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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
25ca855b 75goes. This model will be changed in a future version.)
460b9539 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 .
659d87e8 120The server will create this directory on startup if it does not exist.
460b9539 121.TP
0c6bcae0 122.B plugins \fIPATH\fR
460b9539 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.
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129.IP
130If
131.B plugins
132is used without arguments the plugin path is cleared.
460b9539 133.SS "Server Configuration"
134.TP
135.B alias \fIPATTERN\fR
136Defines the pattern use construct virtual filenames from \fBtrackname_\fR
137preferences.
138.IP
139Most characters stand for themselves, the exception being \fB{\fR which is used
140to insert a track name part in the form \fB{\fIname\fB}\fR or
141\fB{/\fIname\fB}\fR.
142.IP
143The difference is that the first form just inserts the name part while the
144second prefixes it with a \fB/\fR if it is nonempty.
145.IP
146The pattern should not attempt to include the collection root, which is
147automatically included, but should include the proper extension.
148.IP
149The default is \fB{/artist}{/album}{/title}{ext}\fR.
150.TP
25ca855b 151.B authorization_algorithm \fIALGORITHM\fR
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152Defines the algorithm used to authenticate clients. The valid options
153are sha1 (the default), sha256, sha384 and sha512. See
154.BR disorder_protocol (5)
155for more details.
156.TP
30ad4dab 157.B broadcast \fIADDRESS\fR \fIPORT\fR
158Transmit sound data to \fIADDRESS\fR using UDP port \fIPORT\fR. This implies
29573477 159\fBspeaker_backend network\fR.
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160.IP
161See also \fBmulticast_loop\fR and \fBmulticast_ttl\fR.
30ad4dab 162.TP
163.B broadcast_from \fIADDRESS\fR \fIPORT\fR
164Sets the (local) source address used by \fBbroadcast\fR.
165.TP
460b9539 166.B channel \fICHANNEL\fR
167The mixer channel that the volume control should use. Valid names depend on
168your operating system and hardware, but some standard ones that might be useful
169are:
170.RS
171.TP 8
172.B pcm
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173Output level for the audio device. This is probably what you want and is the
174default.
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176.B speaker
177Output level for the PC speaker, if that is connected to the sound card.
178.TP
179.B pcm2
180Output level for alternative codec device.
181.TP
182.B vol
183Master output level. The OSS documentation recommends against using this, as
184it affects all output devices.
185.RE
186.IP
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187You can also specify channels by number, if you know the right value. NB that
188volume setting only works on OSS systems (including ALSA, via emulation).
460b9539 189.TP
190.B collection \fIMODULE\fR \fIENCODING\fR \fIROOT\fR
191Define a collection of tracks.
192.IP
193\fIMODULE\fR defines which plugin module should be used for this
194collection. Use the supplied \fBfs\fR module for tracks that exists
195as ordinary files in the filesystem.
196.IP
197\fIENCODING\fR defines the encoding of filenames in this collection.
198For \fBfs\fR this would be the encoding you use for filenames.
199Examples might be \fBiso-8859-1\fR or \fButf-8\fR.
200.IP
201\fIROOT\fR is the root in the filesystem of the filenames and is
202passed to the plugin module.
203.TP
204.B device \fINAME\fR
205ALSA device to play raw-format audio. Default is \fBdefault\fR, i.e. to use
206the whatever the ALSA configured default is.
207.TP
208.B gap \fISECONDS\fR
209Specifies the number of seconds to leave between tracks. The default
210is 2.
211.TP
212.B history \fIINTEGER\fR
213Specifies the number of recently played tracks to remember (including
214failed tracks and scratches).
215.TP
216.B listen \fR[\fIHOST\fR] \fISERVICE\fR
217Listen for connections on the address specified by \fIHOST\fR and port
218specified by \fISERVICE\fR. If \fIHOST\fR is omitted then listens on all
219local addresses.
220.IP
221Normally the server only listens on a UNIX domain socket.
222.TP
223.B lock yes\fR|\fBno
224Determines whether the server locks against concurrent operation. Default is
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225\fByes\fR. There is no good reason to set this to \fBno\fR and the option will
226probably be removed in a future version.
460b9539 227.TP
228.B mixer \fIPATH\fR
229The path to the mixer device, if you want access to the volume control,
25ca855b 230e.g. \fB/dev/mixer\fR (the default).
460b9539 231.TP
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232.B multicast_loop yes\fR|\fBno
233Determines whether multicast packets are loop backed to the sending host. The
234default is \fByes\fR. This only applies if
235\fBspeaker_backend\fR is set to \fBnetwork\fR and \fBbroadcast\fR is actually a
236multicast address.
237.TP
23205f9c 238.B multicast_ttl \fIHOPS\fR
61941295 239Set the maximum number of hops to send multicast packets. This only applies if
23205f9c 240\fBspeaker_backend\fR is set to \fBnetwork\fR and \fBbroadcast\fR is actually a
25ca855b 241multicast address. The default is 1.
23205f9c 242.TP
460b9539 243.B namepart \fIPART\fR \fIREGEXP\fR \fISUBST\fR [\fICONTEXT\fR [\fIREFLAGS\fR]]
244Determines how to extract trackname part \fIPART\fR from a
245track name (with the collection root part removed).
246Used in \fB@recent@\fR, \fB@playing@\fR and \fB@search@\fR.
247.IP
248Track names can be different in different contexts. For instance the sort
249string might include an initial track number, but this would be stripped for
250the display string. \fICONTEXT\fR should be a glob pattern matching the
251contexts in which this directive will be used.
252.IP
253Valid contexts are \fBsort\fR and \fBdisplay\fR.
254.IP
255All the \fBnamepart\fR directives are considered in order. The
256first directive for the right part, that matches the desired context,
257and with a \fIREGEXP\fR that
258matches the track is used, and the value chosen is constructed from
259\fISUBST\fR according to the substitution rules below.
260.IP
261Note that searches use the raw track name and \fBtrackname_\fR preferences but
262not (currently) the results of \fBnamepart\fR, so generating words via this option
263that aren't in the original track name will lead to confusing results.
264.IP
265If you supply no \fBnamepart\fR directives at all then a default set will be
266supplied automatically. But if you supply even one then you must supply all of
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267them. The defaults are equivalent to:
268.PP
269.nf
270namepart title "/([0-9]+ *[-:] *)?([^/]+)\\.[a-zA-Z0-9]+$" $2 display
271namepart title "/([^/]+)\\.[a-zA-Z0-9]+$" $1 sort
272namepart album "/([^/]+)/[^/]+$" $1 *
273namepart artist "/([^/]+)/[^/]+/[^/]+$" $1 *
274namepart ext "(\\.[a-zA-Z0-9]+)$" $1 *
275.fi
460b9539 276.TP
277.B nice_rescan \fIPRIORITY\fR
278Set the recan subprocess priority. The default is 10.
279.IP
280(Note that higher values mean the process gets less CPU time; UNIX priority
04e42396 281values are backwards.)
460b9539 282.TP
283.B nice_server \fIPRIORITY\fR
284Set the server priority. This is applied to the server at startup time (and
285not when you reload configuration). The server does not use much CPU itself
286but this value is inherited by programs it executes. If you have limited CPU
287then it might help to set this to a small negative value. The default is 0.
288.TP
289.B nice_speaker \fIPRIORITY\fR
290Set the speaker process priority. This is applied to the speaker process at
291startup time (and not when you reload the configuration). The speaker process
292is not massively CPU intensive by today's standards but depends on reasonably
293timely scheduling. If you have limited CPU then it might help to set this to a
294small negative value. The default is 0.
295.TP
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296.B noticed_history
297The maximum days that a track can survive in the database of newly added
298tracks. The default is 31.
299.TP
460b9539 300.B player \fIPATTERN\fR \fIMODULE\fR [\fIOPTIONS.. [\fB--\fR]] \fIARGS\fR...
301Specifies the player for files matching the glob \fIPATTERN\fR. \fIMODULE\fR
302specifies which plugin module to use.
303.IP
304The following options are supported:
305.RS
306.TP
307.B --wait-for-device\fR[\fB=\fIDEVICE\fR]
308Waits (for up to a couple of seconds) for the default, or specified, libao
309device to become openable.
310.TP
311.B --
312Defines the end of the list of options. Needed if the first argument to the
313plugin starts with a "-".
314.RE
315.IP
316The following are the standard modules:
317.RS
318.TP
319.B exec \fICOMMAND\fR \fIARGS\fR...
320The command is executed via \fBexecvp\fR(3), not via the shell.
321The \fBPATH\fR environment variable is searched for the executable if it is not
322an absolute path.
323The command is expected to know how to open its own sound device.
324.TP
325.B execraw \fICOMMAND\fR \fIARGS\fR...
326Identical to the \fBexec\fR except that the player is expected to use the
ce6c36be 327DisOrder raw player protocol.
328.BR disorder-decode (8)
329can decode several common audio file formats to this format. If your favourite
330format is not supported, but you have a player which uses libao, there is also
331a libao driver which supports this format; see below for more information about
332this.
460b9539 333.TP
334.B shell \fR[\fISHELL\fR] \fICOMMAND\fR
335The command is executed using the shell. If \fISHELL\fR is specified then that
336is used, otherwise \fBsh\fR will be used. In either case the \fBPATH\fR
337environment variable is searched for the shell executable if it is not an
338absolute path. The track name is stored in the environment variable
339\fBTRACK\fR.
340.IP
341Be careful of the interaction between the configuration file quoting rules and
342the shell quoting rules.
343.RE
344.IP
345If multiple player commands match a track then the first match is used.
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346.IP
347For the server to be able to calculate track lengths, there should be a
348.B tracklength
349command corresponding to each
350.B player
351command.
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352.IP
353If
354.B player
355is used without arguments, the list of players is cleared.
460b9539 356.TP
357.B prefsync \fISECONDS\fR
358The interval at which the preferences log file will be synchronised. Defaults
359to 3600, i.e. one hour.
360.TP
459d4402 361.B queue_pad \fICOUNT\fR
362The target size of the queue. If random play is enabled then randomly picked
25ca855b 363tracks will be added until the queue is at least this big. The default is 10.
459d4402 364.TP
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365.B restrict \fR[\fBscratch\fR] [\fBremove\fR] [\fBmove\fR]
366Determine which operations are restricted to the submitter of a
367track. By default, no operations are restricted, i.e. anyone can
368scratch or remove anything.
369.IP
370If \fBrestrict scratch\fR or \fBrestrict remove\fR are set then only the user
371that submitted a track can scratch or remove it, respectively.
372.IP
373If \fBrestrict move\fR is set then only trusted users can move tracks around in
374the queue.
375.IP
376If \fBrestrict\fR is used more than once then only the final use has any
377effect.
378.TP
405fea4e 379.B sample_format \fIBITS\fB/\fIRATE\fB/\fICHANNELS
380Describes the sample format expected by the \fBspeaker_command\fR (below). The
381components of the format specification are as follows:
382.RS
383.TP 10
384.I BITS
385The number of bits per sample. Optionally, may be suffixed by \fBb\fR or
386\fBl\fR for big-endian and little-endian words. If neither is used the native
387byte order is assumed.
388.TP
389.I RATE
390The number of samples per second.
391.TP
392.I CHANNELS
393The number of channels.
394.PP
395The default is
396.BR 16/44100/2 .
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397.PP
398With the
399.B network
400backend the sample format is forced to
e99d42b1 401.B 16b/44100/2
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402and with the
403.B coreaudio
404backend it is forced to
405.BR 16/44100/2 ,
406in both cases regardless of what is specified in the configuration file.
405fea4e 407.RE
408.TP
460b9539 409.B signal \fINAME\fR
410Defines the signal to be sent to track player process groups when tracks are
411scratched. The default is \fBSIGKILL\fR.
412.IP
413Signals are specified by their full C name, i.e. \fBSIGINT\fR and not \fBINT\fR
414or \fBInterrupted\fR or whatever.
415.TP
29573477 416.B speaker_backend \fINAME\fR
417Selects the backend use by the speaker process. The following options are
418available:
419.RS
420.TP
421.B alsa
422Use the ALSA API. This is only available on Linux systems, on which it is the
423default.
424.TP
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425.B coreaudio
426Use Apple Core Audio. This only available on OS X systems, on which it is the
427default.
428.TP
e99d42b1 429.B oss
25ca855b 430Use the OSS (/dev/dsp) API. Not available on all platforms.
e99d42b1 431.TP
29573477 432.B command
433Execute a command. This is the default if
434.B speaker_command
937be4c0 435is specified, or if no native is available.
29573477 436.TP
437.B network
438Transmit audio over the network. This is the default if
803f6e52 439\fBbroadcast\fR is specified. You can use
440.BR disorder-playrtp (1)
441to receive and play the resulting stream on Linux and OS X.
29573477 442.RE
443.TP
5330d674 444.B sox_generation \fB0\fR|\fB1
445Determines whether calls to \fBsox\fR(1) should use \fB-b\fR, \fB-x\fR, etc (if
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446the generation is 0) or \fB-\fIbits\fR, \fB-L\fR etc (if it is 1). See the
447documentation for your installed copy of \fBsox\fR to determine which you need.
448The default is 0.
5330d674 449.TP
405fea4e 450.B speaker_command \fICOMMAND
451Causes the speaker subprocess to pipe audio data into shell command
452\fICOMMAND\fR, rather than writing to a local sound card. The sample format is
453determine by
454.B sample_format
455above.
77cfc7a2 456.IP
457Note that if the sample format is wrong then
458.BR sox (1)
459is invoked to translate it. If
460.B sox
461is not installed then this will not work.
405fea4e 462.TP
460b9539 463.B scratch \fIPATH\fR
464Specifies a scratch. When a track is scratched, a scratch track is
465played at random.
466Scratches are played using the same logic as other tracks.
467.IP
468At least for the time being, path names of scratches must be encoded using
469UTF-8 (which means that ASCII will do).
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470.IP
471If \fBscratch\fR is used without arguments then the list of scratches is
472cleared.
460b9539 473.TP
474.B stopword \fIWORD\fR ...
475Specifies one or more stopwords that should not take part in searches
476over track names.
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477.IP
478If \fBstopword\fR is used without arguments then the list of stopwords is
479cleared.
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480.TP
481.B tracklength \fIPATTERN\fR \fIMODULE\fR
482Specifies the module used to calculate the length of files matching
483\fIPATTERN\fR. \fIMODULE\fR specifies which plugin module to use.
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484.IP
485If \fBtracklength\fR is used without arguments then the list of modules is
486cleared.
460b9539 487.SS "Client Configuration"
488.TP
ccf0aafa 489.B connect \fIHOST SERVICE\fR
460b9539 490Connect to the address specified by \fIHOST\fR and port specified by
ccf0aafa 491\fISERVICE\fR.
460b9539 492.SS "Web Interface Configuration"
493.TP
494.B refresh \fISECONDS\fR
495Specifies the maximum refresh period in seconds. Default 15.
496.TP
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497.B short_display \fICHARACTERS\fR
498Defines the maximum number of characters to include in a \fBshort\fR name
499part. Default 30.
500.TP
460b9539 501.B templates \fIPATH\fR ...
502Specifies the directory containing templates used by the web
503interface. If a template appears in more than one template directory
504then the one in the earliest directory specified is chosen.
505.IP
506See below for further details.
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507.IP
508If \fBtemplates\fR is used without arguments then the template path is cleared.
460b9539 509.TP
510.B transform \fITYPE\fR \fIREGEXP\fR \fISUBST\fR [\fICONTEXT\fR [\fIREFLAGS\fR]]
511Determines how names are sorted and displayed in track choice displays.
512.IP
513\fITYPE\fR is the type of transformation; usually \fBtrack\fR or
514\fBdir\fR but you can define your own.
515.IP
516\fICONTEXT\fR is a glob pattern matching the context. Standard contexts are
517\fBsort\fR (which determines how directory names are sorted) and \fBdisplay\fR
518(which determines how they are displayed). Again, you can define your
519own.
520.IP
521All the \fBtransform\fR directives are considered in order. If
522the \fITYPE\fR, \fIREGEXP\fR and the \fICONTEXT\fR match
523then a new track name is constructed from
524\fISUBST\fR according to the substitution rules below. If several
525match then each is executed in order.
526.IP
527If you supply no \fBtransform\fR directives at all then a default set will be
528supplied automatically. But if you supply even one then you must supply all of
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529them. The defaults are:
530.PP
531.nf
532transform track "^.*/([0-9]+ *[-:] *)?([^/]+)\\.[a-zA-Z0-9]+$" $2 display
533transform track "^.*/([^/]+)\\.[a-zA-Z0-9]+$" $1 sort
534transform dir "^.*/([^/]+)$" $1 *
535transform dir "^(the) ([^/]*)" "$2 $1" sort i
536transform dir "[[:punct:]]" "" sort g
537.fi
460b9539 538.TP
539.B url \fIURL\fR
540Specifies the URL of the web interface. This URL will be used in
541generated web pages.
542.IP
543This must be the full URL, e.g. \fBhttp://myhost/cgi-bin/jukebox\fR and not
544\fB/cgi-bin/jukebox\fR.
545.SS "Authentication Configuration"
546.TP
547.B allow \fIUSERNAME\fR \fIPASSWORD\fR
548Specify a username/password pair.
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549.IP
550If
551.B allow
552is used without arguments, the list of allowed users is cleared.
460b9539 553.TP
554.B password \fIPASSWORD\fR
555Specify password.
556.TP
557.B trust \fIUSERNAME\fR
558Allow \fIUSERNAME\fR to perform privileged operations such as shutting
559down or reconfiguring the daemon, or becoming another user.
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560.IP
561If \fBtrust\fR is used without arguments then the list of trusted users is
562cleared.
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564.B user \fIUSER\fR
565Specifies the user to run as. Only makes sense if invoked as root (or
566the target user).
567.TP
568.B username \fIUSERNAME\fR
569Specify username. The default is taken from the environment variable
570\fBLOGNAME\fR.
571.PP
572Configuration files are read in the following order:
573.TP
574.I pkgconfdir/config
575.TP
576.I pkgconfdir/config.private
577Should be readable only by the jukebox group, and contain \fBallow\fR
578commands for authorised users.
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579.IP
580If this file does not exist at startup then the server will create it with a
581randomly chosen password for the root user.
460b9539 582.TP
583.I pkgconfdir/config.\fRUSER
584Per-user system-controlled client configuration. Optional but if it
585exists must be readable only by the relevant user. Would normally
586contain a \fBpassword\fR directive.
587.TP
588.I ~\fRUSER\fI/.disorder/passwd
589Per-user client configuration. Optional but if it exists must be
590readable only by the relevant user. Would normally contain a
591\fBpassword\fR directive.
592.SH "GLOBAL PREFERENCES"
593These are the values set with \fBset-global\fR.
594.TP
595.B required-tags
596If this is set an nonempty then randomly played tracks will always have at
597least one of the listed tags.
598.IP
599Tags can contain any printing character except comma. Leading and trailing
600spaces are not significant but internal spaces are. Tags in a list are
601separated by commas.
602.TP
603.B prohibited-tags
604If this is set an nonempty then randomly played tracks will never have any of
605the listed tags.
606.TP
607.B playing
608If unset or \fByes\fR then play is enabled. Otherwise it is disabled. Use
609\fBdisable\fR rather than setting it directly.
610.TP
611.B random-play
612If unset or \fByes\fR then random play is enabled. Otherwise it is disabled.
613Use \fBdisable\fR rather than setting it directly.
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614.PP
615Global preferences starting '_' are read-only (in the sense that you cannot
616modify them; the server may modify them as part of its normal operation). They
617are:
618.TP
619.B _dbversion
620The database version string. This is used by DisOrder to detect when it must
621modify the database after an upgrade.
460b9539 622.SH "LIBAO DRIVER"
623.SS "Raw Protocol Players"
624Raw protocol players are expected to use the \fBdisorder\fR libao driver.
625Programs that use libao generally have command line options to select the
626driver and pass options to it.
627.SS "Driver Options"
628The known driver options are:
629.TP
630.B fd
631The file descriptor to write to. If this is not specified then the driver
632looks like the environment variable \fBDISORDER_RAW_FD\fR. If that is not set
633then the default is 1 (i.e. standard output).
634.TP
635.B fragile
636If this is set to a nonzero value then the driver will call \fB_exit\fR(2) if a
637write to the output file descriptor fails. This is a workaround for buggy
638players such as \fBogg123\fR that ignore write errors.
639.SH "WEB TEMPLATES"
640When \fBdisorder.cgi\fR wants to generate a page for an action it searches the
641directories specified with \fBtemplates\fR for a matching file. It is
642suggested that you leave the distributed templates unchanged and put
643any customisations in an earlier entry in the template path.
644.PP
645The supplied templates are:
646.TP
647.B about.html
648Display information about DisOrder.
649.TP
650.B choose.html
651Navigates through the track database to choose a track to play. The
652\fBdir\fR argument gives the directory to look in; if it is missing
653then the root directory is used.
654.TP
655.B choosealpha.html
656Provides a front end to \fBchoose.html\fR which allows subsets of the top level
657directories to be selected by initial letter.
658.TP
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659.B new.html
660Lists newly added tracks.
661.TP
460b9539 662.B playing.html
663The "front page", which usually shows the currently playing tracks and
664the queue.
665Gets an HTTP \fBRefresh\fR header.
666.IP
667If the \fBmgmt\fR CGI argument is set to \fBtrue\fR then we include extra
668buttons for moving tracks up and down in the queue. There is some logic in
669\fBdisorder.cgi\fR to ensure that \fBmgmt=true\fR is preserved across refreshes
670and redirects back into itself, but URLs embedded in web pages must include it
671explicitly.
672.TP
673.B prefs.html
674Views preferences. If the \fBfile\fR, \fBname\fR and \fBvalue\fR arguments are
675all set then that preference is modified; if \fBfile\fR and \fBname\fR are set
676but not \fBvalue\fR then the preference is deleted.
677.TP
678.B recent.html
679Lists recently played tracks.
680.TP
681.B search.html
682Presents search results.
683.TP
684.B volume.html
685Primitive volume control.
686.PP
687Additionally, other standard files are included by these:
688.TP
689.B credits.html
690Included at the end of the main content \fB<DIV>\fR element.
691.TP
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692.B topbar.html
693Included at the start of the \fB<BODY>\fR element. (This supplants
694\fBsidebar.html\fR, though the latter is still available; override label
695\fBmenu\fR to choose between them.)
460b9539 696.TP
697.B stdhead.html
698Included in the \fB<HEAD>\fR element.
699.TP
700.B stylesheet.html
701Contains the default DisOrder stylesheet. You can override this by editing the
702CSS or by replacing it all with a \fB<LINK>\fR to an external stylesheet.
703.PP
704Templates are ASCII files containing HTML documents, with an expansion
705syntax to enable data supplied by the implementation to be inserted.
706.PP
707If you want to use characters outside the ASCII range, use either the
708appropriate HTML entity, e.g. \fB&eacute;\fR, or an SGML numeric
709character reference, e.g. \fB&#253;\fR. Use \fB&#64;\fR to insert a
710literal \fB@\fR without falling foul of the expansion syntax.
711.SS "Expansion Syntax"
712Expansions are surrounded by at ("@") symbols take the form of a keyword
713followed by zero or more arguments. Arguments may either be quoted by curly
714brackets ("{" and "}") or separated by colons (":"). Both kinds may be mixed
715in a single expansion, though doing so seems likely to cause confusion.
716The descriptions below contain suggested forms for each
717expansion.
718.PP
719Leading and trailing whitespace in unquoted arguments is ignored, as is
720whitespace (including newlines) following a close bracket ("}").
721.PP
722Arguments are recursively expanded before being interpreted, except for
723\fITEMPLATE\fR arguments. These are expanded (possibly more than once) to
724produce the final expansion.
725(More than once means the same argument being expanded more than once
726for different tracks or whatever, not the result of the first
727expansion itself being re-expanded.)
728.PP
729Strings constructed by expansions (i.e. not literally copied from the template
730text) are SGML-quoted: any character which does not stand for itself in #PCDATA
731or a quoted attribute value is replaced by the appropriate numeric character
732reference.
733.PP
734The exception to this is that such strings are \fInot\fR quoted when they are
735generated in the expansion of a parameter.
736.PP
737In the descriptions below, the current track means the one set by
738\fB@playing@\fR, \fB@recent@\fR or \fB@queue@\fR, not the one that is playing.
739If none of these expansions are in force then there is no current track.
740\fIBOOL\fR should always be either \fBtrue\fR or \fBfalse\fR.
741.SS "Expansions"
742The following expansion keywords are defined:
743.TP
744.B @#{\fICOMMENT\fB}@
745Ignored.
746.TP
747.B @action@
748The current action. This reports
749.B manage
750if the action is really
751.B playing
752but
753.B mgmt=true
754was set.
755.TP
756.B @and{\fIBOOL\fB}{\fIBOOL\fB}\fR...\fB@
757If there are no arguments, or all the arguments are \fBtrue\fB, then expands to
758\fBtrue\fR, otherwise to \fBfalse\fR.
759.TP
760.B @arg:\fINAME\fB@
25ca855b 761Expands to the value of CGI argument \fINAME\fR.
460b9539 762.TP
763.B @basename@
764The basename of the current directory component, in \fB@navigate@\fR.
765.TP
766.B @basename{\fIPATH\fB}@
767The base name part of \fIPATH\fR.
768.TP
769.B @choose{\fIWHAT\fB}{\fITEMPLATE\fB}@
770Expands \fITEMPLATE\fR repeatedly for each file or directory under
771\fB@arg:directory@\fR.
772\fIWHAT\fR should be either \fBfile\fR or \fBdirectory\fR.
773Use \fB@file@\fR to get the display name or filename of the file or
774directory.
775Usually used in \fBchoose.html\fR.
776.TP
777.B @dirname@
778The directory of the current directory component, in \fB@navigate@\fR.
779.TP
780.B @dirname{\fIPATH\fB}@
781The directory part of \fIPATH\fR.
782.TP
783.B @enabled@
784Expands to \fBtrue\fR if play is currently enabled, otherwise to \fBfalse\fR.
785.TP
786.B @eq{\fIA\fB}{\fIB\fB}
787Expands to \fBtrue\fR if \fIA\fR and \fIB\fR are identical, otherwise to
788\fBfalse\fR.
789.TP
790.B @file@
791Expands to the filename of the current file or directory, inside the template
792argument to \fBchoose\fR.
793.TP
794.B @files{\fITEMPLATE\fB}
40c30921 795Expands \fITEMPLATE\fR once for each file indicated by the \fBdirectory\fR CGI
460b9539 796arg if it is present, or otherwise for the list of files counted by \fBfiles\fR
797with names \fB0_file\fR, \fB1_file\fR etc.
798.TP
799.B @fullname@
800The full path of the current directory component, in \fB@navigate@\fR.
801.TP
802.B @id@
803The ID of the current track.
804.TP
805.B @if{\fIBOOL\fB}{\fITRUEPART\fB}{\fIFALSEPART\fB}@
806If \fIBOOL\fR expands to \fBtrue\fR then expands to \fITRUEPART\fR, otherwise
807to \fIFALSEPART\fR (which may be omitted).
808.TP
809.B @include:\fIPATH\fR@
810Include the named file as if it were a template file. If \fIPATH\fR
811starts with a \fB/\fR then it is used as-is; otherwise, ".html" is
812appended and the template path is searched.
813.TP
814.B @index@
815Expands to the index of the current file in \fB@queue@\fR, \fB@recent@\fR or
816\fB@files@\fR.
817.TP
818.B @isdirectories@
819Expands to \fBtrue\fR if there are any directories in \fB@arg:directory@\fR,
820otherwise to \fBfalse\fR.
821.TP
822.B @isfiles@
823Expands to \fBtrue\fR if there are any files in \fB@arg:directory@\fR,
824otherwise to \fBfalse\fR.
825.TP
826.B @isfirst@
827Expands to \fBtrue\fR if this is the first repetition of a \fITEMPLATE\fR
828argument in a loop (\fB@queue\fR or similar), otherwise to \fBfalse\fR.
829.TP
830.B @islast@
831Expands to \fBtrue\fR if this is the last repetition of a \fITEMPLATE\fR in a
832loop, otherwise to \fBfalse\fR.
833.TP
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834.B @isnew@
835Expands to \fBtrue\fR if the newly added tracks list has any tracks in it,
836otherwise to \fBfalse\fR.
837.TP
460b9539 838.B @isplaying@
839Expands to \fBtrue\fR if a track is playing, otherwise to \fBfalse\fR.
840.TP
841.B @isqueue@
842Expands to \fBtrue\fR if there are any tracks in the queue, otherwise to
843\fBfalse\fR.
844.TP
845.B @isrecent@
846Expands to \fBtrue\fR if the recently played list has any tracks in it,
847otherwise to \fBfalse\fR.
848.TP
849.B @label:\fINAME\fR\fB@
850Expands to the value of label \fINAME\fR. See the shipped \fIoptions.labels\fR
851file for full documentation of the labels used by the standard templates.
852.TP
853.B @length@
854Expands to the length of the current track.
855.TP
856.B @navigate{\fIDIRECTORY\fB}{\fITEMPLATE\fB}
857Expands \fITEMPLATE\fR for each component of \fIDIRECTORY\fR in turn.
858Use \fB@dirname\fR and \fB@basename@\fR to get the components of the path to
859each component.
860Usually used in \fBchoose.html\fR.
861.TP
862.B @ne{\fIA\fB}{\fIB\fB}
863Expands to \fBtrue\fR if \fIA\fR and \fIB\fR differ, otherwise to \fBfalse\fR.
864.TP
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865.B @new{\fITEMPLATE\fB}
866Expands \fITEMPLATE\fR for each track in the newly added tracks list, starting
867with the most recent. Used in \fBnew.html\fR.
868.TP
460b9539 869.B @nfiles@
870Expands to the number of files from \fB@files\fR (above).
871.TP
872.B @nonce@
873Expands to a string including the time and process ID, intended to be
874unique across invocations.
875.TP
876.B @not{\fIBOOL\fB}@
877Expands to \fBfalse\fR if \fIBOOL\fR is \fBtrue\fR, otherwise to
878\fBfalse\fR.
879.TP
880.B @or{\fIBOOL\fB}{\fIBOOL\fB}\fR...\fB@
881If at least one argument is \fBtrue\fB, then expands to \fBtrue\fR, otherwise
882to \fBfalse\fR.
883.TP
884.B @parity@
885Expands to \fBeven\fR or \fBodd\fR depending on whether the current track is at
886an even or odd position in \fB@queue@\fR, \fB@recent@\fR or \fB@files@\fR.
887.TP
888.B @part{\fICONTEXT\fB}{\fIPART\fB}@
889Expands to track name part \fIPART\fR using context \fICONTEXT\fR for the
61507e3c 890current track. The context may be omitted and defaults
460b9539 891to \fBdisplay\fR.
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892.IP
893The special context \fBshort\fR is equivalent to \fBdisplay\fR but limited to
894the \fBshort_display\fR limit.
460b9539 895.TP
896.B @part{\fICONTEXT\fB}{\fIPART\fB}{\fITRACK\fB}@
897Expands to track name part \fIPART\fR using context \fICONTEXT\fR for
898\fITRACK\fR. In this usage the context may not be omitted.
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899.IP
900The special context \fBshort\fR is equivalent to \fBdisplay\fR but limited to
901the \fBshort_display\fR limit.
460b9539 902.TP
903.B @paused@
904Expands to \fBtrue\fR if the current track is paused, else \fBfalse\fR.
905.TP
906.B @playing{\fITEMPLATE\fB}@
907Expands \fITEMPLATE\fR using the playing track as the current track.
908.TP
909.B @pref{\fITRACK\fB}{\fIKEY\fB}@
910Expand to the track preference, or the empty string if it is not set.
911.TP
912.B @prefname@
913Expands to the name of the current preference, in the template
914argument of \fB@prefs@\fR.
915.TP
916.B @prefs{\fIFILE\fB}{\fITEMPLATE\fB}@
917Expands \fITEMPLATE\fR repeatedly, for each preference of track
918\fIFILE\fR.
919Use \fB@prefname@\fR and \fB@prefvalue@\fR to get the name and value.
920.TP
921.B @prefvalue@
922Expands to the value of the current preference, in the template
923argument of \fB@prefs@\fR.
924.TP
925.B @queue{\fITEMPLATE\fB}@
926Expands \fITEMPLATE\fR repeatedly using the each track on the queue in turn as
927the current track. The track at the head of the queue comes first.
928.TP
929.B @random-enabled@
930Expands to \fBtrue\fR if random play is currently enabled, otherwise to
931\fBfalse\fR.
932.TP
933.B @recent{\fITEMPLATE\fB}@
934Expands \fITEMPLATE\fR repeatedly using the each recently played track in turn
935as the current track. The most recently played track comes first.
936.TP
937.B @resolve{\fITRACK\fB}@
938Resolve aliases for \fITRACK\fR and expands to the result.
939.TP
940.B @search{\fIPART\fB}\fR[\fB{\fICONTEXT\fB}\fR]\fB{\fITEMPLATE\fB}@
941Expands \fITEMPLATE\fR once for each group of search results that have
942a common value of track part \fIPART\fR.
943The groups are sorted by the value of the part.
944.IP
945.B @part@
946and
947.B @file@
948within the template will apply to one of the tracks in the group.
949.IP
950If \fICONTEXT\fR is specified it should be either \fBsort\fR or \fBdisplay\fR,
951and determines the context for \fIPART\fR. The default is \fBsort\fR. Usually
952you want \fBdisplay\fR for everything except the title and \fBsort\fR for the
953title. If you use \fBsort\fR for artist and album then you are likely to get
954strange effects.
955.TP
956.B @server-version@
957Expands to the server's version string.
958.TP
959.B @shell{\fICOMMAND\fB}@
960Expands to the output of \fICOMMAND\fR executed via the shell. \fBsh\fR is
961searched for using \fBPATH\fR. If the command fails then this is logged but
962otherwise ignored.
963.TP
964.B @state@
965In \fB@queue@\fR and \fB@recent@\fR, expands to the state of the current
966track. Otherwise the empty string. Known states are:
967.RS
968.TP 12
969.B failed
970The player terminated with nonzero status, but not because the track was
971scratched.
972.TP
973.B isscratch
974A scratch, in the queue.
975.TP
976.B no_player
977No player could be found.
978.TP
979.B ok
980Played successfully.
981.TP
982.B random
983A randomly chosen track, in the queue.
984.TP
985.B scratched
986This track was scratched.
987.TP
988.B unplayed
989An explicitly queued track, in the queue.
990.RE
991.IP
992Some additional states only apply to playing tracks, so will never be seen in
993the queue or recently-played list:
994.RS
995.TP 12
996.B paused
997The track has been paused.
998.TP
999.B quitting
1000Interrupted because the server is shutting down.
1001.TP
1002.B started
1003This track is currently playing.
1004.RE
1005.TP
1006.B @stats@
1007Expands to the server statistics.
1008.TP
1009.B @thisurl@
1010Expands to the URL of the current page. Typically used in
1011.B back
1012arguments. If there is a
1013.B nonce
1014argument then it is changed to a fresh value.
1015.TP
1016.B @track@
1017The current track.
1018.TP
1019.B @trackstate{\fIPATH\fB}@
1020Expands to the current track state: \fBplaying\fR if the track is actually
1021playing now, \fBqueued\fR if it is queued or the empty string otherwise.
1022.TP
1023.B @transform{\fIPATH\fB}{\fITYPE\fB}{\fICONTEXT\fB}@
1024Transform a path according to \fBtransform\fR (see above).
1025\fIPATH\fR should be a raw filename (of a track or directory).
1026\fITYPE\fR should be the transform type (e.g. \fItrack\fR or \fIdir\fR).
1027\fICONTEXT\fR should be the context, and can be omitted (the default
1028is \fBdisplay\fR).
1029.TP
1030.B @url@
1031Expands to the canonical URL as defined in \fIpkgconfdir/config\fR.
1032.TP
1033.B @urlquote{\fISTRING\fB}@
1034URL-quote \fISTRING\fR.
1035.TP
1036.B @version@
1037Expands to \fBdisorder.cgi\fR's version string.
1038.TP
1039.B @volume:\fISPEAKER\fB@
40c30921 1040The volume on the left or right speaker. \fISPEAKER\fR must be \fBleft\fR or
460b9539 1041\fBright\fR.
1042.TP
1043.B @when@
1044When the current track was played (or when it is expected to be played, if it
1045has not been played yet)
1046.TP
1047.B @who@
1048Who submitted the current track.
1049.SH "WEB OPTIONS"
1050This is a file called \fIoptions\fR, searched for in the same manner
1051as templates. It includes numerous options for the control of the web
1052interface. The general syntax is the same as the main configuration
1053file, except that it should be encoded using UTF-8 (though this might
1054change to the current locale's character encoding; stick to ASCII to
1055be safe).
1056.PP
1057The shipped \fIoptions\fR file includes four standard options files.
1058In order, they are:
1059.TP
1060.I options.labels
1061The default labels file. You wouldn't normally edit this directly - instead
1062supply your own commands in \fIoptions.user\fR. Have a look at the shipped
1063version of the file for documentation of labels used by the standard templates.
1064.TP
1065.I options.user
1066A user options file. Here you should put any overrides for the default
1067labels and any extra labels required by your modified templates.
1068.PP
1069Valid directives are:
1070.TP
1071.B columns \fINAME\fR \fIHEADING\fR...
1072Defines the columns used in \fB@playing@\fR and \fB@recent@\fB. \fINAME\fR
1073must be either \fBplaying\fR, \fBrecent\fR or \fBsearch\fR.
1074\fIHEADING\fR... is a list of
1075heading names. If a column is defined more than once then the last definitions
1076is used.
1077.IP
1078The heading names \fBbutton\fR, \fBlength\fR, \fBwhen\fR and \fBwho\fR
1079are built in.
1080.TP
1081.B include \fIPATH\fR
1082Includes another file. If \fIPATH\fR starts with a \fB/\fR then it is
1083taken as is, otherwise it is searched for in the template path.
1084.TP
1085.B label \fINAME\fR \fIVALUE\fR
1086Define a label. If a label is defined more than once then the last definition
1087is used.
1088.SS Labels
1089Some labels are defined inside \fBdisorder.cgi\fR and others by the
1090default templates. You can define your own labels and use them inside
1091a template.
1092.PP
1093When an undefined label is expanded, if it has a dot in its name then
1094the part after the final dot is used as its value. Otherwise the
1095whole name is used as the value.
1096.PP
1097Labels are no longer documented here, see the shipped \fIoptions.labels\fR file
1098instead.
1099.SH "REGEXP SUBSTITUTION RULES"
1100Regexps are PCRE regexps, as defined in \fBpcrepattern\fR(3). The
1101only option used is \fBPCRE_UTF8\fR. Remember that the configuration
1102file syntax means you have to escape backslashes and quotes inside
1103quoted strings.
1104.PP
1105In a \fISUBST\fR string the following sequences are interpreted
1106specially:
1107.TP
1108.B $1 \fR... \fB$9
1109These expand to the first to ninth bracketed subexpression.
1110.TP
1111.B $&
1112This expands to the matched part of the subject string.
1113.TP
1114.B $$
1115This expands to a single \fB$\fR symbol.
1116.PP
1117All other pairs starting with \fB$\fR are undefined (and might be used
1118for something else in the future, so don't rely on the current
1119behaviour.)
1120.PP
1121If \fBi\fR is present in \fIREFLAGS\fR then the match is case-independent. If
1122\fBg\fR is present then all matches are replaced, otherwise only the first
1123match is replaced.
1124.SH "ACTIONS"
1125What the web interface actually does is terminated by the \fBaction\fR CGI
1126argument. The values listed below are supported.
1127.PP
1128Except as specified, all actions redirect back to the \fBplaying.html\fR
1129template unless the \fBback\fR argument is present, in which case the URL it
1130gives is used instead.
1131.PP
1132Redirection to \fBplaying.html\fR preserves \fBmgmt=true\fR if it is present.
1133.TP 8
1134.B "move"
1135Move track \fBid\fR by offset \fBdelta\fR.
1136.TP
1137.B "play"
1138Play track \fBfile\fR, or if that is missing then play all the tracks in
1139\fBdirectory\fR.
1140.TP
1141.B "playing"
1142Don't change any state, but instead compute a suitable refresh time and include
1143that in an HTTP header. Expands the \fBplaying.html\fR template rather than
1144redirecting.
1145.IP
1146This is the default if \fBaction\fR is missing.
1147.TP
1148.B "random-disable"
1149Disables random play.
1150.TP
1151.B "random-enable"
1152Enables random play.
1153.TP
1154.B "disable"
1155Disables play completely.
1156.TP
1157.B "enable"
1158Enables play.
1159.TP
1160.B "pause"
1161Pauses the current track.
1162.TP
1163.B "remove"
1164Remove track \fBid\fR.
1165.TP
1166.B "resume"
1167Resumes play after a pause.
1168.TP
1169.B "scratch"
1170Scratch the playing track. If \fBid\fR is present it must match the playing
1171track.
1172.TP
1173.B "volume"
1174Change the volume by \fBdelta\fR, or if that is missing then set it to the
1175values of \fBleft\fR and \fBright\fR. Expands to the \fBvolume.html\fR template
1176rather than redirecting.
1177.TP
1178.B "prefs"
1179Adjust preferences from the \fBprefs.html\fR template (which it then expands
1180rather than redirecting).
1181.IP
1182If
1183.B parts
1184is set then the cooked interface is assumed. The value of
1185.B parts
1186is used to determine which trackname preferences are set. By default the
1187.B display
1188context is adjusted but this can be overridden with the
1189.B context
1190argument. Also the
1191.B random
1192argument is checked; if it is set then random play is enabled for that track,
1193otherwise it is disabled.
1194.IP
1195Otherwise if the
1196.B name
1197and
1198.B value
1199arguments are set then they are used to set a single preference.
1200.IP
1201Otherwise if just the
1202.B name
1203argument is set then that preference is deleted.
1204.IP
1205It is recommended that links to the \fBprefs\fR action use \fB@resolve@\fR to
1206enure that the real track name is always used. Otherwise if the preferences
1207page is used to adjust a trackname_ preference, the alias may change, leading
1208to the URL going stale.
1209.TP
1210.B "error"
1211This action is generated automatically when an error occurs connecting to the
1212server. The \fBerror\fR label is set to an indication of what the error is.
1213.SH "TRACK NAME PARTS"
1214The traditional track name parts are \fBartist\fR, \fBalbum\fR and \fBtitle\fR,
1215with the obvious intended meaning. These are controlled by configuration and
1216by \fBtrackname_\fR preferences.
1217.PP
1218In addition there are two built-in parts, \fBpath\fR which is the whole path
1219name and \fBext\fR which is the filename extension, including the initial dot
1220(or the empty string if there is not extension).
1221.SH "SEE ALSO"
77cfc7a2 1222\fBdisorder\fR(1), \fBsox\fR(1), \fBdisorderd\fR(8), \fBdisorder-dump\fR(8),
460b9539 1223\fBpcrepattern\fR(3)
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