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diff --git a/emms-playlist-mode.el b/emms-playlist-mode.el index 15cb442..6fd5de0 100644 --- a/emms-playlist-mode.el +++ b/emms-playlist-mode.el @@ -15,6 +15,14 @@ ;;; ;;; (1) Arbitrary comment entry with color overlays. +;;; Todo: +;;; +;;; emms-add-m3u-playlist displays the first track on the +;;; mode-line. +;;; +;;; Not all of the methods for adding tracks behave correctly in +;;; regards to marking the current track. Stress test this. + ;;; Code: ;;; -------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/emms.texinfo b/emms.texinfo index cfeb526..0e6c96c 100644 --- a/emms.texinfo +++ b/emms.texinfo @@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ @c FIXME: Add concept indices to all the new chapters. +@c FIXME: Add an appropriate section discussing mupltiple playlists. + @dircategory Emacs @direntry * Emms: (emms). The Emacs Multimedia System @@ -94,9 +96,8 @@ already listed, mentioned here so you can get to them in one step: Installation * Compiling Emms:: Compiling Emms into Byte-Code -Info Tags -* Ogg Info:: Reading ogg info tags -* mp3 Info:: Reading mp3 info tags +Track Information +* Defining Info Methods:: Defining new info methods @end detailmenu Extending Emms @@ -653,14 +654,23 @@ The current Emms playlist buffer is stored in the variable @cindex track information -Emms is distributed with two predefined methods for retrieving -info. Track information is provided by @file{emms-info-mp3info.el} and +Emms is distributed with two predefined methods for retrieving info, +provided by @file{emms-info-mp3info.el} and @file{emms-info-ogginfo.el}. Both packages are front-ends for command-line tools. Ogg track information is retrieved using the @uref{http://directory.fsf.org/audio/ogg/vorbistools.html, ogginfo} software. Likewise, mp3 track information is available using @uref{http://www.ibiblio.org/mp3info/, mp3info}. +Automatic track information retrieval is enabled by default in the +`emms-standard', `emms-all' and `emms-devel' setup levels provided by +@file{emms-setup.el}. For more information about @file{emms-setup.el} +see @xref{Simple Setup}. + +If you would like to know how Emms track retreival works and how we +can define new methods for track retrieval see @xref{Defining Info +Methods}. + There are a number of user variables which control the behaviour of `emms-info'. @@ -680,76 +690,11 @@ track as argument. @end defopt @menu -* Ogg Info:: Reading Ogg info tags -* mp3 Info:: Reading mp3 info tags -* Defining Methods:: Defining new info methods +* Defining Info Methods:: Defining new info methods @end menu -@c FIXME: update this to emms-info-ogginfo.el -@node Ogg Info -@section Ogg Info -The file @file{emms-info-ogg.el} provides an interface to retrieving -comments from ogg-files, using Lawrence Mitchells ogg-comment.el. - -To activate, put something like this in your ~/.emacs: - -@lisp -(require 'emms-info-ogg) -(add-to-list 'emms-player-alist - '("\\.ogg$" . emms-info-ogg-comments)) -@end lisp -@noindent - -Of course, you'll also need a player if you want to actually play the -files. - -@defun emms-info-ogg-comment-providep -Return non-nil if this info-method provides info for the track. -@end defun -@defun emms-info-ogg-get-comment -@end defun -@defun emms-info-ogg-comment-get -Retrieve an emms-info structure as an ogg-comment -@end defun - -@c FIXME: update this for the latest version of mp3info -@node mp3 Info -@section mp3 Info - -This code has been adapted from code found in mp3player.el, written by -Jean-Philippe Theberge @email{jphiltheberge@@videotron.ca}, Mario Domgoergen -@email{kanaldrache@@gmx.de} and Jorgen Schäfer @email{forcer@@forcix.cx} - -To activate this method for getting info, use something like: - -@lisp -(require 'emms-info-mp3info) -(add-to-list 'emms-info-methods-alist - '("\\.mp3$" . emms-info-mp3info)) -@end lisp -@noindent - -Of course, you'll also need a player if you want to actually play the -files. - -@defun emms-info-mp3info-providep -Return non-nil if this info-method provides info for the track. -@end defun -@defun emms-info-mp3info-set track info -Set the id3v1 tag of file @var{track} to id3info @var{info}, using the -@var{mp3info-program}. -@end defun -@defun emms-info-mp3info-get track -Get the id3v1 tag of file @var{track}, using the mp3info-program and -return an emms-info structure representing it. -@end defun - -@defopt emms-info-mp3info-program-name -*The name/path of the mp3info-program. -@end defopt - -@node Defining Methods -@section Defining Methods +@node Defining Info Methods +@section Defining Info Methods An info method essentially consists of a function which given an Emms track returns the appropriate info for that track. @@ -773,8 +718,27 @@ the right time to provide track info. @chapter Interactive Playlists @cindex Interactive Playlists -@c FIXME: Completely rewrite the playlist buffer thus introducing the -@c concept of multiple playlists to the proliteriat. +@c FIXME: Complete this section. + +Emms provides a visual, interactive playlist mode as well as the +ability to use the playlists without ever looking at then. The visual, +interactive mode is called the ``interactive playlist mode'' and is +defined in @file{emms-playlist-mode.el}. + +The interactive playlist mode is enabled by default in the +`emms-standard', `emms-all' and `emms-devel' setup levels. For more +information about Emms setup levels see @xref{Simple Setup}. + +In order to manually enable the interactive playlist mode we can +invoke the following: + +@lisp +(require 'emms-playlist-mode) +(setq emms-playlist-default-major-mode 'emms-playlist-mode) +@end lisp + +This loads the feature and sets the correct major mode for visiting +playlist buffers. @node Extending Emms @chapter Extending Emms |