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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
30ad4dab 145.B broadcast \fIADDRESS\fR \fIPORT\fR
146Transmit sound data to \fIADDRESS\fR using UDP port \fIPORT\fR. This implies
29573477 147\fBspeaker_backend network\fR.
30ad4dab 148.TP
149.B broadcast_from \fIADDRESS\fR \fIPORT\fR
150Sets the (local) source address used by \fBbroadcast\fR.
151.TP
460b9539 152.B channel \fICHANNEL\fR
153The mixer channel that the volume control should use. Valid names depend on
154your operating system and hardware, but some standard ones that might be useful
155are:
156.RS
157.TP 8
158.B pcm
159Output level for the audio device. This is probably what you want.
160.TP
161.B speaker
162Output level for the PC speaker, if that is connected to the sound card.
163.TP
164.B pcm2
165Output level for alternative codec device.
166.TP
167.B vol
168Master output level. The OSS documentation recommends against using this, as
169it affects all output devices.
170.RE
171.IP
172You can also specify channels by number, if you know the right value.
173.TP
174.B collection \fIMODULE\fR \fIENCODING\fR \fIROOT\fR
175Define a collection of tracks.
176.IP
177\fIMODULE\fR defines which plugin module should be used for this
178collection. Use the supplied \fBfs\fR module for tracks that exists
179as ordinary files in the filesystem.
180.IP
181\fIENCODING\fR defines the encoding of filenames in this collection.
182For \fBfs\fR this would be the encoding you use for filenames.
183Examples might be \fBiso-8859-1\fR or \fButf-8\fR.
184.IP
185\fIROOT\fR is the root in the filesystem of the filenames and is
186passed to the plugin module.
187.TP
188.B device \fINAME\fR
189ALSA device to play raw-format audio. Default is \fBdefault\fR, i.e. to use
190the whatever the ALSA configured default is.
191.TP
192.B gap \fISECONDS\fR
193Specifies the number of seconds to leave between tracks. The default
194is 2.
195.TP
196.B history \fIINTEGER\fR
197Specifies the number of recently played tracks to remember (including
198failed tracks and scratches).
199.TP
200.B listen \fR[\fIHOST\fR] \fISERVICE\fR
201Listen for connections on the address specified by \fIHOST\fR and port
202specified by \fISERVICE\fR. If \fIHOST\fR is omitted then listens on all
203local addresses.
204.IP
205Normally the server only listens on a UNIX domain socket.
206.TP
207.B lock yes\fR|\fBno
208Determines whether the server locks against concurrent operation. Default is
209\fByes\fR.
210.TP
211.B mixer \fIPATH\fR
212The path to the mixer device, if you want access to the volume control,
213e.g. \fB/dev/mixer\fR.
214.TP
23205f9c
RK
215.B multicast_ttl \fIHOPS\fR
216Set the maximum number of hops to send multicast packets. This only applies is
217\fBspeaker_backend\fR is set to \fBnetwork\fR and \fBbroadcast\fR is actually a
218multicast address.
219.TP
460b9539 220.B namepart \fIPART\fR \fIREGEXP\fR \fISUBST\fR [\fICONTEXT\fR [\fIREFLAGS\fR]]
221Determines how to extract trackname part \fIPART\fR from a
222track name (with the collection root part removed).
223Used in \fB@recent@\fR, \fB@playing@\fR and \fB@search@\fR.
224.IP
225Track names can be different in different contexts. For instance the sort
226string might include an initial track number, but this would be stripped for
227the display string. \fICONTEXT\fR should be a glob pattern matching the
228contexts in which this directive will be used.
229.IP
230Valid contexts are \fBsort\fR and \fBdisplay\fR.
231.IP
232All the \fBnamepart\fR directives are considered in order. The
233first directive for the right part, that matches the desired context,
234and with a \fIREGEXP\fR that
235matches the track is used, and the value chosen is constructed from
236\fISUBST\fR according to the substitution rules below.
237.IP
238Note that searches use the raw track name and \fBtrackname_\fR preferences but
239not (currently) the results of \fBnamepart\fR, so generating words via this option
240that aren't in the original track name will lead to confusing results.
241.IP
242If you supply no \fBnamepart\fR directives at all then a default set will be
243supplied automatically. But if you supply even one then you must supply all of
244them. See the example config file for the defaults.
245.TP
246.B nice_rescan \fIPRIORITY\fR
247Set the recan subprocess priority. The default is 10.
248.IP
249(Note that higher values mean the process gets less CPU time; UNIX priority
250values are the backwards.)
251.TP
252.B nice_server \fIPRIORITY\fR
253Set the server priority. This is applied to the server at startup time (and
254not when you reload configuration). The server does not use much CPU itself
255but this value is inherited by programs it executes. If you have limited CPU
256then it might help to set this to a small negative value. The default is 0.
257.TP
258.B nice_speaker \fIPRIORITY\fR
259Set the speaker process priority. This is applied to the speaker process at
260startup time (and not when you reload the configuration). The speaker process
261is not massively CPU intensive by today's standards but depends on reasonably
262timely scheduling. If you have limited CPU then it might help to set this to a
263small negative value. The default is 0.
264.TP
265.B player \fIPATTERN\fR \fIMODULE\fR [\fIOPTIONS.. [\fB--\fR]] \fIARGS\fR...
266Specifies the player for files matching the glob \fIPATTERN\fR. \fIMODULE\fR
267specifies which plugin module to use.
268.IP
269The following options are supported:
270.RS
271.TP
272.B --wait-for-device\fR[\fB=\fIDEVICE\fR]
273Waits (for up to a couple of seconds) for the default, or specified, libao
274device to become openable.
275.TP
276.B --
277Defines the end of the list of options. Needed if the first argument to the
278plugin starts with a "-".
279.RE
280.IP
281The following are the standard modules:
282.RS
283.TP
284.B exec \fICOMMAND\fR \fIARGS\fR...
285The command is executed via \fBexecvp\fR(3), not via the shell.
286The \fBPATH\fR environment variable is searched for the executable if it is not
287an absolute path.
288The command is expected to know how to open its own sound device.
289.TP
290.B execraw \fICOMMAND\fR \fIARGS\fR...
291Identical to the \fBexec\fR except that the player is expected to use the
292DisOrder raw player protocol (see notes below).
293.TP
294.B shell \fR[\fISHELL\fR] \fICOMMAND\fR
295The command is executed using the shell. If \fISHELL\fR is specified then that
296is used, otherwise \fBsh\fR will be used. In either case the \fBPATH\fR
297environment variable is searched for the shell executable if it is not an
298absolute path. The track name is stored in the environment variable
299\fBTRACK\fR.
300.IP
301Be careful of the interaction between the configuration file quoting rules and
302the shell quoting rules.
303.RE
304.IP
305If multiple player commands match a track then the first match is used.
306.TP
307.B prefsync \fISECONDS\fR
308The interval at which the preferences log file will be synchronised. Defaults
309to 3600, i.e. one hour.
310.TP
459d4402 311.B queue_pad \fICOUNT\fR
312The target size of the queue. If random play is enabled then randomly picked
313tracks will be added until the queue is at least this big.
314.TP
405fea4e 315.B sample_format \fIBITS\fB/\fIRATE\fB/\fICHANNELS
316Describes the sample format expected by the \fBspeaker_command\fR (below). The
317components of the format specification are as follows:
318.RS
319.TP 10
320.I BITS
321The number of bits per sample. Optionally, may be suffixed by \fBb\fR or
322\fBl\fR for big-endian and little-endian words. If neither is used the native
323byte order is assumed.
324.TP
325.I RATE
326The number of samples per second.
327.TP
328.I CHANNELS
329The number of channels.
330.PP
331The default is
332.BR 16/44100/2 .
333.RE
334.TP
460b9539 335.B signal \fINAME\fR
336Defines the signal to be sent to track player process groups when tracks are
337scratched. The default is \fBSIGKILL\fR.
338.IP
339Signals are specified by their full C name, i.e. \fBSIGINT\fR and not \fBINT\fR
340or \fBInterrupted\fR or whatever.
341.TP
29573477 342.B speaker_backend \fINAME\fR
343Selects the backend use by the speaker process. The following options are
344available:
345.RS
346.TP
347.B alsa
348Use the ALSA API. This is only available on Linux systems, on which it is the
349default.
350.TP
351.B command
352Execute a command. This is the default if
353.B speaker_command
354is specified, or (currently) on non-Linux systems.
355.TP
356.B network
357Transmit audio over the network. This is the default if
803f6e52 358\fBbroadcast\fR is specified. You can use
359.BR disorder-playrtp (1)
360to receive and play the resulting stream on Linux and OS X.
29573477 361.RE
362.TP
5330d674 363.B sox_generation \fB0\fR|\fB1
364Determines whether calls to \fBsox\fR(1) should use \fB-b\fR, \fB-x\fR, etc (if
365the generation is 0) or \fB-\fIbits\fR, \fB-L\fR etc (if it is 1). The default
366is 0.
367.TP
405fea4e 368.B speaker_command \fICOMMAND
369Causes the speaker subprocess to pipe audio data into shell command
370\fICOMMAND\fR, rather than writing to a local sound card. The sample format is
371determine by
372.B sample_format
373above.
77cfc7a2 374.IP
375Note that if the sample format is wrong then
376.BR sox (1)
377is invoked to translate it. If
378.B sox
379is not installed then this will not work.
405fea4e 380.TP
460b9539 381.B restrict \fR[\fBscratch\fR] [\fBremove\fR] [\fBmove\fR]
382Determine which operations are restricted to the submitter of a
383track. By default, no operations are restricted, i.e. anyone can
384scratch or remove anything.
385.IP
386If \fBrestrict scratch\fR or \fBrestrict remove\fR are set then only the user
387that submitted a track can scratch or remove it, respectively.
388.IP
389If \fBrestrict move\fR is set then only trusted users can move tracks around in
390the queue.
391.IP
392If \fBrestrict\fR is used more than once then only the final use has any
393effect.
394.TP
395.B scratch \fIPATH\fR
396Specifies a scratch. When a track is scratched, a scratch track is
397played at random.
398Scratches are played using the same logic as other tracks.
399.IP
400At least for the time being, path names of scratches must be encoded using
401UTF-8 (which means that ASCII will do).
402.TP
403.B stopword \fIWORD\fR ...
404Specifies one or more stopwords that should not take part in searches
405over track names.
406.SS "Client Configuration"
407.TP
ccf0aafa 408.B connect \fIHOST SERVICE\fR
460b9539 409Connect to the address specified by \fIHOST\fR and port specified by
ccf0aafa 410\fISERVICE\fR.
460b9539 411.SS "Web Interface Configuration"
412.TP
413.B refresh \fISECONDS\fR
414Specifies the maximum refresh period in seconds. Default 15.
415.TP
416.B templates \fIPATH\fR ...
417Specifies the directory containing templates used by the web
418interface. If a template appears in more than one template directory
419then the one in the earliest directory specified is chosen.
420.IP
421See below for further details.
422.TP
423.B transform \fITYPE\fR \fIREGEXP\fR \fISUBST\fR [\fICONTEXT\fR [\fIREFLAGS\fR]]
424Determines how names are sorted and displayed in track choice displays.
425.IP
426\fITYPE\fR is the type of transformation; usually \fBtrack\fR or
427\fBdir\fR but you can define your own.
428.IP
429\fICONTEXT\fR is a glob pattern matching the context. Standard contexts are
430\fBsort\fR (which determines how directory names are sorted) and \fBdisplay\fR
431(which determines how they are displayed). Again, you can define your
432own.
433.IP
434All the \fBtransform\fR directives are considered in order. If
435the \fITYPE\fR, \fIREGEXP\fR and the \fICONTEXT\fR match
436then a new track name is constructed from
437\fISUBST\fR according to the substitution rules below. If several
438match then each is executed in order.
439.IP
440If you supply no \fBtransform\fR directives at all then a default set will be
441supplied automatically. But if you supply even one then you must supply all of
442them. See the example config file for the defaults.
443.TP
444.B url \fIURL\fR
445Specifies the URL of the web interface. This URL will be used in
446generated web pages.
447.IP
448This must be the full URL, e.g. \fBhttp://myhost/cgi-bin/jukebox\fR and not
449\fB/cgi-bin/jukebox\fR.
450.SS "Authentication Configuration"
451.TP
452.B allow \fIUSERNAME\fR \fIPASSWORD\fR
453Specify a username/password pair.
454.TP
455.B password \fIPASSWORD\fR
456Specify password.
457.TP
458.B trust \fIUSERNAME\fR
459Allow \fIUSERNAME\fR to perform privileged operations such as shutting
460down or reconfiguring the daemon, or becoming another user.
461.TP
462.B user \fIUSER\fR
463Specifies the user to run as. Only makes sense if invoked as root (or
464the target user).
465.TP
466.B username \fIUSERNAME\fR
467Specify username. The default is taken from the environment variable
468\fBLOGNAME\fR.
469.PP
470Configuration files are read in the following order:
471.TP
472.I pkgconfdir/config
473.TP
474.I pkgconfdir/config.private
475Should be readable only by the jukebox group, and contain \fBallow\fR
476commands for authorised users.
477.TP
478.I pkgconfdir/config.\fRUSER
479Per-user system-controlled client configuration. Optional but if it
480exists must be readable only by the relevant user. Would normally
481contain a \fBpassword\fR directive.
482.TP
483.I ~\fRUSER\fI/.disorder/passwd
484Per-user client configuration. Optional but if it exists must be
485readable only by the relevant user. Would normally contain a
486\fBpassword\fR directive.
487.SH "GLOBAL PREFERENCES"
488These are the values set with \fBset-global\fR.
489.TP
490.B required-tags
491If this is set an nonempty then randomly played tracks will always have at
492least one of the listed tags.
493.IP
494Tags can contain any printing character except comma. Leading and trailing
495spaces are not significant but internal spaces are. Tags in a list are
496separated by commas.
497.TP
498.B prohibited-tags
499If this is set an nonempty then randomly played tracks will never have any of
500the listed tags.
501.TP
502.B playing
503If unset or \fByes\fR then play is enabled. Otherwise it is disabled. Use
504\fBdisable\fR rather than setting it directly.
505.TP
506.B random-play
507If unset or \fByes\fR then random play is enabled. Otherwise it is disabled.
508Use \fBdisable\fR rather than setting it directly.
509.SH "LIBAO DRIVER"
510.SS "Raw Protocol Players"
511Raw protocol players are expected to use the \fBdisorder\fR libao driver.
512Programs that use libao generally have command line options to select the
513driver and pass options to it.
514.SS "Driver Options"
515The known driver options are:
516.TP
517.B fd
518The file descriptor to write to. If this is not specified then the driver
519looks like the environment variable \fBDISORDER_RAW_FD\fR. If that is not set
520then the default is 1 (i.e. standard output).
521.TP
522.B fragile
523If this is set to a nonzero value then the driver will call \fB_exit\fR(2) if a
524write to the output file descriptor fails. This is a workaround for buggy
525players such as \fBogg123\fR that ignore write errors.
526.SH "WEB TEMPLATES"
527When \fBdisorder.cgi\fR wants to generate a page for an action it searches the
528directories specified with \fBtemplates\fR for a matching file. It is
529suggested that you leave the distributed templates unchanged and put
530any customisations in an earlier entry in the template path.
531.PP
532The supplied templates are:
533.TP
534.B about.html
535Display information about DisOrder.
536.TP
537.B choose.html
538Navigates through the track database to choose a track to play. The
539\fBdir\fR argument gives the directory to look in; if it is missing
540then the root directory is used.
541.TP
542.B choosealpha.html
543Provides a front end to \fBchoose.html\fR which allows subsets of the top level
544directories to be selected by initial letter.
545.TP
546.B playing.html
547The "front page", which usually shows the currently playing tracks and
548the queue.
549Gets an HTTP \fBRefresh\fR header.
550.IP
551If the \fBmgmt\fR CGI argument is set to \fBtrue\fR then we include extra
552buttons for moving tracks up and down in the queue. There is some logic in
553\fBdisorder.cgi\fR to ensure that \fBmgmt=true\fR is preserved across refreshes
554and redirects back into itself, but URLs embedded in web pages must include it
555explicitly.
556.TP
557.B prefs.html
558Views preferences. If the \fBfile\fR, \fBname\fR and \fBvalue\fR arguments are
559all set then that preference is modified; if \fBfile\fR and \fBname\fR are set
560but not \fBvalue\fR then the preference is deleted.
561.TP
562.B recent.html
563Lists recently played tracks.
564.TP
565.B search.html
566Presents search results.
567.TP
568.B volume.html
569Primitive volume control.
570.PP
571Additionally, other standard files are included by these:
572.TP
573.B credits.html
574Included at the end of the main content \fB<DIV>\fR element.
575.TP
576.B sidebar.html
577Included at the start of the \fB<BODY>\fR element.
578.TP
579.B stdhead.html
580Included in the \fB<HEAD>\fR element.
581.TP
582.B stylesheet.html
583Contains the default DisOrder stylesheet. You can override this by editing the
584CSS or by replacing it all with a \fB<LINK>\fR to an external stylesheet.
585.PP
586Templates are ASCII files containing HTML documents, with an expansion
587syntax to enable data supplied by the implementation to be inserted.
588.PP
589If you want to use characters outside the ASCII range, use either the
590appropriate HTML entity, e.g. \fB&eacute;\fR, or an SGML numeric
591character reference, e.g. \fB&#253;\fR. Use \fB&#64;\fR to insert a
592literal \fB@\fR without falling foul of the expansion syntax.
593.SS "Expansion Syntax"
594Expansions are surrounded by at ("@") symbols take the form of a keyword
595followed by zero or more arguments. Arguments may either be quoted by curly
596brackets ("{" and "}") or separated by colons (":"). Both kinds may be mixed
597in a single expansion, though doing so seems likely to cause confusion.
598The descriptions below contain suggested forms for each
599expansion.
600.PP
601Leading and trailing whitespace in unquoted arguments is ignored, as is
602whitespace (including newlines) following a close bracket ("}").
603.PP
604Arguments are recursively expanded before being interpreted, except for
605\fITEMPLATE\fR arguments. These are expanded (possibly more than once) to
606produce the final expansion.
607(More than once means the same argument being expanded more than once
608for different tracks or whatever, not the result of the first
609expansion itself being re-expanded.)
610.PP
611Strings constructed by expansions (i.e. not literally copied from the template
612text) are SGML-quoted: any character which does not stand for itself in #PCDATA
613or a quoted attribute value is replaced by the appropriate numeric character
614reference.
615.PP
616The exception to this is that such strings are \fInot\fR quoted when they are
617generated in the expansion of a parameter.
618.PP
619In the descriptions below, the current track means the one set by
620\fB@playing@\fR, \fB@recent@\fR or \fB@queue@\fR, not the one that is playing.
621If none of these expansions are in force then there is no current track.
622\fIBOOL\fR should always be either \fBtrue\fR or \fBfalse\fR.
623.SS "Expansions"
624The following expansion keywords are defined:
625.TP
626.B @#{\fICOMMENT\fB}@
627Ignored.
628.TP
629.B @action@
630The current action. This reports
631.B manage
632if the action is really
633.B playing
634but
635.B mgmt=true
636was set.
637.TP
638.B @and{\fIBOOL\fB}{\fIBOOL\fB}\fR...\fB@
639If there are no arguments, or all the arguments are \fBtrue\fB, then expands to
640\fBtrue\fR, otherwise to \fBfalse\fR.
641.TP
642.B @arg:\fINAME\fB@
643Expands to the value of CGI script argument \fINAME\fR.
644.TP
645.B @basename@
646The basename of the current directory component, in \fB@navigate@\fR.
647.TP
648.B @basename{\fIPATH\fB}@
649The base name part of \fIPATH\fR.
650.TP
651.B @choose{\fIWHAT\fB}{\fITEMPLATE\fB}@
652Expands \fITEMPLATE\fR repeatedly for each file or directory under
653\fB@arg:directory@\fR.
654\fIWHAT\fR should be either \fBfile\fR or \fBdirectory\fR.
655Use \fB@file@\fR to get the display name or filename of the file or
656directory.
657Usually used in \fBchoose.html\fR.
658.TP
659.B @dirname@
660The directory of the current directory component, in \fB@navigate@\fR.
661.TP
662.B @dirname{\fIPATH\fB}@
663The directory part of \fIPATH\fR.
664.TP
665.B @enabled@
666Expands to \fBtrue\fR if play is currently enabled, otherwise to \fBfalse\fR.
667.TP
668.B @eq{\fIA\fB}{\fIB\fB}
669Expands to \fBtrue\fR if \fIA\fR and \fIB\fR are identical, otherwise to
670\fBfalse\fR.
671.TP
672.B @file@
673Expands to the filename of the current file or directory, inside the template
674argument to \fBchoose\fR.
675.TP
676.B @files{\fITEMPLATE\fB}
677Expands \fITEMPLATE\fB once for each file indicated by the \fBdirectory\fR CGI
678arg if it is present, or otherwise for the list of files counted by \fBfiles\fR
679with names \fB0_file\fR, \fB1_file\fR etc.
680.TP
681.B @fullname@
682The full path of the current directory component, in \fB@navigate@\fR.
683.TP
684.B @id@
685The ID of the current track.
686.TP
687.B @if{\fIBOOL\fB}{\fITRUEPART\fB}{\fIFALSEPART\fB}@
688If \fIBOOL\fR expands to \fBtrue\fR then expands to \fITRUEPART\fR, otherwise
689to \fIFALSEPART\fR (which may be omitted).
690.TP
691.B @include:\fIPATH\fR@
692Include the named file as if it were a template file. If \fIPATH\fR
693starts with a \fB/\fR then it is used as-is; otherwise, ".html" is
694appended and the template path is searched.
695.TP
696.B @index@
697Expands to the index of the current file in \fB@queue@\fR, \fB@recent@\fR or
698\fB@files@\fR.
699.TP
700.B @isdirectories@
701Expands to \fBtrue\fR if there are any directories in \fB@arg:directory@\fR,
702otherwise to \fBfalse\fR.
703.TP
704.B @isfiles@
705Expands to \fBtrue\fR if there are any files in \fB@arg:directory@\fR,
706otherwise to \fBfalse\fR.
707.TP
708.B @isfirst@
709Expands to \fBtrue\fR if this is the first repetition of a \fITEMPLATE\fR
710argument in a loop (\fB@queue\fR or similar), otherwise to \fBfalse\fR.
711.TP
712.B @islast@
713Expands to \fBtrue\fR if this is the last repetition of a \fITEMPLATE\fR in a
714loop, otherwise to \fBfalse\fR.
715.TP
716.B @isplaying@
717Expands to \fBtrue\fR if a track is playing, otherwise to \fBfalse\fR.
718.TP
719.B @isqueue@
720Expands to \fBtrue\fR if there are any tracks in the queue, otherwise to
721\fBfalse\fR.
722.TP
723.B @isrecent@
724Expands to \fBtrue\fR if the recently played list has any tracks in it,
725otherwise to \fBfalse\fR.
726.TP
727.B @label:\fINAME\fR\fB@
728Expands to the value of label \fINAME\fR. See the shipped \fIoptions.labels\fR
729file for full documentation of the labels used by the standard templates.
730.TP
731.B @length@
732Expands to the length of the current track.
733.TP
734.B @navigate{\fIDIRECTORY\fB}{\fITEMPLATE\fB}
735Expands \fITEMPLATE\fR for each component of \fIDIRECTORY\fR in turn.
736Use \fB@dirname\fR and \fB@basename@\fR to get the components of the path to
737each component.
738Usually used in \fBchoose.html\fR.
739.TP
740.B @ne{\fIA\fB}{\fIB\fB}
741Expands to \fBtrue\fR if \fIA\fR and \fIB\fR differ, otherwise to \fBfalse\fR.
742.TP
743.B @nfiles@
744Expands to the number of files from \fB@files\fR (above).
745.TP
746.B @nonce@
747Expands to a string including the time and process ID, intended to be
748unique across invocations.
749.TP
750.B @not{\fIBOOL\fB}@
751Expands to \fBfalse\fR if \fIBOOL\fR is \fBtrue\fR, otherwise to
752\fBfalse\fR.
753.TP
754.B @or{\fIBOOL\fB}{\fIBOOL\fB}\fR...\fB@
755If at least one argument is \fBtrue\fB, then expands to \fBtrue\fR, otherwise
756to \fBfalse\fR.
757.TP
758.B @parity@
759Expands to \fBeven\fR or \fBodd\fR depending on whether the current track is at
760an even or odd position in \fB@queue@\fR, \fB@recent@\fR or \fB@files@\fR.
761.TP
762.B @part{\fICONTEXT\fB}{\fIPART\fB}@
763Expands to track name part \fIPART\fR using context \fICONTEXT\fR for the
764current track. The context may be omitted (and normally would be) and defaults
765to \fBdisplay\fR.
766.TP
767.B @part{\fICONTEXT\fB}{\fIPART\fB}{\fITRACK\fB}@
768Expands to track name part \fIPART\fR using context \fICONTEXT\fR for
769\fITRACK\fR. In this usage the context may not be omitted.
770.TP
771.B @paused@
772Expands to \fBtrue\fR if the current track is paused, else \fBfalse\fR.
773.TP
774.B @playing{\fITEMPLATE\fB}@
775Expands \fITEMPLATE\fR using the playing track as the current track.
776.TP
777.B @pref{\fITRACK\fB}{\fIKEY\fB}@
778Expand to the track preference, or the empty string if it is not set.
779.TP
780.B @prefname@
781Expands to the name of the current preference, in the template
782argument of \fB@prefs@\fR.
783.TP
784.B @prefs{\fIFILE\fB}{\fITEMPLATE\fB}@
785Expands \fITEMPLATE\fR repeatedly, for each preference of track
786\fIFILE\fR.
787Use \fB@prefname@\fR and \fB@prefvalue@\fR to get the name and value.
788.TP
789.B @prefvalue@
790Expands to the value of the current preference, in the template
791argument of \fB@prefs@\fR.
792.TP
793.B @queue{\fITEMPLATE\fB}@
794Expands \fITEMPLATE\fR repeatedly using the each track on the queue in turn as
795the current track. The track at the head of the queue comes first.
796.TP
797.B @random-enabled@
798Expands to \fBtrue\fR if random play is currently enabled, otherwise to
799\fBfalse\fR.
800.TP
801.B @recent{\fITEMPLATE\fB}@
802Expands \fITEMPLATE\fR repeatedly using the each recently played track in turn
803as the current track. The most recently played track comes first.
804.TP
805.B @resolve{\fITRACK\fB}@
806Resolve aliases for \fITRACK\fR and expands to the result.
807.TP
808.B @search{\fIPART\fB}\fR[\fB{\fICONTEXT\fB}\fR]\fB{\fITEMPLATE\fB}@
809Expands \fITEMPLATE\fR once for each group of search results that have
810a common value of track part \fIPART\fR.
811The groups are sorted by the value of the part.
812.IP
813.B @part@
814and
815.B @file@
816within the template will apply to one of the tracks in the group.
817.IP
818If \fICONTEXT\fR is specified it should be either \fBsort\fR or \fBdisplay\fR,
819and determines the context for \fIPART\fR. The default is \fBsort\fR. Usually
820you want \fBdisplay\fR for everything except the title and \fBsort\fR for the
821title. If you use \fBsort\fR for artist and album then you are likely to get
822strange effects.
823.TP
824.B @server-version@
825Expands to the server's version string.
826.TP
827.B @shell{\fICOMMAND\fB}@
828Expands to the output of \fICOMMAND\fR executed via the shell. \fBsh\fR is
829searched for using \fBPATH\fR. If the command fails then this is logged but
830otherwise ignored.
831.TP
832.B @state@
833In \fB@queue@\fR and \fB@recent@\fR, expands to the state of the current
834track. Otherwise the empty string. Known states are:
835.RS
836.TP 12
837.B failed
838The player terminated with nonzero status, but not because the track was
839scratched.
840.TP
841.B isscratch
842A scratch, in the queue.
843.TP
844.B no_player
845No player could be found.
846.TP
847.B ok
848Played successfully.
849.TP
850.B random
851A randomly chosen track, in the queue.
852.TP
853.B scratched
854This track was scratched.
855.TP
856.B unplayed
857An explicitly queued track, in the queue.
858.RE
859.IP
860Some additional states only apply to playing tracks, so will never be seen in
861the queue or recently-played list:
862.RS
863.TP 12
864.B paused
865The track has been paused.
866.TP
867.B quitting
868Interrupted because the server is shutting down.
869.TP
870.B started
871This track is currently playing.
872.RE
873.TP
874.B @stats@
875Expands to the server statistics.
876.TP
877.B @thisurl@
878Expands to the URL of the current page. Typically used in
879.B back
880arguments. If there is a
881.B nonce
882argument then it is changed to a fresh value.
883.TP
884.B @track@
885The current track.
886.TP
887.B @trackstate{\fIPATH\fB}@
888Expands to the current track state: \fBplaying\fR if the track is actually
889playing now, \fBqueued\fR if it is queued or the empty string otherwise.
890.TP
891.B @transform{\fIPATH\fB}{\fITYPE\fB}{\fICONTEXT\fB}@
892Transform a path according to \fBtransform\fR (see above).
893\fIPATH\fR should be a raw filename (of a track or directory).
894\fITYPE\fR should be the transform type (e.g. \fItrack\fR or \fIdir\fR).
895\fICONTEXT\fR should be the context, and can be omitted (the default
896is \fBdisplay\fR).
897.TP
898.B @url@
899Expands to the canonical URL as defined in \fIpkgconfdir/config\fR.
900.TP
901.B @urlquote{\fISTRING\fB}@
902URL-quote \fISTRING\fR.
903.TP
904.B @version@
905Expands to \fBdisorder.cgi\fR's version string.
906.TP
907.B @volume:\fISPEAKER\fB@
908The volume on the left or right speaker. \fISPEAKER\fR must be \fBleft\fB or
909\fBright\fR.
910.TP
911.B @when@
912When the current track was played (or when it is expected to be played, if it
913has not been played yet)
914.TP
915.B @who@
916Who submitted the current track.
917.SH "WEB OPTIONS"
918This is a file called \fIoptions\fR, searched for in the same manner
919as templates. It includes numerous options for the control of the web
920interface. The general syntax is the same as the main configuration
921file, except that it should be encoded using UTF-8 (though this might
922change to the current locale's character encoding; stick to ASCII to
923be safe).
924.PP
925The shipped \fIoptions\fR file includes four standard options files.
926In order, they are:
927.TP
928.I options.labels
929The default labels file. You wouldn't normally edit this directly - instead
930supply your own commands in \fIoptions.user\fR. Have a look at the shipped
931version of the file for documentation of labels used by the standard templates.
932.TP
933.I options.user
934A user options file. Here you should put any overrides for the default
935labels and any extra labels required by your modified templates.
936.PP
937Valid directives are:
938.TP
939.B columns \fINAME\fR \fIHEADING\fR...
940Defines the columns used in \fB@playing@\fR and \fB@recent@\fB. \fINAME\fR
941must be either \fBplaying\fR, \fBrecent\fR or \fBsearch\fR.
942\fIHEADING\fR... is a list of
943heading names. If a column is defined more than once then the last definitions
944is used.
945.IP
946The heading names \fBbutton\fR, \fBlength\fR, \fBwhen\fR and \fBwho\fR
947are built in.
948.TP
949.B include \fIPATH\fR
950Includes another file. If \fIPATH\fR starts with a \fB/\fR then it is
951taken as is, otherwise it is searched for in the template path.
952.TP
953.B label \fINAME\fR \fIVALUE\fR
954Define a label. If a label is defined more than once then the last definition
955is used.
956.SS Labels
957Some labels are defined inside \fBdisorder.cgi\fR and others by the
958default templates. You can define your own labels and use them inside
959a template.
960.PP
961When an undefined label is expanded, if it has a dot in its name then
962the part after the final dot is used as its value. Otherwise the
963whole name is used as the value.
964.PP
965Labels are no longer documented here, see the shipped \fIoptions.labels\fR file
966instead.
967.SH "REGEXP SUBSTITUTION RULES"
968Regexps are PCRE regexps, as defined in \fBpcrepattern\fR(3). The
969only option used is \fBPCRE_UTF8\fR. Remember that the configuration
970file syntax means you have to escape backslashes and quotes inside
971quoted strings.
972.PP
973In a \fISUBST\fR string the following sequences are interpreted
974specially:
975.TP
976.B $1 \fR... \fB$9
977These expand to the first to ninth bracketed subexpression.
978.TP
979.B $&
980This expands to the matched part of the subject string.
981.TP
982.B $$
983This expands to a single \fB$\fR symbol.
984.PP
985All other pairs starting with \fB$\fR are undefined (and might be used
986for something else in the future, so don't rely on the current
987behaviour.)
988.PP
989If \fBi\fR is present in \fIREFLAGS\fR then the match is case-independent. If
990\fBg\fR is present then all matches are replaced, otherwise only the first
991match is replaced.
992.SH "ACTIONS"
993What the web interface actually does is terminated by the \fBaction\fR CGI
994argument. The values listed below are supported.
995.PP
996Except as specified, all actions redirect back to the \fBplaying.html\fR
997template unless the \fBback\fR argument is present, in which case the URL it
998gives is used instead.
999.PP
1000Redirection to \fBplaying.html\fR preserves \fBmgmt=true\fR if it is present.
1001.TP 8
1002.B "move"
1003Move track \fBid\fR by offset \fBdelta\fR.
1004.TP
1005.B "play"
1006Play track \fBfile\fR, or if that is missing then play all the tracks in
1007\fBdirectory\fR.
1008.TP
1009.B "playing"
1010Don't change any state, but instead compute a suitable refresh time and include
1011that in an HTTP header. Expands the \fBplaying.html\fR template rather than
1012redirecting.
1013.IP
1014This is the default if \fBaction\fR is missing.
1015.TP
1016.B "random-disable"
1017Disables random play.
1018.TP
1019.B "random-enable"
1020Enables random play.
1021.TP
1022.B "disable"
1023Disables play completely.
1024.TP
1025.B "enable"
1026Enables play.
1027.TP
1028.B "pause"
1029Pauses the current track.
1030.TP
1031.B "remove"
1032Remove track \fBid\fR.
1033.TP
1034.B "resume"
1035Resumes play after a pause.
1036.TP
1037.B "scratch"
1038Scratch the playing track. If \fBid\fR is present it must match the playing
1039track.
1040.TP
1041.B "volume"
1042Change the volume by \fBdelta\fR, or if that is missing then set it to the
1043values of \fBleft\fR and \fBright\fR. Expands to the \fBvolume.html\fR template
1044rather than redirecting.
1045.TP
1046.B "prefs"
1047Adjust preferences from the \fBprefs.html\fR template (which it then expands
1048rather than redirecting).
1049.IP
1050If
1051.B parts
1052is set then the cooked interface is assumed. The value of
1053.B parts
1054is used to determine which trackname preferences are set. By default the
1055.B display
1056context is adjusted but this can be overridden with the
1057.B context
1058argument. Also the
1059.B random
1060argument is checked; if it is set then random play is enabled for that track,
1061otherwise it is disabled.
1062.IP
1063Otherwise if the
1064.B name
1065and
1066.B value
1067arguments are set then they are used to set a single preference.
1068.IP
1069Otherwise if just the
1070.B name
1071argument is set then that preference is deleted.
1072.IP
1073It is recommended that links to the \fBprefs\fR action use \fB@resolve@\fR to
1074enure that the real track name is always used. Otherwise if the preferences
1075page is used to adjust a trackname_ preference, the alias may change, leading
1076to the URL going stale.
1077.TP
1078.B "error"
1079This action is generated automatically when an error occurs connecting to the
1080server. The \fBerror\fR label is set to an indication of what the error is.
1081.SH "TRACK NAME PARTS"
1082The traditional track name parts are \fBartist\fR, \fBalbum\fR and \fBtitle\fR,
1083with the obvious intended meaning. These are controlled by configuration and
1084by \fBtrackname_\fR preferences.
1085.PP
1086In addition there are two built-in parts, \fBpath\fR which is the whole path
1087name and \fBext\fR which is the filename extension, including the initial dot
1088(or the empty string if there is not extension).
1089.SH "SEE ALSO"
77cfc7a2 1090\fBdisorder\fR(1), \fBsox\fR(1), \fBdisorderd\fR(8), \fBdisorder-dump\fR(8),
460b9539 1091\fBpcrepattern\fR(3)
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