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<h1>2. Window Layout</h1>
- <p>This chapter covers the following topics:</p>
+ <p>This chapter contains a tour of the main Disobedience
+ window.</p>
- <ul>
- </ul>
-
- <h2>2.1 The Disobedience Window</h2>
+ <h2><a name=main>2.1 The Disobedience Window</a></h2>
<p>Disobedience should look something like this when you've started
it up and logged in:</p>
<p class=image><img src="queue2.png"></p>
- <p>The first track is 4 minutes and 10 seconds long and so far, the
- first 21 seconds of it has played.</p>
+ <p>The playing track is highlighted with a green backgroud. It's 4
+ minutes and 10 seconds long and so far, the first 21 seconds of it
+ has played.</p>
- <h2>2.2 Buttons</h2>
+ <h2><a name=buttons>2.2 Buttons</a></h2>
<p>The meaning of the buttons is as follows:</p>
<tr>
<td><img src="button-pause.png"></td>
<td>The pause button. This only effective when a track is
- playing. When it is pressed the playing track is paused and
- the button turns into a “play” icon instead.</td>
+ playing. When it is pressed the playing track is paused.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td><img src="button-random.png"></td>
- <td>The random play button. Random play means that if
+
+ <td>The random play button. Random play, which is enabled
+ when the button is depressed, means that if
nothing is playing the server will automatically pick a track
at random and play that. Furthermore it will ensure that the
queue always has a minimum number of tracks, so you can see
- ahead of time what will play next.<br>
- As shown, random play is disabled. The button goes green
- when it is enabled.</td>
+ ahead of time what will play next.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><img src="button-playing.png"></td>
<td>The playing button. Normally this would always be left
- enabled (green). If it is disabled then nothing will be
+ enabled, i.e. with the button depressed.
+ If it is disabled then nothing will be
played at all, regardless of whether it was randomly chosen
or picked by a human.</td>
</tr>
server is playing over the network (as opposed to using a
local sound card). When network play is enabled,
Disobedience runs a client program on your computer to play
- sound received over the network using your sound card.<br>
- As shown, network play is disabled. The button goes green
- when it is enabled.</td>
+ sound received over the network using your sound card.</td>
</tr>
</table>
(silent) to 10 (loudest). The right hand slider is the balance
control, which ranges form -1.0 (left) to +1.0 (right).</p>
- <h2>2.3 The Menu Bar</h2>
+ <h2><a name=menu>2.3 The Menu Bar</a></h2>
<p class=image><img src="menu-server.png"></p>
first time it is run, <b>Manage Users</b> which allows
adminstrators to do user management, and <b>Quit</b>.</p>
- <!-- TODO link to use management -->
+ <!-- TODO link to user management -->
<p class=image><img src="menu-edit.png"></p>
mouse.</p>
<p>The <b>Track Properties</b> option will create a window with
- editable properties of each selected track and the <b>Edit
- Playlists</b> option will create a window allowing editing of
- playlists.</p>
-
- <!-- TODO link to properties -->
-
- <!-- TODO link to playlists -->
+ editable <a href="properties.html">properties</a> of each selected
+ track and the <b>Edit Playlists</b> option will create a window
+ allowing editing of <a href="playlists.html">playlists</a>.</p>
<p class=image><img src="menu-control.png"></p>
<p>The <b>Control</b> menu options are mostly equivalent to the
- buttons described above. The one exception is <b>Activate
- Playlist</b> which allows you to play a playlist.</p>
+ buttons described above. The exceptions are:</p>
- <!-- TODO link to playlists -->
+ <ul>
+ <li><b>Compact Mode</b> which switches Disobedience's window to a smaller format.</li>
+ <li><b>Global Preferences</b> which allows global server settings to be modified.</li>
+ <li><b>Activate Playlist</b> which allows you to play a <A href="playlists.html">playlist</a>.</li>
+ <li><b>Network Playback API</b> which allows you to select the audio playback API used when playing over the network.</li>
+ </ul>
<p class=image><img src="menu-help.png"></p>
version information for the server and for Disobedience (which
might not be the same).</p>
+ <hr>
+
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