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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 .
120The server will create this directory on startup if it does not exist.
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
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
153.B broadcast \fIADDRESS\fR \fIPORT\fR
154Transmit sound data to \fIADDRESS\fR using UDP port \fIPORT\fR. This implies
155\fBspeaker_backend network\fR.
156.TP
157.B broadcast_from \fIADDRESS\fR \fIPORT\fR
158Sets the (local) source address used by \fBbroadcast\fR.
159.TP
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
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
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
258values are backwards.)
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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 .
350.PP
351With the
352.B network
353backend the sample format is forced to
354.B 16b/44100/2
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.
360.RE
361.TP
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
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
378.B coreaudio
379Use Apple Core Audio. This only available on OS X systems, on which it is the
380default.
381.TP
382.B oss
383Use the OSS (/dev/dsp) API. Not available on all platforms. Not well
384maintained at the moment.
385.TP
386.B command
387Execute a command. This is the default if
388.B speaker_command
389is specified, or if no native is available.
390.TP
391.B network
392Transmit audio over the network. This is the default if
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.
396.RE
397.TP
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
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.
409.IP
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.
415.TP
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
443.B connect \fIHOST SERVICE\fR
444Connect to the address specified by \fIHOST\fR and port specified by
445\fISERVICE\fR.
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.
512.TP
513.I pkgconfdir/config.\fRUSER
514Per-user system-controlled client configuration. Optional but if it
515exists must be readable only by the relevant user. Would normally
516contain a \fBpassword\fR directive.
517.TP
518.I ~\fRUSER\fI/.disorder/passwd
519Per-user client configuration. Optional but if it exists must be
520readable only by the relevant user. Would normally contain a
521\fBpassword\fR directive.
522.SH "GLOBAL PREFERENCES"
523These are the values set with \fBset-global\fR.
524.TP
525.B required-tags
526If this is set an nonempty then randomly played tracks will always have at
527least one of the listed tags.
528.IP
529Tags can contain any printing character except comma. Leading and trailing
530spaces are not significant but internal spaces are. Tags in a list are
531separated by commas.
532.TP
533.B prohibited-tags
534If this is set an nonempty then randomly played tracks will never have any of
535the listed tags.
536.TP
537.B playing
538If unset or \fByes\fR then play is enabled. Otherwise it is disabled. Use
539\fBdisable\fR rather than setting it directly.
540.TP
541.B random-play
542If unset or \fByes\fR then random play is enabled. Otherwise it is disabled.
543Use \fBdisable\fR rather than setting it directly.
544.SH "LIBAO DRIVER"
545.SS "Raw Protocol Players"
546Raw protocol players are expected to use the \fBdisorder\fR libao driver.
547Programs that use libao generally have command line options to select the
548driver and pass options to it.
549.SS "Driver Options"
550The known driver options are:
551.TP
552.B fd
553The file descriptor to write to. If this is not specified then the driver
554looks like the environment variable \fBDISORDER_RAW_FD\fR. If that is not set
555then the default is 1 (i.e. standard output).
556.TP
557.B fragile
558If this is set to a nonzero value then the driver will call \fB_exit\fR(2) if a
559write to the output file descriptor fails. This is a workaround for buggy
560players such as \fBogg123\fR that ignore write errors.
561.SH "WEB TEMPLATES"
562When \fBdisorder.cgi\fR wants to generate a page for an action it searches the
563directories specified with \fBtemplates\fR for a matching file. It is
564suggested that you leave the distributed templates unchanged and put
565any customisations in an earlier entry in the template path.
566.PP
567The supplied templates are:
568.TP
569.B about.html
570Display information about DisOrder.
571.TP
572.B choose.html
573Navigates through the track database to choose a track to play. The
574\fBdir\fR argument gives the directory to look in; if it is missing
575then the root directory is used.
576.TP
577.B choosealpha.html
578Provides a front end to \fBchoose.html\fR which allows subsets of the top level
579directories to be selected by initial letter.
580.TP
581.B new.html
582Lists newly added tracks.
583.TP
584.B playing.html
585The "front page", which usually shows the currently playing tracks and
586the queue.
587Gets an HTTP \fBRefresh\fR header.
588.IP
589If the \fBmgmt\fR CGI argument is set to \fBtrue\fR then we include extra
590buttons for moving tracks up and down in the queue. There is some logic in
591\fBdisorder.cgi\fR to ensure that \fBmgmt=true\fR is preserved across refreshes
592and redirects back into itself, but URLs embedded in web pages must include it
593explicitly.
594.TP
595.B prefs.html
596Views preferences. If the \fBfile\fR, \fBname\fR and \fBvalue\fR arguments are
597all set then that preference is modified; if \fBfile\fR and \fBname\fR are set
598but not \fBvalue\fR then the preference is deleted.
599.TP
600.B recent.html
601Lists recently played tracks.
602.TP
603.B search.html
604Presents search results.
605.TP
606.B volume.html
607Primitive volume control.
608.PP
609Additionally, other standard files are included by these:
610.TP
611.B credits.html
612Included at the end of the main content \fB<DIV>\fR element.
613.TP
614.B topbar.html
615Included at the start of the \fB<BODY>\fR element. (This supplants
616\fBsidebar.html\fR, though the latter is still available; override label
617\fBmenu\fR to choose between them.)
618.TP
619.B stdhead.html
620Included in the \fB<HEAD>\fR element.
621.TP
622.B stylesheet.html
623Contains the default DisOrder stylesheet. You can override this by editing the
624CSS or by replacing it all with a \fB<LINK>\fR to an external stylesheet.
625.PP
626Templates are ASCII files containing HTML documents, with an expansion
627syntax to enable data supplied by the implementation to be inserted.
628.PP
629If you want to use characters outside the ASCII range, use either the
630appropriate HTML entity, e.g. \fB&eacute;\fR, or an SGML numeric
631character reference, e.g. \fB&#253;\fR. Use \fB&#64;\fR to insert a
632literal \fB@\fR without falling foul of the expansion syntax.
633.SS "Expansion Syntax"
634Expansions are surrounded by at ("@") symbols take the form of a keyword
635followed by zero or more arguments. Arguments may either be quoted by curly
636brackets ("{" and "}") or separated by colons (":"). Both kinds may be mixed
637in a single expansion, though doing so seems likely to cause confusion.
638The descriptions below contain suggested forms for each
639expansion.
640.PP
641Leading and trailing whitespace in unquoted arguments is ignored, as is
642whitespace (including newlines) following a close bracket ("}").
643.PP
644Arguments are recursively expanded before being interpreted, except for
645\fITEMPLATE\fR arguments. These are expanded (possibly more than once) to
646produce the final expansion.
647(More than once means the same argument being expanded more than once
648for different tracks or whatever, not the result of the first
649expansion itself being re-expanded.)
650.PP
651Strings constructed by expansions (i.e. not literally copied from the template
652text) are SGML-quoted: any character which does not stand for itself in #PCDATA
653or a quoted attribute value is replaced by the appropriate numeric character
654reference.
655.PP
656The exception to this is that such strings are \fInot\fR quoted when they are
657generated in the expansion of a parameter.
658.PP
659In the descriptions below, the current track means the one set by
660\fB@playing@\fR, \fB@recent@\fR or \fB@queue@\fR, not the one that is playing.
661If none of these expansions are in force then there is no current track.
662\fIBOOL\fR should always be either \fBtrue\fR or \fBfalse\fR.
663.SS "Expansions"
664The following expansion keywords are defined:
665.TP
666.B @#{\fICOMMENT\fB}@
667Ignored.
668.TP
669.B @action@
670The current action. This reports
671.B manage
672if the action is really
673.B playing
674but
675.B mgmt=true
676was set.
677.TP
678.B @and{\fIBOOL\fB}{\fIBOOL\fB}\fR...\fB@
679If there are no arguments, or all the arguments are \fBtrue\fB, then expands to
680\fBtrue\fR, otherwise to \fBfalse\fR.
681.TP
682.B @arg:\fINAME\fB@
683Expands to the value of CGI script argument \fINAME\fR.
684.TP
685.B @basename@
686The basename of the current directory component, in \fB@navigate@\fR.
687.TP
688.B @basename{\fIPATH\fB}@
689The base name part of \fIPATH\fR.
690.TP
691.B @choose{\fIWHAT\fB}{\fITEMPLATE\fB}@
692Expands \fITEMPLATE\fR repeatedly for each file or directory under
693\fB@arg:directory@\fR.
694\fIWHAT\fR should be either \fBfile\fR or \fBdirectory\fR.
695Use \fB@file@\fR to get the display name or filename of the file or
696directory.
697Usually used in \fBchoose.html\fR.
698.TP
699.B @dirname@
700The directory of the current directory component, in \fB@navigate@\fR.
701.TP
702.B @dirname{\fIPATH\fB}@
703The directory part of \fIPATH\fR.
704.TP
705.B @enabled@
706Expands to \fBtrue\fR if play is currently enabled, otherwise to \fBfalse\fR.
707.TP
708.B @eq{\fIA\fB}{\fIB\fB}
709Expands to \fBtrue\fR if \fIA\fR and \fIB\fR are identical, otherwise to
710\fBfalse\fR.
711.TP
712.B @file@
713Expands to the filename of the current file or directory, inside the template
714argument to \fBchoose\fR.
715.TP
716.B @files{\fITEMPLATE\fB}
717Expands \fITEMPLATE\fB once for each file indicated by the \fBdirectory\fR CGI
718arg if it is present, or otherwise for the list of files counted by \fBfiles\fR
719with names \fB0_file\fR, \fB1_file\fR etc.
720.TP
721.B @fullname@
722The full path of the current directory component, in \fB@navigate@\fR.
723.TP
724.B @id@
725The ID of the current track.
726.TP
727.B @if{\fIBOOL\fB}{\fITRUEPART\fB}{\fIFALSEPART\fB}@
728If \fIBOOL\fR expands to \fBtrue\fR then expands to \fITRUEPART\fR, otherwise
729to \fIFALSEPART\fR (which may be omitted).
730.TP
731.B @include:\fIPATH\fR@
732Include the named file as if it were a template file. If \fIPATH\fR
733starts with a \fB/\fR then it is used as-is; otherwise, ".html" is
734appended and the template path is searched.
735.TP
736.B @index@
737Expands to the index of the current file in \fB@queue@\fR, \fB@recent@\fR or
738\fB@files@\fR.
739.TP
740.B @isdirectories@
741Expands to \fBtrue\fR if there are any directories in \fB@arg:directory@\fR,
742otherwise to \fBfalse\fR.
743.TP
744.B @isfiles@
745Expands to \fBtrue\fR if there are any files in \fB@arg:directory@\fR,
746otherwise to \fBfalse\fR.
747.TP
748.B @isfirst@
749Expands to \fBtrue\fR if this is the first repetition of a \fITEMPLATE\fR
750argument in a loop (\fB@queue\fR or similar), otherwise to \fBfalse\fR.
751.TP
752.B @islast@
753Expands to \fBtrue\fR if this is the last repetition of a \fITEMPLATE\fR in a
754loop, otherwise to \fBfalse\fR.
755.TP
756.B @isnew@
757Expands to \fBtrue\fR if the newly added tracks list has any tracks in it,
758otherwise to \fBfalse\fR.
759.TP
760.B @isplaying@
761Expands to \fBtrue\fR if a track is playing, otherwise to \fBfalse\fR.
762.TP
763.B @isqueue@
764Expands to \fBtrue\fR if there are any tracks in the queue, otherwise to
765\fBfalse\fR.
766.TP
767.B @isrecent@
768Expands to \fBtrue\fR if the recently played list has any tracks in it,
769otherwise to \fBfalse\fR.
770.TP
771.B @label:\fINAME\fR\fB@
772Expands to the value of label \fINAME\fR. See the shipped \fIoptions.labels\fR
773file for full documentation of the labels used by the standard templates.
774.TP
775.B @length@
776Expands to the length of the current track.
777.TP
778.B @navigate{\fIDIRECTORY\fB}{\fITEMPLATE\fB}
779Expands \fITEMPLATE\fR for each component of \fIDIRECTORY\fR in turn.
780Use \fB@dirname\fR and \fB@basename@\fR to get the components of the path to
781each component.
782Usually used in \fBchoose.html\fR.
783.TP
784.B @ne{\fIA\fB}{\fIB\fB}
785Expands to \fBtrue\fR if \fIA\fR and \fIB\fR differ, otherwise to \fBfalse\fR.
786.TP
787.B @new{\fITEMPLATE\fB}
788Expands \fITEMPLATE\fR for each track in the newly added tracks list, starting
789with the most recent. Used in \fBnew.html\fR.
790.TP
791.B @nfiles@
792Expands to the number of files from \fB@files\fR (above).
793.TP
794.B @nonce@
795Expands to a string including the time and process ID, intended to be
796unique across invocations.
797.TP
798.B @not{\fIBOOL\fB}@
799Expands to \fBfalse\fR if \fIBOOL\fR is \fBtrue\fR, otherwise to
800\fBfalse\fR.
801.TP
802.B @or{\fIBOOL\fB}{\fIBOOL\fB}\fR...\fB@
803If at least one argument is \fBtrue\fB, then expands to \fBtrue\fR, otherwise
804to \fBfalse\fR.
805.TP
806.B @parity@
807Expands to \fBeven\fR or \fBodd\fR depending on whether the current track is at
808an even or odd position in \fB@queue@\fR, \fB@recent@\fR or \fB@files@\fR.
809.TP
810.B @part{\fICONTEXT\fB}{\fIPART\fB}@
811Expands to track name part \fIPART\fR using context \fICONTEXT\fR for the
812current track. The context may be omitted (and normally would be) and defaults
813to \fBdisplay\fR.
814.TP
815.B @part{\fICONTEXT\fB}{\fIPART\fB}{\fITRACK\fB}@
816Expands to track name part \fIPART\fR using context \fICONTEXT\fR for
817\fITRACK\fR. In this usage the context may not be omitted.
818.TP
819.B @paused@
820Expands to \fBtrue\fR if the current track is paused, else \fBfalse\fR.
821.TP
822.B @playing{\fITEMPLATE\fB}@
823Expands \fITEMPLATE\fR using the playing track as the current track.
824.TP
825.B @pref{\fITRACK\fB}{\fIKEY\fB}@
826Expand to the track preference, or the empty string if it is not set.
827.TP
828.B @prefname@
829Expands to the name of the current preference, in the template
830argument of \fB@prefs@\fR.
831.TP
832.B @prefs{\fIFILE\fB}{\fITEMPLATE\fB}@
833Expands \fITEMPLATE\fR repeatedly, for each preference of track
834\fIFILE\fR.
835Use \fB@prefname@\fR and \fB@prefvalue@\fR to get the name and value.
836.TP
837.B @prefvalue@
838Expands to the value of the current preference, in the template
839argument of \fB@prefs@\fR.
840.TP
841.B @queue{\fITEMPLATE\fB}@
842Expands \fITEMPLATE\fR repeatedly using the each track on the queue in turn as
843the current track. The track at the head of the queue comes first.
844.TP
845.B @random-enabled@
846Expands to \fBtrue\fR if random play is currently enabled, otherwise to
847\fBfalse\fR.
848.TP
849.B @recent{\fITEMPLATE\fB}@
850Expands \fITEMPLATE\fR repeatedly using the each recently played track in turn
851as the current track. The most recently played track comes first.
852.TP
853.B @resolve{\fITRACK\fB}@
854Resolve aliases for \fITRACK\fR and expands to the result.
855.TP
856.B @search{\fIPART\fB}\fR[\fB{\fICONTEXT\fB}\fR]\fB{\fITEMPLATE\fB}@
857Expands \fITEMPLATE\fR once for each group of search results that have
858a common value of track part \fIPART\fR.
859The groups are sorted by the value of the part.
860.IP
861.B @part@
862and
863.B @file@
864within the template will apply to one of the tracks in the group.
865.IP
866If \fICONTEXT\fR is specified it should be either \fBsort\fR or \fBdisplay\fR,
867and determines the context for \fIPART\fR. The default is \fBsort\fR. Usually
868you want \fBdisplay\fR for everything except the title and \fBsort\fR for the
869title. If you use \fBsort\fR for artist and album then you are likely to get
870strange effects.
871.TP
872.B @server-version@
873Expands to the server's version string.
874.TP
875.B @shell{\fICOMMAND\fB}@
876Expands to the output of \fICOMMAND\fR executed via the shell. \fBsh\fR is
877searched for using \fBPATH\fR. If the command fails then this is logged but
878otherwise ignored.
879.TP
880.B @state@
881In \fB@queue@\fR and \fB@recent@\fR, expands to the state of the current
882track. Otherwise the empty string. Known states are:
883.RS
884.TP 12
885.B failed
886The player terminated with nonzero status, but not because the track was
887scratched.
888.TP
889.B isscratch
890A scratch, in the queue.
891.TP
892.B no_player
893No player could be found.
894.TP
895.B ok
896Played successfully.
897.TP
898.B random
899A randomly chosen track, in the queue.
900.TP
901.B scratched
902This track was scratched.
903.TP
904.B unplayed
905An explicitly queued track, in the queue.
906.RE
907.IP
908Some additional states only apply to playing tracks, so will never be seen in
909the queue or recently-played list:
910.RS
911.TP 12
912.B paused
913The track has been paused.
914.TP
915.B quitting
916Interrupted because the server is shutting down.
917.TP
918.B started
919This track is currently playing.
920.RE
921.TP
922.B @stats@
923Expands to the server statistics.
924.TP
925.B @thisurl@
926Expands to the URL of the current page. Typically used in
927.B back
928arguments. If there is a
929.B nonce
930argument then it is changed to a fresh value.
931.TP
932.B @track@
933The current track.
934.TP
935.B @trackstate{\fIPATH\fB}@
936Expands to the current track state: \fBplaying\fR if the track is actually
937playing now, \fBqueued\fR if it is queued or the empty string otherwise.
938.TP
939.B @transform{\fIPATH\fB}{\fITYPE\fB}{\fICONTEXT\fB}@
940Transform a path according to \fBtransform\fR (see above).
941\fIPATH\fR should be a raw filename (of a track or directory).
942\fITYPE\fR should be the transform type (e.g. \fItrack\fR or \fIdir\fR).
943\fICONTEXT\fR should be the context, and can be omitted (the default
944is \fBdisplay\fR).
945.TP
946.B @url@
947Expands to the canonical URL as defined in \fIpkgconfdir/config\fR.
948.TP
949.B @urlquote{\fISTRING\fB}@
950URL-quote \fISTRING\fR.
951.TP
952.B @version@
953Expands to \fBdisorder.cgi\fR's version string.
954.TP
955.B @volume:\fISPEAKER\fB@
956The volume on the left or right speaker. \fISPEAKER\fR must be \fBleft\fB or
957\fBright\fR.
958.TP
959.B @when@
960When the current track was played (or when it is expected to be played, if it
961has not been played yet)
962.TP
963.B @who@
964Who submitted the current track.
965.SH "WEB OPTIONS"
966This is a file called \fIoptions\fR, searched for in the same manner
967as templates. It includes numerous options for the control of the web
968interface. The general syntax is the same as the main configuration
969file, except that it should be encoded using UTF-8 (though this might
970change to the current locale's character encoding; stick to ASCII to
971be safe).
972.PP
973The shipped \fIoptions\fR file includes four standard options files.
974In order, they are:
975.TP
976.I options.labels
977The default labels file. You wouldn't normally edit this directly - instead
978supply your own commands in \fIoptions.user\fR. Have a look at the shipped
979version of the file for documentation of labels used by the standard templates.
980.TP
981.I options.user
982A user options file. Here you should put any overrides for the default
983labels and any extra labels required by your modified templates.
984.PP
985Valid directives are:
986.TP
987.B columns \fINAME\fR \fIHEADING\fR...
988Defines the columns used in \fB@playing@\fR and \fB@recent@\fB. \fINAME\fR
989must be either \fBplaying\fR, \fBrecent\fR or \fBsearch\fR.
990\fIHEADING\fR... is a list of
991heading names. If a column is defined more than once then the last definitions
992is used.
993.IP
994The heading names \fBbutton\fR, \fBlength\fR, \fBwhen\fR and \fBwho\fR
995are built in.
996.TP
997.B include \fIPATH\fR
998Includes another file. If \fIPATH\fR starts with a \fB/\fR then it is
999taken as is, otherwise it is searched for in the template path.
1000.TP
1001.B label \fINAME\fR \fIVALUE\fR
1002Define a label. If a label is defined more than once then the last definition
1003is used.
1004.SS Labels
1005Some labels are defined inside \fBdisorder.cgi\fR and others by the
1006default templates. You can define your own labels and use them inside
1007a template.
1008.PP
1009When an undefined label is expanded, if it has a dot in its name then
1010the part after the final dot is used as its value. Otherwise the
1011whole name is used as the value.
1012.PP
1013Labels are no longer documented here, see the shipped \fIoptions.labels\fR file
1014instead.
1015.SH "REGEXP SUBSTITUTION RULES"
1016Regexps are PCRE regexps, as defined in \fBpcrepattern\fR(3). The
1017only option used is \fBPCRE_UTF8\fR. Remember that the configuration
1018file syntax means you have to escape backslashes and quotes inside
1019quoted strings.
1020.PP
1021In a \fISUBST\fR string the following sequences are interpreted
1022specially:
1023.TP
1024.B $1 \fR... \fB$9
1025These expand to the first to ninth bracketed subexpression.
1026.TP
1027.B $&
1028This expands to the matched part of the subject string.
1029.TP
1030.B $$
1031This expands to a single \fB$\fR symbol.
1032.PP
1033All other pairs starting with \fB$\fR are undefined (and might be used
1034for something else in the future, so don't rely on the current
1035behaviour.)
1036.PP
1037If \fBi\fR is present in \fIREFLAGS\fR then the match is case-independent. If
1038\fBg\fR is present then all matches are replaced, otherwise only the first
1039match is replaced.
1040.SH "ACTIONS"
1041What the web interface actually does is terminated by the \fBaction\fR CGI
1042argument. The values listed below are supported.
1043.PP
1044Except as specified, all actions redirect back to the \fBplaying.html\fR
1045template unless the \fBback\fR argument is present, in which case the URL it
1046gives is used instead.
1047.PP
1048Redirection to \fBplaying.html\fR preserves \fBmgmt=true\fR if it is present.
1049.TP 8
1050.B "move"
1051Move track \fBid\fR by offset \fBdelta\fR.
1052.TP
1053.B "play"
1054Play track \fBfile\fR, or if that is missing then play all the tracks in
1055\fBdirectory\fR.
1056.TP
1057.B "playing"
1058Don't change any state, but instead compute a suitable refresh time and include
1059that in an HTTP header. Expands the \fBplaying.html\fR template rather than
1060redirecting.
1061.IP
1062This is the default if \fBaction\fR is missing.
1063.TP
1064.B "random-disable"
1065Disables random play.
1066.TP
1067.B "random-enable"
1068Enables random play.
1069.TP
1070.B "disable"
1071Disables play completely.
1072.TP
1073.B "enable"
1074Enables play.
1075.TP
1076.B "pause"
1077Pauses the current track.
1078.TP
1079.B "remove"
1080Remove track \fBid\fR.
1081.TP
1082.B "resume"
1083Resumes play after a pause.
1084.TP
1085.B "scratch"
1086Scratch the playing track. If \fBid\fR is present it must match the playing
1087track.
1088.TP
1089.B "volume"
1090Change the volume by \fBdelta\fR, or if that is missing then set it to the
1091values of \fBleft\fR and \fBright\fR. Expands to the \fBvolume.html\fR template
1092rather than redirecting.
1093.TP
1094.B "prefs"
1095Adjust preferences from the \fBprefs.html\fR template (which it then expands
1096rather than redirecting).
1097.IP
1098If
1099.B parts
1100is set then the cooked interface is assumed. The value of
1101.B parts
1102is used to determine which trackname preferences are set. By default the
1103.B display
1104context is adjusted but this can be overridden with the
1105.B context
1106argument. Also the
1107.B random
1108argument is checked; if it is set then random play is enabled for that track,
1109otherwise it is disabled.
1110.IP
1111Otherwise if the
1112.B name
1113and
1114.B value
1115arguments are set then they are used to set a single preference.
1116.IP
1117Otherwise if just the
1118.B name
1119argument is set then that preference is deleted.
1120.IP
1121It is recommended that links to the \fBprefs\fR action use \fB@resolve@\fR to
1122enure that the real track name is always used. Otherwise if the preferences
1123page is used to adjust a trackname_ preference, the alias may change, leading
1124to the URL going stale.
1125.TP
1126.B "error"
1127This action is generated automatically when an error occurs connecting to the
1128server. The \fBerror\fR label is set to an indication of what the error is.
1129.SH "TRACK NAME PARTS"
1130The traditional track name parts are \fBartist\fR, \fBalbum\fR and \fBtitle\fR,
1131with the obvious intended meaning. These are controlled by configuration and
1132by \fBtrackname_\fR preferences.
1133.PP
1134In addition there are two built-in parts, \fBpath\fR which is the whole path
1135name and \fBext\fR which is the filename extension, including the initial dot
1136(or the empty string if there is not extension).
1137.SH "SEE ALSO"
1138\fBdisorder\fR(1), \fBsox\fR(1), \fBdisorderd\fR(8), \fBdisorder-dump\fR(8),
1139\fBpcrepattern\fR(3)
1140.\" Local Variables:
1141.\" mode:nroff
1142.\" fill-column:79
1143.\" End: