the
379default.
380.TP
e99d42b1 381.B oss
382Use the OSS (/dev/dsp) API. Not available on all platforms. Not well
383maintained at the moment.
384.TP
29573477 385.B command
386Execute a command. This is the default if
387.B speaker_command
937be4c0 388is specified, or if no native is available.
29573477 389.TP
390.B network
391Transmit audio over the network. This is the default if
803f6e52 392\fBbroadcast\fR is specified. You can use
393.BR disorder-playrtp (1)
394to receive and play the resulting stream on Linux and OS X.
29573477 395.RE
396.TP
5330d674 397.B sox_generation \fB0\fR|\fB1
398Determines whether calls to \fBsox\fR(1) should use \fB-b\fR, \fB-x\fR, etc (if
399the generation is 0) or \fB-\fIbits\fR, \fB-L\fR etc (if it is 1). The default
400is 0.
401.TP
405fea4e 402.B speaker_command \fICOMMAND
403Causes the speaker subprocess to pipe audio data into shell command
404\fICOMMAND\fR, rather than writing to a local sound card. The sample format is
405determine by
406.B sample_format
407above.
77cfc7a2 408.IP
409Note that if the sample format is wrong then
410.BR sox (1)
411is invoked to translate it. If
412.B sox
413is not installed then this will not work.
405fea4e 414.TP
460b9539 415.B restrict \fR[\fBscratch\fR] [\fBremove\fR] [\fBmove\fR]
416Determine which operations are restricted to the submitter of a
417track. By default, no operations are restricted, i.e. anyone can
418scratch or remove anything.
419.IP
420If \fBrestrict scratch\fR or \fBrestrict remove\fR are set then only the user
421that submitted a track can scratch or remove it, respectively.
422.IP
423If \fBrestrict move\fR is set then only trusted users can move tracks around in
424the queue.
425.IP
426If \fBrestrict\fR is used more than once then only the final use has any
427effect.
428.TP
429.B scratch \fIPATH\fR
430Specifies a scratch. When a track is scratched, a scratch track is
431played at random.
432Scratches are played using the same logic as other tracks.
433.IP
434At least for the time being, path names of scratches must be encoded using
435UTF-8 (which means that ASCII will do).
436.TP
437.B stopword \fIWORD\fR ...
438Specifies one or more stopwords that should not take part in searches
439over track names.
440.SS "Client Configuration"
441.TP
ccf0aafa 442.B connect \fIHOST SERVICE\fR
460b9539 443Connect to the address specified by \fIHOST\fR and port specified by
ccf0aafa 444\fISERVICE\fR.
460b9539 445.SS "Web Interface Configuration"
446.TP
447.B refresh \fISECONDS\fR
448Specifies the maximum refresh period in seconds. Default 15.
449.TP
450.B templates \fIPATH\fR ...
451Specifies the directory containing templates used by the web
452interface. If a template appears in more than one template directory
453then the one in the earliest directory specified is chosen.
454.IP
455See below for further details.
456.TP
457.B transform \fITYPE\fR \fIREGEXP\fR \fISUBST\fR [\fICONTEXT\fR [\fIREFLAGS\fR]]
458Determines how names are sorted and displayed in track choice displays.
459.IP
460\fITYPE\fR is the type of transformation; usually \fBtrack\fR or
461\fBdir\fR but you can define your own.
462.IP
463\fICONTEXT\fR is a glob pattern matching the context. Standard contexts are
464\fBsort\fR (which determines how directory names are sorted) and \fBdisplay\fR
465(which determines how they are displayed). Again, you can define your
466own.
467.IP
468All the \fBtransform\fR directives are considered in order. If
469the \fITYPE\fR, \fIREGEXP\fR and the \fICONTEXT\fR match
470then a new track name is constructed from
471\fISUBST\fR according to the substitution rules below. If several
472match then each is executed in order.
473.IP
474If you supply no \fBtransform\fR directives at all then a default set will be
475supplied automatically. But if you supply even one then you must supply all of
476them. See the example config file for the defaults.
477.TP
478.B url \fIURL\fR
479Specifies the URL of the web interface. This URL will be used in
480generated web pages.
481.IP
482This must be the full URL, e.g. \fBhttp://myhost/cgi-bin/jukebox\fR and not
483\fB/cgi-bin/jukebox\fR.
484.SS "Authentication Configuration"
485.TP
486.B allow \fIUSERNAME\fR \fIPASSWORD\fR
487Specify a username/password pair.
488.TP
489.B password \fIPASSWORD\fR
490Specify password.
491.TP
492.B trust \fIUSERNAME\fR
493Allow \fIUSERNAME\fR to perform privileged operations such as shutting
494down or reconfiguring the daemon, or becoming another user.
495.TP
496.B user \fIUSER\fR
497Specifies the user to run as. Only makes sense if invoked as root (or
498the target user).
499.TP
500.B username \fIUSERNAME\fR
501Specify username. The default is taken from the environment variable
502\fBLOGNAME\fR.
503.PP
504Configuration files are read in the following order:
505.TP
506.I pkgconfdir/config
507.TP
508.I pkgconfdir/config.private
509Should be readable only by the jukebox group, and contain \fBallow\fR
510commands for authorised users.
511.TP
512.I pkgconfdir/config.\fRUSER
513Per-user system-controlled client configuration. Optional but if it
514exists must be readable only by the relevant user. Would normally
515contain a \fBpassword\fR directive.
516.TP
517.I ~\fRUSER\fI/.disorder/passwd
518Per-user client configuration. Optional but if it exists must be
519readable only by the relevant user. Would normally contain a
520\fBpassword\fR directive.
521.SH "GLOBAL PREFERENCES"
522These are the values set with \fBset-global\fR.
523.TP
524.B required-tags
525If this is set an nonempty then randomly played tracks will always have at
526least one of the listed tags.
527.IP
528Tags can contain any printing character except comma. Leading and trailing
529spaces are not significant but internal spaces are. Tags in a list are
530separated by commas.
531.TP
532.B prohibited-tags
533If this is set an nonempty then randomly played tracks will never have any of
534the listed tags.
535.TP
536.B playing
537If unset or \fByes\fR then play is enabled. Otherwise it is disabled. Use
538\fBdisable\fR rather than setting it directly.
539.TP
540.B random-play
541If unset or \fByes\fR then random play is enabled. Otherwise it is disabled.
542Use \fBdisable\fR rather than setting it directly.
543.SH "LIBAO DRIVER"
544.SS "Raw Protocol Players"
545Raw protocol players are expected to use the \fBdisorder\fR libao driver.
546Programs that use libao generally have command line options to select the
547driver and pass options to it.
548.SS "Driver Options"
549The known driver options are:
550.TP
551.B fd
552The file descriptor to write to. If this is not specified then the driver
553looks like the environment variable \fBDISORDER_RAW_FD\fR. If that is not set
554then the default is 1 (i.e. standard output).
555.TP
556.B fragile
557If this is set to a nonzero value then the driver will call \fB_exit\fR(2) if a
558write to the output file descriptor fails. This is a workaround for buggy
559players such as \fBogg123\fR that ignore write errors.
560.SH "WEB TEMPLATES"
561When \fBdisorder.cgi\fR wants to generate a page for an action it searches the
562directories specified with \fBtemplates\fR for a matching file. It is
563suggested that you leave the distributed templates unchanged and put
564any customisations in an earlier entry in the template path.
565.PP
566The supplied templates are:
567.TP
568.B about.html
569Display information about DisOrder.
570.TP
571.B choose.html
572Navigates through the track database to choose a track to play. The
573\fBdir\fR argument gives the directory to look in; if it is missing
574then the root directory is used.
575.TP
576.B choosealpha.html
577Provides a front end to \fBchoose.html\fR which allows subsets of the top level
578directories to be selected by initial letter.
579.TP
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580.B new.html
581Lists newly added tracks.
582.TP
460b9539 583.B playing.html
584The "front page", which usually shows the currently playing tracks and
585the queue.
586Gets an HTTP \fBRefresh\fR header.
587.IP
588If the \fBmgmt\fR CGI argument is set to \fBtrue\fR then we include extra
589buttons for moving tracks up and down in the queue. There is some logic in
590\fBdisorder.cgi\fR to ensure that \fBmgmt=true\fR is preserved across refreshes
591and redirects back into itself, but URLs embedded in web pages must include it
592explicitly.
593.TP
594.B prefs.html
595Views preferences. If the \fBfile\fR, \fBname\fR and \fBvalue\fR arguments are
596all set then that preference is modified; if \fBfile\fR and \fBname\fR are set
597but not \fBvalue\fR then the preference is deleted.
598.TP
599.B recent.html
600Lists recently played tracks.
601.TP
602.B search.html
603Presents search results.
604.TP
605.B volume.html
606Primitive volume control.
607.PP
608Additionally, other standard files are included by these:
609.TP
610.B credits.html
611Included at the end of the main content \fB<DIV>\fR element.
612.TP
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613.B topbar.html
614Included at the start of the \fB<BODY>\fR element. (This supplants
615\fBsidebar.html\fR, though the latter is still available; override label
616\fBmenu\fR to choose between them.)
460b9539 617.TP
618.B stdhead.html
619Included in the \fB<HEAD>\fR element.
620.TP
621.B stylesheet.html
622Contains the default DisOrder stylesheet. You can override this by editing the
623CSS or by replacing it all with a \fB<LINK>\fR to an external stylesheet.
624.PP
625Templates are ASCII files containing HTML documents, with an expansion
626syntax to enable data supplied by the implementation to be inserted.
627.PP
628If you want to use characters outside the ASCII range, use either the
629appropriate HTML entity, e.g. \fB&eacute;\fR, or an SGML numeric
630character reference, e.g. \fB&#253;\fR. Use \fB&#64;\fR to insert a
631literal \fB@\fR without falling foul of the expansion syntax.
632.SS "Expansion Syntax"
633Expansions are surrounded by at ("@") symbols take the form of a keyword
634followed by zero or more arguments. Arguments may either be quoted by curly
635brackets ("{" and "}") or separated by colons (":"). Both kinds may be mixed
636in a single expansion, though doing so seems likely to cause confusion.
637The descriptions below contain suggested forms for each
638expansion.
639.PP
640Leading and trailing whitespace in unquoted arguments is ignored, as is
641whitespace (including newlines) following a close bracket ("}").
642.PP
643Arguments are recursively expanded before being interpreted, except for
644\fITEMPLATE\fR arguments. These are expanded (possibly more than once) to
645produce the final expansion.
646(More than once means the same argument being expanded more than once
647for different tracks or whatever, not the result of the first
648expansion itself being re-expanded.)
649.PP
650Strings constructed by expansions (i.e. not literally copied from the template
651text) are SGML-quoted: any character which does not stand for itself in #PCDATA
652or a quoted attribute value is replaced by the appropriate numeric character
653reference.
654.PP
655The exception to this is that such strings are \fInot\fR quoted when they are
656generated in the expansion of a parameter.
657.PP
658In the descriptions below, the current track means the one set by
659\fB@playing@\fR, \fB@recent@\fR or \fB@queue@\fR, not the one that is playing.
660If none of these expansions are in force then there is no current track.
661\fIBOOL\fR should always be either \fBtrue\fR or \fBfalse\fR.
662.SS "Expansions"
663The following expansion keywords are defined:
664.TP
665.B @#{\fICOMMENT\fB}@
666Ignored.
667.TP
668.B @action@
669The current action. This reports
670.B manage
671if the action is really
672.B playing
673but
674.B mgmt=true
675was set.
676.TP
677.B @and{\fIBOOL\fB}{\fIBOOL\fB}\fR...\fB@
678If there are no arguments, or all the arguments are \fBtrue\fB, then expands to
679\fBtrue\fR, otherwise to \fBfalse\fR.
680.TP
681.B @arg:\fINAME\fB@
682Expands to the value of CGI script argument \fINAME\fR.
683.TP
684.B @basename@
685The basename of the current directory component, in \fB@navigate@\fR.
686.TP
687.B @basename{\fIPATH\fB}@
688The base name part of \fIPATH\fR.
689.TP
690.B @choose{\fIWHAT\fB}{\fITEMPLATE\fB}@
691Expands \fITEMPLATE\fR repeatedly for each file or directory under
692\fB@arg:directory@\fR.
693\fIWHAT\fR should be either \fBfile\fR or \fBdirectory\fR.
694Use \fB@file@\fR to get the display name or filename of the file or
695directory.
696Usually used in \fBchoose.html\fR.
697.TP
698.B @dirname@
699The directory of the current directory component, in \fB@navigate@\fR.
700.TP
701.B @dirname{\fIPATH\fB}@
702The directory part of \fIPATH\fR.
703.TP
704.B @enabled@
705Expands to \fBtrue\fR if play is currently enabled, otherwise to \fBfalse\fR.
706.TP
707.B @eq{\fIA\fB}{\fIB\fB}
708Expands to \fBtrue\fR if \fIA\fR and \fIB\fR are identical, otherwise to
709\fBfalse\fR.
710.TP
711.B @file@
712Expands to the filename of the current file or directory, inside the template
713argument to \fBchoose\fR.
714.TP
715.B @files{\fITEMPLATE\fB}
716Expands \fITEMPLATE\fB once for each file indicated by the \fBdirectory\fR CGI
717arg if it is present, or otherwise for the list of files counted by \fBfiles\fR
718with names \fB0_file\fR, \fB1_file\fR etc.
719.TP
720.B @fullname@
721The full path of the current directory component, in \fB@navigate@\fR.
722.TP
723.B @id@
724The ID of the current track.
725.TP
726.B @if{\fIBOOL\fB}{\fITRUEPART\fB}{\fIFALSEPART\fB}@
727If \fIBOOL\fR expands to \fBtrue\fR then expands to \fITRUEPART\fR, otherwise
728to \fIFALSEPART\fR (which may be omitted).
729.TP
730.B @include:\fIPATH\fR@
731Include the named file as if it were a template file. If \fIPATH\fR
732starts with a \fB/\fR then it is used as-is; otherwise, ".html" is
733appended and the template path is searched.
734.TP
735.B @index@
736Expands to the index of the current file in \fB@queue@\fR, \fB@recent@\fR or
737\fB@files@\fR.
738.TP
739.B @isdirectories@
740Expands to \fBtrue\fR if there are any directories in \fB@arg:directory@\fR,
741otherwise to \fBfalse\fR.
742.TP
743.B @isfiles@
744Expands to \fBtrue\fR if there are any files in \fB@arg:directory@\fR,
745otherwise to \fBfalse\fR.
746.TP
747.B @isfirst@
748Expands to \fBtrue\fR if this is the first repetition of a \fITEMPLATE\fR
749argument in a loop (\fB@queue\fR or similar), otherwise to \fBfalse\fR.
750.TP
751.B @islast@
752Expands to \fBtrue\fR if this is the last repetition of a \fITEMPLATE\fR in a
753loop, otherwise to \fBfalse\fR.
754.TP
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RK
755.B @isnew@
756Expands to \fBtrue\fR if the newly added tracks list has any tracks in it,
757otherwise to \fBfalse\fR.
758.TP
460b9539 759.B @isplaying@
760Expands to \fBtrue\fR if a track is playing, otherwise to \fBfalse\fR.
761.TP
762.B @isqueue@
763Expands to \fBtrue\fR if there are any tracks in the queue, otherwise to
764\fBfalse\fR.
765.TP
766.B @isrecent@
767Expands to \fBtrue\fR if the recently played list has any tracks in it,
768otherwise to \fBfalse\fR.
769.TP
770.B @label:\fINAME\fR\fB@
771Expands to the value of label \fINAME\fR. See the shipped \fIoptions.labels\fR
772file for full documentation of the labels used by the standard templates.
773.TP
774.B @length@
775Expands to the length of the current track.
776.TP
777.B @navigate{\fIDIRECTORY\fB}{\fITEMPLATE\fB}
778Expands \fITEMPLATE\fR for each component of \fIDIRECTORY\fR in turn.
779Use \fB@dirname\fR and \fB@basename@\fR to get the components of the path to
780each component.
781Usually used in \fBchoose.html\fR.
782.TP
783.B @ne{\fIA\fB}{\fIB\fB}
784Expands to \fBtrue\fR if \fIA\fR and \fIB\fR differ, otherwise to \fBfalse\fR.
785.TP
d5b6ffd7
RK
786.B @new{\fITEMPLATE\fB}
787Expands \fITEMPLATE\fR for each track in the newly added tracks list, starting
788with the most recent. Used in \fBnew.html\fR.
789.TP
460b9539 790.B @nfiles@
791Expands to the number of files from \fB@files\fR (above).
792.TP
793.B @nonce@
794Expands to a string including the time and process ID, intended to be
795unique across invocations.
796.TP
797.B @not{\fIBOOL\fB}@
798Expands to \fBfalse\fR if \fIBOOL\fR is \fBtrue\fR, otherwise to
799\fBfalse\fR.
800.TP
801.B @or{\fIBOOL\fB}{\fIBOOL\fB}\fR...\fB@
802If at least one argument is \fBtrue\fB, then expands to \fBtrue\fR, otherwise
803to \fBfalse\fR.
804.TP
805.B @parity@
806Expands to \fBeven\fR or \fBodd\fR depending on whether the current track is at
807an even or odd position in \fB@queue@\fR, \fB@recent@\fR or \fB@files@\fR.
808.TP
809.B @part{\fICONTEXT\fB}{\fIPART\fB}@
810Expands to track name part \fIPART\fR using context \fICONTEXT\fR for the
811current track. The context may be omitted (and normally would be) and defaults
812to \fBdisplay\fR.
813.TP
814.B @part{\fICONTEXT\fB}{\fIPART\fB}{\fITRACK\fB}@
815Expands to track name part \fIPART\fR using context \fICONTEXT\fR for
816\fITRACK\fR. In this usage the context may not be omitted.
817.TP
818.B @paused@
819Expands to \fBtrue\fR if the current track is paused, else \fBfalse\fR.
820.TP
821.B @playing{\fITEMPLATE\fB}@
822Expands \fITEMPLATE\fR using the playing track as the current track.
823.TP
824.B @pref{\fITRACK\fB}{\fIKEY\fB}@
825Expand to the track preference, or the empty string if it is not set.
826.TP
827.B @prefname@
828Expands to the name of the current preference, in the template
829argument of \fB@prefs@\fR.
830.TP
831.B @prefs{\fIFILE\fB}{\fITEMPLATE\fB}@
832Expands \fITEMPLATE\fR repeatedly, for each preference of track
833\fIFILE\fR.
834Use \fB@prefname@\fR and \fB@prefvalue@\fR to get the name and value.
835.TP
836.B @prefvalue@
837Expands to the value of the current preference, in the template
838argument of \fB@prefs@\fR.
839.TP
840.B @queue{\fITEMPLATE\fB}@
841Expands \fITEMPLATE\fR repeatedly using the each track on the queue in turn as
842the current track. The track at the head of the queue comes first.
843.TP
844.B @random-enabled@
845Expands to \fBtrue\fR if random play is currently enabled, otherwise to
846\fBfalse\fR.
847.TP
848.B @recent{\fITEMPLATE\fB}@
849Expands \fITEMPLATE\fR repeatedly using the each recently played track in turn
850as the current track. The most recently played track comes first.
851.TP
852.B @resolve{\fITRACK\fB}@
853Resolve aliases for \fITRACK\fR and expands to the result.
854.TP
855.B @search{\fIPART\fB}\fR[\fB{\fICONTEXT\fB}\fR]\fB{\fITEMPLATE\fB}@
856Expands \fITEMPLATE\fR once for each group of search results that have
857a common value of track part \fIPART\fR.
858The groups are sorted by the value of the part.
859.IP
860.B @part@
861and
862.B @file@
863within the template will apply to one of the tracks in the group.
864.IP
865If \fICONTEXT\fR is specified it should be either \fBsort\fR or \fBdisplay\fR,
866and determines the context for \fIPART\fR. The default is \fBsort\fR. Usually
867you want \fBdisplay\fR for everything except the title and \fBsort\fR for the
868title. If you use \fBsort\fR for artist and album then you are likely to get
869strange effects.
870.TP
871.B @server-version@
872Expands to the server's version string.
873.TP
874.B @shell{\fICOMMAND\fB}@
875Expands to the output of \fICOMMAND\fR executed via the shell. \fBsh\fR is
876searched for using \fBPATH\fR. If the command fails then this is logged but
877otherwise ignored.
878.TP
879.B @state@
880In \fB@queue@\fR and \fB@recent@\fR, expands to the state of the current
881track. Otherwise the empty string. Known states are:
882.RS
883.TP 12
884.B failed
885The player terminated with nonzero status, but not because the track was
886scratched.
887.TP
888.B isscratch
889A scratch, in the queue.
890.TP
891.B no_player
892No player could be found.
893.TP
894.B ok
895Played successfully.
896.TP
897.B random
898A randomly chosen track, in the queue.
899.TP
900.B scratched
901This track was scratched.
902.TP
903.B unplayed
904An explicitly queued track, in the queue.
905.RE
906.IP
907Some additional states only apply to playing tracks, so will never be seen in
908the queue or recently-played list:
909.RS
910.TP 12
911.B paused
912The track has been paused.
913.TP
914.B quitting
915Interrupted because the server is shutting down.
916.TP
917.B started
918This track is currently playing.
919.RE
920.TP
921.B @stats@
922Expands to the server statistics.
923.TP
924.B @thisurl@
925Expands to the URL of the current page. Typically used in
926.B back
927arguments. If there is a
928.B nonce
929argument then it is changed to a fresh value.
930.TP
931.B @track@
932The current track.
933.TP
934.B @trackstate{\fIPATH\fB}@
935Expands to the current track state: \fBplaying\fR if the track is actually
936playing now, \fBqueued\fR if it is queued or the empty string otherwise.
937.TP
938.B @transform{\fIPATH\fB}{\fITYPE\fB}{\fICONTEXT\fB}@
939Transform a path according to \fBtransform\fR (see above).
940\fIPATH\fR should be a raw filename (of a track or directory).
941\fITYPE\fR should be the transform type (e.g. \fItrack\fR or \fIdir\fR).
942\fICONTEXT\fR should be the context, and can be omitted (the default
943is \fBdisplay\fR).
944.TP
945.B @url@
946Expands to the canonical URL as defined in \fIpkgconfdir/config\fR.
947.TP
948.B @urlquote{\fISTRING\fB}@
949URL-quote \fISTRING\fR.
950.TP
951.B @version@
952Expands to \fBdisorder.cgi\fR's version string.
953.TP
954.B @volume:\fISPEAKER\fB@
955The volume on the left or right speaker. \fISPEAKER\fR must be \fBleft\fB or
956\fBright\fR.
957.TP
958.B @when@
959When the current track was played (or when it is expected to be played, if it
960has not been played yet)
961.TP
962.B @who@
963Who submitted the current track.
964.SH "WEB OPTIONS"
965This is a file called \fIoptions\fR, searched for in the same manner
966as templates. It includes numerous options for the control of the web
967interface. The general syntax is the same as the main configuration
968file, except that it should be encoded using UTF-8 (though this might
969change to the current locale's character encoding; stick to ASCII to
970be safe).
971.PP
972The shipped \fIoptions\fR file includes four standard options files.
973In order, they are:
974.TP
975.I options.labels
976The default labels file. You wouldn't normally edit this directly - instead
977supply your own commands in \fIoptions.user\fR. Have a look at the shipped
978version of the file for documentation of labels used by the standard templates.
979.TP
980.I options.user
981A user options file. Here you should put any overrides for the default
982labels and any extra labels required by your modified templates.
983.PP
984Valid directives are:
985.TP
986.B columns \fINAME\fR \fIHEADING\fR...
987Defines the columns used in \fB@playing@\fR and \fB@recent@\fB. \fINAME\fR
988must be either \fBplaying\fR, \fBrecent\fR or \fBsearch\fR.
989\fIHEADING\fR... is a list of
990heading names. If a column is defined more than once then the last definitions
991is used.
992.IP
993The heading names \fBbutton\fR, \fBlength\fR, \fBwhen\fR and \fBwho\fR
994are built in.
995.TP
996.B include \fIPATH\fR
997Includes another file. If \fIPATH\fR starts with a \fB/\fR then it is
998taken as is, otherwise it is searched for in the template path.
999.TP
1000.B label \fINAME\fR \fIVALUE\fR
1001Define a label. If a label is defined more than once then the last definition
1002is used.
1003.SS Labels
1004Some labels are defined inside \fBdisorder.cgi\fR and others by the
1005default templates. You can define your own labels and use them inside
1006a template.
1007.PP
1008When an undefined label is expanded, if it has a dot in its name then
1009the part after the final dot is used as its value. Otherwise the
1010whole name is used as the value.
1011.PP
1012Labels are no longer documented here, see the shipped \fIoptions.labels\fR file
1013instead.
1014.SH "REGEXP SUBSTITUTION RULES"
1015Regexps are PCRE regexps, as defined in \fBpcrepattern\fR(3). The
1016only option used is \fBPCRE_UTF8\fR. Remember that the configuration
1017file syntax means you have to escape backslashes and quotes inside
1018quoted strings.
1019.PP
1020In a \fISUBST\fR string the following sequences are interpreted
1021specially:
1022.TP
1023.B $1 \fR... \fB$9
1024These expand to the first to ninth bracketed subexpression.
1025.TP
1026.B $&
1027This expands to the matched part of the subject string.
1028.TP
1029.B $$
1030This expands to a single \fB$\fR symbol.
1031.PP
1032All other pairs starting with \fB$\fR are undefined (and might be used
1033for something else in the future, so don't rely on the current
1034behaviour.)
1035.PP
1036If \fBi\fR is present in \fIREFLAGS\fR then the match is case-independent. If
1037\fBg\fR is present then all matches are replaced, otherwise only the first
1038match is replaced.
1039.SH "ACTIONS"
1040What the web interface actually does is terminated by the \fBaction\fR CGI
1041argument. The values listed below are supported.
1042.PP
1043Except as specified, all actions redirect back to the \fBplaying.html\fR
1044template unless the \fBback\fR argument is present, in which case the URL it
1045gives is used instead.
1046.PP
1047Redirection to \fBplaying.html\fR preserves \fBmgmt=true\fR if it is present.
1048.TP 8
1049.B "move"
1050Move track \fBid\fR by offset \fBdelta\fR.
1051.TP
1052.B "play"
1053Play track \fBfile\fR, or if that is missing then play all the tracks in
1054\fBdirectory\fR.
1055.TP
1056.B "playing"
1057Don't change any state, but instead compute a suitable refresh time and include
1058that in an HTTP header. Expands the \fBplaying.html\fR template rather than
1059redirecting.
1060.IP
1061This is the default if \fBaction\fR is missing.
1062.TP
1063.B "random-disable"
1064Disables random play.
1065.TP
1066.B "random-enable"
1067Enables random play.
1068.TP
1069.B "disable"
1070Disables play completely.
1071.TP
1072.B "enable"
1073Enables play.
1074.TP
1075.B "pause"
1076Pauses the current track.
1077.TP
1078.B "remove"
1079Remove track \fBid\fR.
1080.TP
1081.B "resume"
1082Resumes play after a pause.
1083.TP
1084.B "scratch"
1085Scratch the playing track. If \fBid\fR is present it must match the playing
1086track.
1087.TP
1088.B "volume"
1089Change the volume by \fBdelta\fR, or if that is missing then set it to the
1090values of \fBleft\fR and \fBright\fR. Expands to the \fBvolume.html\fR template
1091rather than redirecting.
1092.TP
1093.B "prefs"
1094Adjust preferences from the \fBprefs.html\fR template (which it then expands
1095rather than redirecting).
1096.IP
1097If
1098.B parts
1099is set then the cooked interface is assumed. The value of
1100.B parts
1101is used to determine which trackname preferences are set. By default the
1102.B display
1103context is adjusted but this can be overridden with the
1104.B context
1105argument. Also the
1106.B random
1107argument is checked; if it is set then random play is enabled for that track,
1108otherwise it is disabled.
1109.IP
1110Otherwise if the
1111.B name
1112and
1113.B value
1114arguments are set then they are used to set a single preference.
1115.IP
1116Otherwise if just the
1117.B name
1118argument is set then that preference is deleted.
1119.IP
1120It is recommended that links to the \fBprefs\fR action use \fB@resolve@\fR to
1121enure that the real track name is always used. Otherwise if the preferences
1122page is used to adjust a trackname_ preference, the alias may change, leading
1123to the URL going stale.
1124.TP
1125.B "error"
1126This action is generated automatically when an error occurs connecting to the
1127server. The \fBerror\fR label is set to an indication of what the error is.
1128.SH "TRACK NAME PARTS"
1129The traditional track name parts are \fBartist\fR, \fBalbum\fR and \fBtitle\fR,
1130with the obvious intended meaning. These are controlled by configuration and
1131by \fBtrackname_\fR preferences.
1132.PP
1133In addition there are two built-in parts, \fBpath\fR which is the whole path
1134name and \fBext\fR which is the filename extension, including the initial dot
1135(or the empty string if there is not extension).
1136.SH "SEE ALSO"
77cfc7a2 1137\fBdisorder\fR(1), \fBsox\fR(1), \fBdisorderd\fR(8), \fBdisorder-dump\fR(8),
460b9539 1138\fBpcrepattern\fR(3)
1139.\" Local Variables:
1140.\" mode:nroff
1141.\" fill-column:79
1142.\" End: