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+ <head>
+ <title>Disobedience: Playlists</title>
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+ type="text/css"
+ href="disobedience.css">
+ </head>
+ <body>
+ <h1>5. Playlists</h1>
+
+ <p>The chapter describes playlist and how to use them.</p>
+
+ <h2><a name=what>5.1 What are playlists?</a></h2>
+
+ <p>A playlist is a named list of tracks stored by the server. It
+ can be edit by either just its owner or, alternatively, by all
+ users. It can be played as a unit when required.</p>
+
+ <p>Playlists fall into three categories:</p>
+
+ <table>
+ <tr>
+ <td><b>Shared</b></td>
+ <td>Shared playlists have no owner and can be seen and edited
+ by anybody.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td><b>Public</b></td>
+ <td>Public playlist are owned by their creator and can be seen
+ by anybody. Only their creator can edit them, however.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td><b>Private</b></td>
+ <td>Private playlists are owned by their creator and can only
+ be seen or edited by their creator.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ </table>
+
+ <p>To bring up the playlist window, select <b>Edit > Edit
+ Playlists</b> from the menu.</p>
+
+ <h2><a name=creating>5.2 Creating Playlists</a></h2>
+
+ <!-- TODO rewrite with screenshots -->
+
+ <p>To create a playlist, click the <b>Add</b> button in the
+ playlist editor. This will create a pop-up window where you can
+ enter the name of the new playlist and decide whether it is
+ shared, public or private.</p>
+
+ <p>Only Roman letters (without any accents) and digits are allowed
+ in playlist names.</p>
+
+ <h2><a name=editing>5.3 Editing Playlists</a></h2>
+
+ <!-- TODO rewrite with screenshots - might be worth waiting until
+ picker is a tree -->
+
+ <p>When a playlist is selected, you can edit in the right hand half
+ of the playlist window. The editor is very similar in structure
+ and function to the <a href="tabs.html#queue">queue</a>. You can
+ rearrange tracks within it by drag and drop and you can drag tracks
+ from the <b>Choose</b> tab into it.</p>
+
+ <h2><a name=playing>5.3 Playing Playlists</a></h2>
+
+ <p>There are three ways to play a playlist:</p>
+
+ <ol>
+
+ <li>Right clicking in the playlist editor will create a pop-up
+ menu. In addition to the familiar options there is an option to
+ play this playlist.</li>
+
+ <li>You can select all the tracks and drag them to the desired
+ point in the <b>Queue</b> tab.</li>
+
+ <li>You can use <b>Control > Activate Playlist</b> from the main
+ menu.</li>
+
+ </ol>
+
+ </body>
+</html>
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