# HG changeset patch # User nenolod # Date 1140854907 28800 # Node ID e829f55336ab207f9fdf2df02ef99458a7e2e4b7 # Parent 4ad3a5fe48bf3214e71ed70597c5701385062b06 [svn] - Add a discussion about headless operation. diff -r 4ad3a5fe48bf -r e829f55336ab audacious.1.in --- a/audacious.1.in Fri Feb 24 23:57:41 2006 -0800 +++ b/audacious.1.in Sat Feb 25 00:08:27 2006 -0800 @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ [\-h] [\-\-help] [\-n \fI\fP] [\-\-session=\fI\fP] [\-r] [\-\-rew] [\-p] [\-\-play] [\-u] [\-\-pause] [\-s] [\-\-stop] [\-f] [\-\-fwd] [\-e] [\-\-enqueue] [\-m] [\-\-show\-main\-window] [\-v] -[\-\-version] [\fIfilename\fP]... +[\-\-version] [\-\-headless] [\fIfilename\fP]... .SH DESCRIPTION \fIAudacious\fP is a media player, based on Beep Media Player, which is in turn based on the X Multimedia System. @@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ .TP .B \-v, \-\-version Print version number and exit. +.TP +.B \-H, \-\-headless +Starts Audacious in headless mode. .SH SKINS Audacious supports Winamp Classic style skins. Skins may be stored in either archived (\fI.zip\fP, \fI.wsz\fP, \fI.tgz\fP, \fI.tar.gz\fP, @@ -169,6 +172,14 @@ .br Arrow key left Balance 4% to left .in -2 +.SH HEADLESS OPERATION +Audacious supports a headless operation mode, where Audacious does not use +X11 and instead operates as a daemon. You should note that you cannot switch +between daemonized mode and X11 mode, and that if you wish to switch back +and forth, that you need to do so when starting the program. + +When using Audacious in headless mode, you will need a client. Clients +compatible with Audacious are listed on the Audacious website. .SH FILES .TP \w'~/.audacious/playlist.m3uXX'u ~/.audacious/config