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diff --git a/man/README.md b/man/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b16e522 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +The beginning of an incomplete and potentially abandoned guide can be found +here: https://gist.github.com/liam4/12d2881811b9adbc01ecc50a0da495c1 + +It was never added to the man page because of its inconvenience; though it is +possibly a useful guide for new (and clueless) users, its length and nature of +a walkthrough instead of as examples simply made it not be fitting for a man +page. diff --git a/man/http-music.1 b/man/http-music.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4a7e824 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/http-music.1 @@ -0,0 +1,170 @@ +.TH HTTP-MUSIC 1 + + + +.SH NAME +http-music - play music through the internet + + + +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B http-music +[opts...] + + + +.SH DESCRIPTION +\fBhttp-music\fR is an easy-to-use command line music player that uses the internet as its main source. +It features several convenient options which make it powerful while still sticking to the idea of keeping the utility as usable as possible. +.PP +\fBhttp-music\fR is portable. +It can be used anywhere with a Node environment, requiring only two commonly installed (and otherwise easy to get) utilities (\fBplay\fR (SoX) and \fBavconv\fR). + + + +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +.BR \-c ", " \-\-clear +Clears the active playlist. +This does not effect the source playlist, so specific groups can be selected using \fB\-\-keep\fR. + +.TP +.BR \-\-downloader " \fIdownloaderType\fR" +Sets the downloader type used for actually retrieving track files. +The default is \fBhttp\fR. + +.TP +.BR \-k ", " \-\-keep " \fIgroupPath\fR" +Keeps a group by adding it from the source playlist. +This is usually useful after clearing the active playlist (\fB\-\-clear\fR); it can also be used to keep a sub-group after removing an entire parent group, e.g. \fB-r foo -k foo/baz\fR. + +.TP +.BR \-l ", " \-\-list\-groups ", " \-\-list +Lists all groups (but not tracks) in the (active) playlist. +If this is the last option used, nothing plays (see \fB\-\-play\fR). + +.TP +.BR \-L ", " \-\-list\-all ", " \-\-list\-tracks +Lists all groups and tracks in the (active) playlist. +If this is the last option used, nothing plays (see \fB\-\-play\fR). + +.TP +.BR \-np ", " \-\-no\-play +Forces the playlist not to play. +See also \fB\-\-play\fR. + +.TP +.BR \-o ", " \-\-open " \fIplaylistFile\fR" +Opens a specific file to be used as the playlist file. +(This sets the source playlist.) +The default playlist file used upon loading is playlist.json (in the same directory as \fBhttp-music\fR is being run in). + +.TP +.BR \-\-picker " \fIpickerType\fR" +Sets the picker type used for selecting tracks from the active playlist. +The default is \fBshuffle\fR. + +.TP +.BR \-p ", " \-\-play +Forces the playlist to actually play, regardless of options such as \fB\-\-list\fR. See also \fB\-\-no\-play\fR. + +.TP +.BR \-\-play\-opts +Sets command line options passed to the \fBplay\fR command. +For example, playback volume may be set to 30% by using \fB\-\-play\-opts '\-v 0.3'\fR. + +.TP +.BR \-r ", " \-\-remove ", " \-x " \fIgroupPath\fR" +Removes a group from the (active) playlist. + +.TP +.BR \-\-debug\-list +Prints the JSON representation of the (active) playlist. + + + +.SH EXAMPLES +Basic usage: + +.PP +.nf +.RS +$ http-music +.RE +.fi + +.PP +Generate a playlist from an HTTP server: + +.PP +.nf +.RS +$ http-music-crawl-http http://example.com/path > playlist.json +.RE +.fi + +.PP +Generate a playlist from the local file system: + +.PP +.nf +.RS +$ http-music-crawl-local /example/path > playlist.json +.RE +.fi + +.PP +Play music from a playlist generated from local file system: + +.PP +.nf +.RS +$ http-music --downloader local +.RE +.fi + +.PP +Open a specific playlist file: + +.PP +.nf +.RS +$ http-music --open playlist2.json +$ http-music -o playlist2.json +.RE +.fi + +.PP +Only play music under a specific group: + +.PP +.nf +.RS +$ http-music --clear --keep 'Cool Author 72' +$ http-music -c -k 'Cool Author 72' +$ http-music -c -k 'Cool Author 72/Good Album' +.RE +.fi + +.PP +Don't play music under a specific group: + +.PP +.nf +.RS +$ http-music --remove 'Bad News' +$ http-music -r 'Bad News' +$ http-music -x 'Bad News' +.RE +.fi + +.PP +Don't play music under a specific group, except for a sub-group: + +.PP +.nf +.RS +$ http-music --remove 'Bad News' --keep 'Bad News/Irony' +$ http-music -x 'Cool Author 72' -k 'Cool Author 72/Good Album' +.RE +.fi |