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authorAnton Khirnov <wyskas@gmail.com>2010-08-29 10:49:19 +0200
committerMax Kellermann <max@duempel.org>2010-08-31 06:56:54 +0200
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doc/protocol: update descriptions of the searching commands
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-rw-r--r--doc/protocol.xml29
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/doc/protocol.xml b/doc/protocol.xml
index e6319fccc..3eb5aa932 100644
--- a/doc/protocol.xml
+++ b/doc/protocol.xml
@@ -1214,16 +1214,18 @@ OK
<command>find</command>
<arg choice="req"><replaceable>TYPE</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice="req"><replaceable>WHAT</replaceable></arg>
+ <arg choice="opt"><replaceable>...</replaceable></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Finds songs in the db that are exactly
- <varname>WHAT</varname>. <varname>TYPE</varname> should
- be <parameter>album</parameter>,
- <parameter>artist</parameter>, or
- <parameter>title</parameter>. <varname>WHAT</varname>
- is what to find.
+ <varname>WHAT</varname>. <varname>TYPE</varname> can
+ be any tag supported by MPD, or one of the two special
+ parameters — <parameter>file</parameter> to search by
+ full path (relative to database root), and
+ <parameter>any</parameter> to match against all
+ available tags. <varname>WHAT</varname> is what to find.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -1233,14 +1235,14 @@ OK
<command>findadd</command>
<arg choice="req"><replaceable>TYPE</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice="req"><replaceable>WHAT</replaceable></arg>
+ <arg choice="opt"><replaceable>...</replaceable></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Finds songs in the db that are exactly
<varname>WHAT</varname> and adds them to current playlist.
- <varname>TYPE</varname> can be any tag supported by MPD.
- <varname>WHAT</varname> is what to find.
+ Parameters have the same meaning as for <command>find</command>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -1255,7 +1257,8 @@ OK
<listitem>
<para>
Lists all tags of the specified type.
- <varname>TYPE</varname> should be album or artist.
+ <varname>TYPE</varname> can be any tag supported by MPD or
+ <parameter>file</parameter>.
</para>
<para>
<varname>ARTIST</varname> is an optional parameter when
@@ -1318,17 +1321,15 @@ OK
<command>search</command>
<arg choice="req"><replaceable>TYPE</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice="req"><replaceable>WHAT</replaceable></arg>
+ <arg choice="opt"><replaceable>...</replaceable></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Searches for any song that contains
- <varname>WHAT</varname>. <varname>TYPE</varname> can be
- <parameter>title</parameter>,
- <parameter>artist</parameter>,
- <parameter>album</parameter> or
- <parameter>filename</parameter>. Search is not case
- sensitive.
+ <varname>WHAT</varname>. Parameters have the same meaning
+ as for <command>find</command>, except that search is not
+ case sensitive.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>