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.TH AUDTOOL 1 "November 2006" "Version @VERSION@"
.SH NAME
.B audtool
- a small tool to modify behavior of a running audacious instance.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B audtool
[\-\-[[handler [parameters]] [...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B audtool
is designed to send commands to a running audacious.
.PP
It can handle various things like jumping to the next track in playlist
or returning the current playing track title, as well as other status
information.
.SH OPTIONS
.B "Now playing information:"
.TP
.I --current-song
Returns current song title.
.TP
.I --current-song-filename
Returns current song filename.
.TP
.I --current-song-length
Returns current song length.
.TP
.I --current-song-length-seconds
Returns current song length in seconds.
.TP
.I --current-song-length-frames
Returns current song length in frames.
.TP
.I --current-song-output-length
Returns current song output length.
.TP
.I --current-song-output-length-seconds
Returns current song output length in seconds.
.TP
.I --current-song-output-length-frames
Returns current song output length in frames.
.TP
.I --current-song-bitrate
Returns current song bitrate in bits per second.
.TP
.I --current-song-bitrate-kbps
Returns current song bitrate in kilobits per second.
.TP
.I --current-song-frequency
Returns current song frequency in hertz.
.TP
.I --current-song-frequency-khz
Returns current song frequency in kilohertz.
.TP
.I --current-song-channels
Returns current song channels.
.PP
.B "Playlist manipulation:"
.TP
.I --playlist-advance
Go to the next song in the playlist.
.TP
.I --playlist-reverse
Go to the previous song in the playlist.
.TP
.I --playlist-addurl <uri>
Adds a uri to the playlist.
.TP
.I --playlist-delete <position>
Deletes the song at <position> from the playlist.
.TP
.I --playlist-length
Returns the total length of the playlist.
.TP
.I --playlist-song <position>
Returns the title of the song at <position> in the playlist.
.TP
.I --playlist-song-filename <position>
Returns the filename of the song at <position> in the playlist.
.TP
.I --playlist-song-length <position>
Returns the length of the song at <position> in the playlist.
.TP
.I --playlist-song-length-seconds <position>
Returns the length of the song at <position> in the playlist in seconds.
.TP
.I --playlist-song-length-frames <position>
Returns the length of the song at <position> in the playlist in frames.
.TP
.I --playlist-display
Returns the entire playlist.
.TP
.I --playlist-position
Returns the current position in the playlist.
.TP
.I --playlist-jump <position>
Jumps to <position> in the playlist.
.TP
.I --playlist-clear
Clears the playlist.
.TP
.I --playlist-repeat-status
Returns the status of playlist repeat.
.TP
.I --playlist-repeat-toggle
Toggles playlist repeat.
.TP
.I --playlist-shuffle-status
Returns the status of playlist shuffle.
.TP
.I --playlist-shuffle-toggle
Toggles playlist shuffle.
.PP
.B Playqueue manipulation:
.TP
.I --playqueue-add <position>
Adds the song at <position> in the playlist to the playqueue.
.TP
.I --playqueue-remove <position>
Removes the song at <position> in the playlist from the playqueue.
.TP
.I --playqueue-is-queued <position>
Returns OK if the song at <postion> in the playtlist is queued.
.TP
.I --playqueue-get-position <position>
Returns the playqueue position of the song at <position> in the playlist.
.TP
.I --playqueue-get-qposition <qposition>
Returns the playlist position of the song at <qposition> in the playqueue.
.TP
.I --playqueue-length
Returns the length of the playqueue.
.TP
.I --playqueue-display
Returns a list of currently\-queued songs.
.TP
.I --playqueue-clear
Clears the playqueue.
.PP
.B "Playback manipulation:"
.TP
.I --playback-play
Starts/unpauses song playback.
.TP
.I --playback-pause
(Un)pauses song playback.
.TP
.I --playback-playpause
Plays/(un)pauses song playback.
.TP
.I --playback-stop
Stops song playback.
.TP
.I --playback-playing
Returns OK if audacious is playing.
.TP
.I --playback-paused
Returns OK if audacious is paused.
.TP
.I --playback-stopped
Returns OK if audacious is stopped.
.TP
.I --playback-status
Returns the playback status.
.TP
.I --playback-seek
Performs an absolute seek in milliseconds.
.TP
.I --playback-seek-relative
Performs a seek relative to the current position in milliseconds.
.PP
.B "Volume control:"
.TP
.I --get-volume
Returns the current volume level in percent.
.TP
.I --set-volume <level>
Sets the current volume level in percent.
.PP
.B "Miscellaneous:"
.TP
.I --preferences
Shows/hides the preferences window.
.TP
.I --jumptofile
Shows the jump to file window.
.TP
.I --shutdown
Shuts down audacious.
.PP
.B "Help system:"
.TP
.I --list-handlers
Shows handlers list.
.TP
.I --help
Shows handlers list.
.PP
Handlers may be prefixed with `\-\-' (GNU\-style long\-options) or not, your choice.
.SH BUGS
There are no known bugs in audtool at this time; if you find any please
report them to <bugs+audtool@atheme.org>.
.SH AUTHORS
.B audtool
was written by George Averill <nhjm@nhjm.net> and William 
Pitcock <nenolod@atheme.org>.
.PP
This manual page was written by Adam Cecile <gandalf@le-vert.net> and 
Kiyoshi Aman <kiyoshi@atheme.org>. Some additional tweaks were done by 
William Pitcock <nenolod@atheme.org>.
.PP
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or any
later version published by the Free Software Foundation.
.PP
The complete text of the GNU General Public License is available in the
sourcecode of Audacious, and is typically included with binary packages 
as well.
.PP
If installed with an operating system, see your Operating System's 
documentation for licensing details.
.SH SEE ALSO
.B Homepage:
http://audacious-media-player.org/