NAME

       mprompt - simple prompt-based control for mpd

SYNOPSIS

       mpompt [-s] [-m key=key] [-t n] [-f] [tty] [-T] [host]

DESCRIPTION

       mprompt is a mpd client with a prompt-based interface. It is designed to be usable on a headless machine.

       At the prompt, enter the name of a playlist, or part of the name of an album, artist, or song. Matching
       items will start playing. You can also paste in urls to stream.

       (If the perl String::Approx module is available, it will be used to handle typos, etc in the names you
       enter.)

       Use the left and right arrow keys to adjust volume, and the up and down arrow keys to move through the
       playlist.

       The Tab and Enter keys can both be used to pause and unpause playback.  (Enter toggles pause only if
       nothing has been entered at the prompt.)

       Example of how to run mprompt in /etc/inittab:

               1:2345:respawn:/usr/bin/mprompt /dev/tty1

OPTIONS

       -s  This option allows shell commands to be typed in to mprompt, to be run by whatever user it is running
           as. (Typically root if it is run from /etc/inittab).

           To enter a shell command, type a "!", followed by the command to run, followed by Enter.

       -m key=key
           This option allows remapping keys. Any key can be remapped to any other key, which is useful to
           support keyboard with unusual key layouts, or missing keys.

           For alphanumeric and punctuation keys, individual symbols can be remapped.  For example, "-m a=b"
           will turn each entered "a" into "b".

           For other keys, use the following names:

           <return>
           <tab>
           <space>
           <up>
           <down>
           <left>
           <right>
           <backspace>

           For example, -m "n=<down>" will map the "n" key to the down arrow, causing that key to change to the
           next track; -m "<space>=<return>" will make the space bar act as a pause.

           It's possible to swap keys too. For example, -m "<down>=<up>" -m "<up>=<down>"

           A single key can also be bound to a series of keystrokes. For example, -m "1=Mule Variations<return>"
           will cause the "1" key to play the "Mule Variations" album, a nice choice.

       -t n
           Adds a timeout, a specified number of seconds after which the entry on the command line will be
           cleared. Useful for headless systems, to avoid cat-on-keyboard confusing your later commands.

       -T  Enables terse output mode. This mode tries to avoid displaying excessive or complex things, with the
           intent that mprompt's output can be piped into a speech synthesiser, such as espeak.

SEE ALSO

       vipl(1) mptoggle(1) mpd(1)

AUTHOR

       Copyright 2009 Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>

       Licensed under the GNU GPL version 2 or higher.

       http://kitenet.net/~joey/code/mpdtoys