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