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<para>A playlist is simply a collection of songs grouped by some category. For example, you

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this playlist will record every song that &juk; plays. The playlist will have an extra column, <guilabel>Time</guilabel>, which

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<para>For many file formats, it is practical to use the filename to

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information you need in order to find that file again. Trying to

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could lead to filenames like this: <quote><filename>Type O Negative -

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Vinnland By The Combined Forces Of The United Territories Of

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Europa.mp3</filename></quote> or <quote><filename>Various

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have collected about the song. Adding the album, and track number,

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unmanageable, while still not telling you at a glance the year it was

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both mp3 and ogg files. You can edit single files or multiple files,

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requirement is that you have write access to the files themselves; you

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collection list or any entries it has in any playlist. If the tag

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Editor</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. The tag editor displays in the

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<term><guilabel>Artist Name:</guilabel></term>

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<para>You can select multiple files in the list view, and edit one or

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list of files, and &Ctrl; and &LMB; to select individual

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<para>Each field in the tag editor will now show an

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<guilabel>Enable</guilabel> check box next to it. Any field that has

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exactly the same contents for all the files you selected, displays

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that content, and is enabled for editing, with the

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<guilabel>Enable</guilabel> check box checked.</para>

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<para>Any field that does not have matching contents in all selected

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you a list of the affected files, so you have a chance to check that

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<para>The File Renamer Configuration dialog box is used to configure the

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Rename File action, which renames a song's based on the information contained

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tokens you can alter, and then the tokens are used to generate the filename

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will use to rename the files. The way it works is that some characters are

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matching style list on the right, and the search text in the middle. The tag chooser

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<para>&juk; 2.3 (part of &kde; 3.5) includes improved cover management code which introduces some new possibilities for users compared with &juk; 2.2 (which was shipped with &kde; 3.4). It also can change the workflow slightly for you if you are used to the way covers were handled in &juk; 2.2. So first, let's review how things used to be.</para>

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<para>In &juk; 2.2, the cover for a track was strictly tied to its <guilabel>Artist</guilabel> and <guilabel>Album</guilabel> information. Although this proved useful enough, and had a few advantages, it wasn't a great way to organize the covers. If you wanted to use a cover for a different track, you either had to rename the tags in the track, or you had to duplicate the cover, wasting hard disk space. And if your track had no <guilabel>Artist</guilabel> or <guilabel>Album</guilabel> information, &juk; would prevent you from setting a cover since it had no information to go by. It worked, but it could be better.</para>

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<para>In &juk; 2.3, the code was redesigned to add a core component responsible for dealing with cover art. Instead of looking on disk for a picture file with a specific name like &juk; 2.2, the Cover Manager in &juk; 2.3 associates every cover with an identification tag, and then uses the tag with your music. It's still not perfect, but it works, and it can save you time while allowing you to do more.</para>

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<para>So just as an example, let's say you wanted to set a cover for tracks you just ripped off of your &CD;. We'll use <quote>Alabama - Greatest Hits III</quote> for the sake of discussion. In &juk; 2.2, you could simply select any one of those tracks, and import a cover from the Internet by right-clicking on that track, and using the <menuchoice><guimenu>Tagger</guimenu> <guisubmenu>Cover Manager</guisubmenu> <guimenuitem>Get Cover From Internet</guimenuitem></menuchoice> command. As a side effect of the way &juk; worked, the cover would then be immediately applied to <emphasis>all</emphasis> of the <quote>Alabama - Greatest Hits III</quote> tracks, <emphasis>whether you wanted that or not</emphasis>.</para>

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<para>In &juk; 2.3, the procedure is exactly the same, with one exception: You should select all of the tracks you want to apply the cover to first. So you would select all the <quote>Alabama - Greatest Hits III</quote> tracks before using the <menuchoice><guimenuitem>Get Cover From Internet</guimenuitem></menuchoice> command. Or if you only wanted to set cover art to half of the tracks for some reason, you'd only select half the tracks before running the <menuchoice><guimenuitem>Get Cover From Internet</guimenuitem></menuchoice> command. Don't worry about duplicating covers, either: &juk; is smart enough to re-use the same image, so you won't get 14 duplicate <literal role="extension">.png</literal> images cluttering your hard drive.</para>

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<para>But what happens if you forgot to select all the tracks you wanted to tag? You could select them and repeat the process, but that would leave a duplicate cover on your hard drive because &juk; cannot quickly tell that the cover you've found is the same as one you already have. But that's alright, because you can tell &juk; to use the cover from another track.</para>

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<para>1. Open the <guilabel>Cover Manager</guilabel> dialog using the <guimenu>Tagger</guimenu> menu (<menuchoice><guimenu>Tagger Cover</guimenu> <guisubmenu>Manager</guisubmenu> <guimenuitem>Show Cover Manager</guimenuitem></menuchoice>). The Cover Manager will display a list of all the covers &juk; knows about on the right, and after they have loaded you can quickly pare the list down using the search line at the top, or by using the list of Artists on the left. Once you see the cover you want to use, you can drag-and-drop the cover onto a track to apply it. It should happen nearly instantaneously since &juk; is reusing the same cover (and you'll see the cover while you're dragging it as well). Unfortunately, it can take awhile to load the covers in the first place, and the Cover Manager isn't really useful for much else besides.</para>

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<para>2. I prefer to use this method because it's rather easy. All you do is double-click on the track that has the cover you want, in order to start it playing. This will cause its cover to show up in the <interface>Now Playing bar</interface>, and you can drag-and-drop the cover to the track you want to change exactly as you would for the Cover Manager.</para>

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</sect3>

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858

859

860

<title>Dragging covers to more than one track at once</title>

861

862

<para>Also note that you can use drag-and-drop to quickly apply covers to more than one track. Just select the tracks you want to apply a cover to, and drag the cover onto any one of the selected tracks.</para>

863

</sect3>

864

865

866

867

<title>What happens to my old covers?</title>

868

869

<para>You may be wondering what &juk; will do if you already have covers from &juk; 2.2. What happens is that &juk; will automatically convert the old covers and merge them into the cover management system.</para>

870

871

<para>Because this is a time consuming process, it does not happen all at once. Instead, the old cover is only converted when the cover needs to be shown on screen. As the conversion process is happening, &juk; will recognize what tracks would have shown the cover being converted, and will automatically apply the new cover to those tracks. The end result is that there should be no visible changes: &juk; will keep the same cover on your tracks that they've always had, except that now you can immediately take advantage of the new cover management features.</para>

872

873

</sect3>

874

875

876

<title>Removing Covers</title>

877

878

<para>Another side effect is that you can now remove a cover from a track without simultaneously removing it from all other tracks with the same <guilabel>Artist</guilabel> and <guilabel>Album</guilabel>.</para>

879

880

<para>In &juk; 2.3, the Remove Cover command now only removes the covers from the selected tracks.

881

</para>

882

883

</sect3>

884

885

886

<title>Suggested Uses:</title>

887

888

<para>1. You can now apply the same cover to tracks with Albums that have <quote>Disc 1</quote>, <quote>Disc 2</quote>, etc, which you couldn't do in &juk; 2.2 without duplicating the cover.</para>

889

890

<para>

891

2. Applying a generic cover to tracks if you simply must have a cover on every track, or if you have music that wasn't released as an album but fits a genre well. You could make yourself a cover for that type of music and apply it to the songs in question.</para>

892

893

</sect3>

894

</sect2>

895

</sect1>

896

-->

897

</chapter>

898

899

900

<title>The &juk; Toolbar</title>

901

902

903

<title>The Main Toolbar</title>

904

905

906

<screeninfo>The &juk; toolbar.</screeninfo>

907

908

909

910

</imageobject>

911

912

<phrase>The &juk; toolbar.</phrase>

913

</textobject>

914

<caption><para>The &juk; toolbar.</para></caption>

915

</mediaobject>

916

</screenshot>

917

918

<para>From left to right in the screenshot above, the icons on the

919

default toolbar are:</para>

920

921

922

923

924

<listitem><para>Create a new playlist. If you hold down the button, a

925

menu will pop up allowing you to select the different kinds of playlists

926

to create.

927

</para>

928

929

<varlistentry><term><guimenuitem>Empty Playlist...</guimenuitem></term>

930

<listitem><para>This prompts you for a playlist name, and then inserts it into the

931

Playlist view. The playlist starts out completely empty.</para></listitem>

932

</varlistentry>

933

934

<varlistentry><term><guimenuitem>Playlist From Folder...</guimenuitem></term>

935

<listitem><para>This prompts you for a folder to open, and then creates a playlist

936

containing the music within the folder and any sub-folders. The name of the created

937

playlist is the same as the name of the selected folder.</para></listitem>

938

</varlistentry>

939

940

<varlistentry><term><guimenuitem>Search Playlist...</guimenuitem></term>

941

<listitem><para>This brings up the Advanced Search Dialog, allowing you to create a

942

<quote>virtual playlist</quote>. Any songs in your Collection List that match the search

943

criteria that you specify in the Advanced Search Dialog will be added to the new playlist.

944

As your Collection List changes, the new playlist will as well. For example, if you create a playlist

945

of all of your Depeche Mode songs, and then add another Depeche Mode song to your Collection List,

946

it will show up in the Depeche Mode playlist with no special action required on your part.

947

</para></listitem>

948

</varlistentry>

949

950

</variablelist>

951

</listitem>

952

</varlistentry>

953

954

955

956

<listitem><para>Add a file to the collection list (if it's active) or

957

to the currently selected playlist. Adding a file to a playlist will

958

add it to the collection list automatically, but not vice

959

versa.</para></listitem>

960

</varlistentry>

961

962

963

964

<listitem><para>Save the currently selected playlist. To save a tag

965

you have edited, either select another item, or press <keycombo

966

action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>T</keycap></keycombo>

967

instead.</para></listitem>

968

</varlistentry>

969

970

971

972

<listitem><para>If a playlist or song is selected, cut (remove) it from the

973

list. If the tag editor is active, this works like cut in any editor,

974

removing the selected text, but keeping a copy on the

975

clipboard.</para></listitem>

976

</varlistentry>

977

978

979

980

<listitem><para>If the tag editor is active, this works like copy in

981

any editor, placing a copy of the selected text on the

982

clipboard.</para>

983

<para>If you use copy on a song in the collection list, the url is

984

placed on the clipboard, so you can paste it. For example, you could

985

paste the url into a text editor, &konqueror;, or another

986

playlist.</para></listitem>

987

</varlistentry>

988

989

990

<term><guiicon>Paste</guiicon></term>

991

<listitem><para>If you previously either cut or copied a url from the

992

collection list, you can paste the url back into a new playlist. You

993

could also paste a url you have copied from &konqueror; or any other

994

application. If you are operating in the tag editor, paste will paste

995

any text currently on the clipboard into the selected

996

field.</para></listitem>

997

</varlistentry>

998

999

1000

<term><guiicon>Show Search Bar</guiicon></term>

1001

<listitem><para>Show or hide <link linkend="search-bar">the search

1002

bar</link>.</para></listitem>

1003

</varlistentry>

1004

1005

1006

<term><guiicon>Show Tag Editor</guiicon></term>

1007

<listitem><para>Show or hide <link linkend="tagging-a-single-file">the

1008

tag editor</link>.</para></listitem>

1009

</varlistentry>

1010

1011

1012

<term>Play controls</term>

1013

1014

<para>These work like any standard media player you may have come

1015

across. The controls are <guiicon>Play</guiicon>,

1016

<guiicon>Pause</guiicon>, <guiicon>Stop</guiicon>, <guiicon>Previous

1017

</guiicon> and <guiicon>Next</guiicon>.</para>

1018

<para>There is also a tracking bar, showing how far along (relatively)

1019

in the current song you are. You can drag this slider with the mouse

1020

in order to skip forwards or backwards within a track.</para>

1021

<para>Finally there is a volume slider. As you may expect, this

1022

raises and lowers the volume. <quote>Loud</quote> is on the right,

1023

and <quote>Quiet</quote> is on the left.</para></listitem>

1024

</varlistentry>

1025

</variablelist>

1026

1027

</sect1>

1028

1029

1030

<title>The Search bar</title>

1031

1032

<para>The search bar allows you to quickly search for a song in the

1033

collection list or a playlist.</para>

1034

1035

<para>Simply typing text into the search bar will reduce the visible

1036

list of songs to those which contain that text in any visible

1037

column. Pressing &Enter; will start playing the top match in the playlist view.</para>

1038

1039

<para>Searching begins instantly when text is entered into the search

1040

field. Searching is incremental, that is, as you type each character

1041

into the text field, the search is narrowed further. This is useful

1042

to find a song where you only remember part of a name, for

1043

instance.</para>

1044

1045

<para>If you would like to make a more fine-grained search, you can click

1046

the Advanced Search button to the right of the search bar, which will allow

1047

you to create a virtual playlist. If you would like to cancel the search,

1048

you can simply click on the Clear button to the left of the search bar.</para>

1049

1050

</sect1>

1051

1052

</chapter>

1053

1054

1055

<title>Menu and Command Reference</title>

1056

1057

1058

<title>Menus</title>

1059

1060

1061

1062

1063

1064

1065

1066

1067

</shortcut>

1068

<guimenu>File</guimenu><guisubmenu>New</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Empty Playlist...</guimenuitem>

1069

</menuchoice>

1070

</term>

1071

<listitem><para>Create a new playlist</para>

1072

</listitem>

1073

</varlistentry>

1074

1075

1076

1077

1078

</shortcut>

1079

<guimenu>File</guimenu><guisubmenu>New</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Search Playlist...</guimenuitem>

1080

</menuchoice>

1081

</term>

1082

<listitem><para>Creates a new <link linkend="juk-search-playlists">search playlist</link>.</para>

1083

</listitem>

1084

</varlistentry>

1085

1086

1087

1088

1089

</shortcut>

1090

<guimenu>File</guimenu><guisubmenu>New</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Playlist From

1091

Folder...</guimenuitem>

1092

</menuchoice>

1093

</term>

1094

<listitem><para>Creates a new playlist, containing all music files

1095

in a folder and any sub-folders. Any music within playlists files that

1096

&juk; recognizes will also be added.</para>

1097

</listitem>

1098

</varlistentry>

1099

1100

1101

1102

1103

1104

</shortcut>

1105

1106

1107

</menuchoice>

1108

</term>

1109

<listitem><para>Select a file (or files) to add to the collection list. If you select

1110

a playlist file, every file in the playlist will be added.</para>

1111

</listitem>

1112

</varlistentry>

1113

1114

1115

1116

<guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Add Folder...</guimenuitem>

1117

</menuchoice>

1118

</term>

1119

<listitem><para>Select a folder (or folders) to add to the

1120

collection list. These folders will also be rescanned whenever

1121

&juk; is started or

1122

<menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Reload</guimenuitem>

1123

</menuchoice> is chosen.</para>

1124

</listitem>

1125

</varlistentry>

1126

1127

1128

1129

1130

<guimenuitem>Rename...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>

1131

</term>

1132

<listitem><para>Rename a playlist.</para>

1133

</listitem>

1134

</varlistentry>

1135

1136

1137

1138

1139

<guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Duplicate...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>

1140

</term>

1141

<listitem><para>Create a duplicate of the selected playlist, and

1142

prompt for a new name.

1143

</para>

1144

</listitem>

1145

</varlistentry>

1146

1147

1148

1149

<guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Reload</guimenuitem></menuchoice>

1150

</term>

1151

<listitem><para>Reloads the tag information on every file in the selected

1152

playlist.

1153

</para>

1154

</listitem>

1155

</varlistentry>

1156

1157

1158

<term><menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Remove</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>

1159

<listitem><para>Remove the selected playlist.</para></listitem>

1160

</varlistentry>

1161

1162

1163

1164

1165

</shortcut>

1166

1167

</menuchoice>

1168

</term>

1169

<listitem><para>Save the selected playlist.</para>

1170

</listitem>

1171

</varlistentry>

1172

1173

1174

1175

1176

</menuchoice>

1177

</term>

1178

<listitem><para>Save the selected playlist, with a different name.</para>

1179

</listitem>

1180

</varlistentry>

1181

1182

</variablelist>

1183

</sect2>

1184

1185

1186

1187

1188

1189

1190

1191

1192

<guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Clear</guimenuitem>

1193

</menuchoice>

1194

</term>

1195

<listitem><para>Removes the selected songs from the playlist.</para>

1196

</listitem>

1197

</varlistentry>

1198

1199

</variablelist>

1200

</sect2>

1201

1202

1203

1204

1205

1206

1207

1208

<guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Show Search Bar</guimenuitem>

1209

</menuchoice>

1210

</term>

1211

<listitem><para>This is a toggle action that sets whether or not the

1212

1213

</listitem>

1214

</varlistentry>

1215

1216

1217

1218

<guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Show Tag Editor</guimenuitem>

1219

</menuchoice>

1220

</term>

1221

<listitem><para>This is a toggle action that sets whether or not the

1222

<interface>Tag Editor</interface> is shown.</para>

1223

</listitem>

1224

</varlistentry>

1225

1226

1227

1228

<guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Show History</guimenuitem>

1229

</menuchoice>

1230

</term>

1231

<listitem><para>This is a toggle action that sets whether or not the

1232

1233

</listitem>

1234

</varlistentry>

1235

1236

<!-- missing

1237

Show Play Queue

1238

Show Columns

1239

Resize Playlist Columns Manually

1240

-->

1241

1242

1243

<guimenu>View</guimenu><guisubmenu>View Modes</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Default</guimenuitem>

1244

</menuchoice>

1245

</term>

1246

<listitem><para>Switches to <link linkend="juk-viewmode-default">Default View mode</link>.

1247

</para>

1248

</listitem>

1249

</varlistentry>

1250

1251

1252

1253

<guimenu>View</guimenu><guisubmenu>View Modes</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Compact</guimenuitem>

1254

</menuchoice>

1255

</term>

1256

<listitem><para>Switches to <link linkend="juk-viewmode-compact">Compact View mode</link>.

1257

</para>

1258

</listitem>

1259

</varlistentry>

1260

1261

1262

1263

<guimenu>View</guimenu><guisubmenu>View Modes</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Tree</guimenuitem>

1264

</menuchoice>

1265

</term>

1266

<listitem><para>Switches to <link linkend="juk-viewmode-tree">Tree View mode</link>.

1267

</para>

1268

</listitem>

1269

</varlistentry>

1270

1271

</variablelist>

1272

</sect2>

1273

1274

1275

<title><guimenu>Player</guimenu> Menu</title>

1276

1277

1278

1279

1280

<guimenu>Player</guimenu><guimenuitem>Random Play</guimenuitem>

1281

</menuchoice>

1282

</term>

1283

<listitem><para>This is a toggle option which controls the Random Play setting.

1284

If Random Play is enabled, then &juk; will randomly select a random song from the

1285

current playlist when the currently playing song is over.</para>

1286

</listitem>

1287

</varlistentry>

1288

1289

1290

1291

<guimenu>Player</guimenu><guimenuitem>Loop Playlist</guimenuitem>

1292

</menuchoice>

1293

</term>

1294

<listitem><para>This is a toggle option which controls the Loop Playlist setting.

1295

If Loop Playlist is enabled, then &juk; will start playing from the beginning when

1296

it has finished playing every song in the current playlist.</para>

1297

</listitem>

1298

</varlistentry>

1299

<!--

1300

Crossfade Between Tracks

1301

-->

1302

1303

1304

<guimenu>Player</guimenu><guimenuitem>Play</guimenuitem>

1305

</menuchoice>

1306

</term>

1307

<listitem><para>This command starts playing the currently selected song, or resumes

1308

playback of the song if it was paused.</para>

1309

</listitem>

1310

</varlistentry>

1311

1312

1313

1314

<guimenu>Player</guimenu><guimenuitem>Pause</guimenuitem>

1315

</menuchoice>

1316

</term>

1317

<listitem><para>This command pauses the currently playing song. Use the

1318

Play command to restart playback.</para>

1319

</listitem>

1320

</varlistentry>

1321

1322

1323

1324

<guimenu>Player</guimenu><guimenuitem>Stop</guimenuitem>

1325

</menuchoice>

1326

</term>

1327

<listitem><para>This command stops the playback of the currently playing song.

1328

You cannot resume playback from its current position after that.</para>

1329

</listitem>

1330

</varlistentry>

1331

1332

1333

1334

<guimenu>Player</guimenu><guimenuitem>Next</guimenuitem>

1335

</menuchoice>

1336

</term>

1337

<listitem><para>This command skips to the next song to play in the

1338

playlist.</para>

1339

</listitem>

1340

</varlistentry>

1341

1342

1343

1344

<guimenu>Player</guimenu><guimenuitem>Previous</guimenuitem>

1345

</menuchoice>

1346

</term>

1347

<listitem><para>This command plays the song that was playing before

1348

the currently playing song.</para>

1349

</listitem>

1350

</varlistentry>

1351

<!--

1352

Play Next Album

1353

-->

1354

</variablelist>

1355

</sect2>

1356

1357

1358

<title><guimenu>Tagger</guimenu> Menu</title>

1359

1360

1361

1362

1363

1364

1365

<guimenu>Tagger</guimenu><guimenuitem>Save</guimenuitem>

1366

</menuchoice>

1367

</term>

1368

<listitem><para>This command saves any changes to the tags that you are

1369

editing. Normally, changes are not saved until you deselect the file you

1370

are editing.</para>

1371

</listitem>

1372

</varlistentry>

1373

1374

1375

1376

<guimenu>Tagger</guimenu><guimenuitem>Delete</guimenuitem>

1377

</menuchoice>

1378

</term>

1379

<listitem><para>This command deletes the currently selected files from

1380

the Collection List and any playlists containing it, and then deletes

1381

the selected file from the disk.

1382

</para>

1383

</listitem>

1384

</varlistentry>

1385

<!--

1386

Refresh

1387

-->

1388

1389

1390

1391

<guimenu>Tagger</guimenu><guisubmenu>Guess Tag

1392

Information</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>From Filename</guimenuitem>

1393

</menuchoice>

1394

</term>

1395

<listitem><para>This command tries to guess the tags of the selected files

1396

by scanning the filename. You can configure the patterns used for guessing

1397

by selecting <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu>

1398

<guimenuitem>Tag Guesser...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, which opens the

1399

1400

</listitem>

1401

</varlistentry>

1402

1403

1404

1405

1406

<guimenu>Tagger</guimenu><guisubmenu>Guess Tag

1407

Information</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>From Internet</guimenuitem>

1408

</menuchoice>

1409

</term>

1410

<listitem><para>This command tries to guess the tags of the selected files

1411

by using the <application>trm</application> provided with

1412

<ulink url="http://www.musicbrainz.org/">MusicBrainz</ulink>.</para>

1413

</listitem>

1414

</varlistentry>

1415

1416

</variablelist>

1417

1418

</sect2>

1419

1420

1421

<title><guimenu>Settings</guimenu> Menu</title>

1422

1423

1424

1425

1426

1427

<guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guisubmenu>Toolbars Shown</guisubmenu>

1428

<guimenuitem>Main / Play Toolbar</guimenuitem>

1429

</menuchoice>

1430

</term>

1431

<listitem><para>These commands show or hide the <link linkend="main-toolbar">Main

1432

Toolbar</link> and the <link linkend="play-toolbar">Play Toolbar</link>.</para>

1433

</listitem>

1434

</varlistentry>

1435

1436

1437

1438

<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>

1439

<guimenuitem>Show Splash Screen on Startup</guimenuitem>

1440

</menuchoice>

1441

</term>

1442

<listitem><para>This is a toggle option. If enabled, &juk; will display

1443

an informational screen upon startup as it loads your music collection.</para>

1444

</listitem>

1445

</varlistentry>

1446

1447

1448

1449

<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>

1450

<guimenuitem>Dock in System Tray</guimenuitem>

1451

</menuchoice>

1452

</term>

1453

<listitem><para>This is a toggle option. If enabled, &juk; will display an

1454

icon in your system tray. You can use the system

1455

tray icon to tell if &juk; is playing, and control playback.</para>

1456

</listitem>

1457

</varlistentry>

1458

1459

1460

1461

<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>

1462

<guimenuitem>Stay in System Tray on Close</guimenuitem>

1463

</menuchoice>

1464

</term>

1465

<listitem><para>This is a toggle option. If enabled, &juk; will remain

1466

running if you close the main window. The Dock in System Tray option must

1467

also be enabled. To quit &juk;, use the <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu>

1468

<guimenuitem>Quit</guimenuitem></menuchoice> command from the main window, or

1469

the <guimenuitem>Quit</guimenuitem> command from the system tray's context

1470

menu.</para>

1471

</listitem>

1472

</varlistentry>

1473

1474

1475

1476

<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>

1477

<guimenuitem>Popup Track Announcement</guimenuitem>

1478

</menuchoice>

1479

</term>

1480

<listitem><para>This is a toggle option. If enabled, &juk; will display

1481

an indicator whenever a song starts playing, with information on the artist and

1482

title, and with buttons allowing you to quickly switch to a different song. The

1483

Dock in System Tray option must also be enabled.</para>

1484

</listitem>

1485

</varlistentry>

1486

1487

1488

1489

<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>

1490

<guimenuitem>Tag Guesser...</guimenuitem>

1491

</menuchoice>

1492

</term>

1493

<listitem><para>This command brings up the <link linkend="juk-tag-guesser-configuration">Tag Guesser Configuration

1494

dialog box</link>, where you can alter the patterns used to guess tag information

1495

from filenames.</para>

1496

</listitem>

1497

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<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>

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<guimenuitem>File Renamer...</guimenuitem>

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</menuchoice>

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</term>

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<listitem><para>This command brings up the <link linkend="juk-rename-dialog">File Renamer Configuration

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dialog box</link>, where you can alter the way &juk; renames files for you.</para>

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</listitem>

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</varlistentry>

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<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>

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<guimenuitem>Configure Shortcuts...</guimenuitem>

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</menuchoice>

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</term>

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<listitem><para>This brings up the standard &kde; dialog box where you can configure

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keyboard shortcuts for &juk;. Some reasonable defaults are included as well, including

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Multimedia keys for people who have multimedia keyboards.</para>

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</varlistentry>

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</variablelist>

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</sect2>

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</sect1>

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<title>Keybinding Reference</title>

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ctrl-a select all

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ctrl-c copy

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ctrl-r rename file

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ctrl-i guess tag entries from internet

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ctrl-f guess tag entries based on filename

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ctrl-f new search playlist

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ctrl-n new empty playlist

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ctrl-d new playlist from folder

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ctrl-o open file (add to the collection or a playlist)

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ctrl-q quit

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ctrl-s save

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ctrl-t save edited tag information

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ctrl-v paste

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ctrl-x cut

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shift-f1 what's this help

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<thead>

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<entry><keycombo

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<entry>Select all</entry>

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<row>

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</row>

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<row>

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<entry>Rename file</entry>

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</row>

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<row>

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<entry><keycombo

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action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>I</keycap></keycombo></entry>

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<entry>Guess tags from the Internet.</entry>

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</row>

1578

<row>

1579

<entry><keycombo

1580

action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>G</keycap></keycombo></entry>

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<entry>Guess tags from the filename.</entry>

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<row>

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<entry><keycombo

1585

action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>F</keycap></keycombo></entry>

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<entry>New <link linkend="juk-search-playlists">search playlist</link>.</entry>

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</row>

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<row>

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<entry><keycombo

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action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>N</keycap></keycombo></entry>

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<entry>New empty Playlist</entry>

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</row>

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<row>

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<entry><keycombo

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<entry>New playlist from folder.</entry>

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<row>

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<entry><keycombo

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action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>T</keycap></keycombo></entry>

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<entry>Save changes to edited tags.</entry>

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</tbody>

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</informaltable>

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</sect1>

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</chapter>

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<title>Credits and Licenses</title>

1612

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<para>&juk; is developed and maintained by &Scott.Wheeler;

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&Scott.Wheeler.mail;.</para>

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<para>Many thanks to the following people who have contributed to &juk;:</para>

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1620

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<listitem><para>&Daniel.Molkentin; &Daniel.Molkentin.mail; for system tray docking, <quote>inline</quote> tag

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editing, bug fixes, evangelism, moral support.</para>

1623

</listitem>

1624

<listitem><para>Tim Jansen <email>tim@tjansen.de</email> for

1625

the <application>GStreamer</application> port</para>

1626

</listitem>

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<listitem><para>Stefan Asserhäll <email>stefan.asserhall@telia.com</email>

1629

for global shortcut support.</para>

1630

</listitem>

1631

1632

<listitem><para>Stephen Douglas <email>stephen_douglas@yahoo.com</email>

1633

for track announcement popups.</para>

1634

</listitem>

1635

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<listitem><para>&Frerich.Raabe; &Frerich.Raabe.mail;

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for automagical track data guessing, and bugfixes.</para>

1638

</listitem>

1639

1640

<listitem><para>Zack Rusin <email>zack@kde.org</email>

1641

for more automagical things, including MusicBrainz support.</para>

1642

</listitem>

1643

1644

<listitem><para>Adam Treat <email>manyoso@yahoo.com</email>

1645

for co-conspiring in MusicBrainz wizardry.</para>

1646

</listitem>

1647

1648

<listitem><para>Matthias Kretz <email>kretz@kde.org</email>

1649

for being the friendly neighborhood &arts; guru.</para>

1650

</listitem>

1651

1652

<listitem><para>Maks Orlovich <email>maksim@kde.org</email>

1653

for making &juk; friendlier to people with terabytes of music.</para>

1654

</listitem>

1655

1656

<listitem><para>Antonio Larrosa Jimenez <email>larrosa@kde.org</email>

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for the &DCOP; interface.</para>

1658

</listitem>

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