** Auto-saved playlist file ** By default, when you exit herrie your current playlist is saved to ~/.herrie/autosave.pls. This list is automatically loaded at the next startup of herrie. *NOTE* The file will not be created unless the full path to it exists (it is not created by herrie). Therefore, by default you will need to create your ~/.herrie folder. The config option, playq.dumpfile, can be used to change the default location of the autosave.pls file. ** The Config file ** The global config file is by default at /etc/herrie.conf. User-specific settings can be set by creating a config file at ~/.herrie/config. The '-c' argument allows you to specify a different config file other than these defaults. Please note that config settings are overidden on a per setting basis. For instance, if gui.browser.defaultpath is specified in /etc/herrie.conf, but it is not specified in ~/.herrie/config then the setting in /etc/herrie.conf will be used. The other settings that are in ~/.herrie/config would still be used. ** AutoPlay ** Herrie can be configured to begin playback at startup by setting playq.autoplay=yes in the config file. Alternatively, you can run herrie with the '-p' switch. ** AutoQuit ** Herrie can be configured to automatically exit after playing the last song in the playlist by setting playq.autoquit=yes in the config file. Alternatively, you can run herrie with the '-q' switch. Do note that, by definition, using autoquit ignores 'repeat' since you will want herrie to quit after the playlist finishes. ** Skip Command Confirmation ** If you would like to skip the Yes/No confirmation dialog when quitting herrie, removing all files from the playlist queue, and other commands then set gui.input.confirm=no in the config file. ** File Filtering ** Herrie can be configured to perform file filtering in two different ways: 1) Filter only when adding whole folders to the playlist vfs.ext.whitelist is used as the config option and its default is currently "mp3 wav ogg". If it is set to "" (blank) then filtering is turned off. Each file extension whitelisted must have *one* space in between them. No '.'s are needed and the extensions are case insensitive. 2) Filter files always (including in file browser) To make non-whitelisted file types essentially invisible (works the same as vfs.dir.hide_dotfiles) simply set vfs.dir.hide_extfiles=yes in the config file. Note, vfs.ext.whitelist is used to specify which file extensions are whitelisted. Also, like vfs.dir.hide_dotfiles, this setting does not hide files within playlist files. ** Remote Control of Herrie ** Sending signals to herrie will cause it to perform certain actions. SIGUSR1 PAUSE SIGUSR2 NEXT SIGRTMIN+1 PLAY SIGRTMIN+2 STOP SIGRTMIN+3 PREVIOUS An included script, herriectl, sends these signals to all running instances of herrie with the same effective uid as the process running the script. The signal sent is based upon the input argument. The short args correspond to the keyboard shortcuts for controlling herrie (XMMS style play control). Please run herriectl with "-h" or "--help" to see the full usage. ** Chroot Mode ** Be sure that the user you use for vfs.lockup.user is the OWNER of the folder used for vfs.lockup.chroot. For some reason it is not enough to have read permissions through a group. Also, note that other settings that use paths, such as gui.browser.defaultpath and playq.dumpfile will use the chrooted path. You might need to create a .herrie folder under your chrooted folder in order to be able to automatically save your playlists. Also, herrie will not work properly when using AO in chroot mode! ALSA is now the default sound system used because of this. Here is an example config file for using herrie in chroot mode: # Herrie Config file for chrooted herrie gui.browser.defaultpath=/ vfs.lockup.chroot=/mnt/MEDIA/MyMusic vfs.lockup.user=USERNAME playq.dumpfile=/.herrie/autosave.pls ** Using AO ** If AO is chosen as the sound output an option can be specified in the config file. Config Examples of Using AO: # Useful for KDE users audio.output.ao.driver=arts # For sending sound output to a remote SSH session audio.output.ao.driver=esd audio.output.ao.host=env_ssh ** For More Information... ** Please refer to the man page for the keyboard control bindings and for more config options. An online version of the man page can be found at http://herrie.info/herrie.1