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@@ -65,14 +65,20 @@ Possible text colors are the base colors plus grey, brightred, brightgreen, brig
Supported configuration options:
.TP
-.B auto_center = yes|no
+.B auto\-center = yes|no
Enable/disable auto center mode. When auto center mode is enabled
ncmpc centers the current track in the playlist window.
.TP
-.B wide_cursor = yes|no
+.B wide\-cursor = yes|no
Make the cursor as wide as the screen.
.TP
-.B enable_colors = yes|no
+.B list\-format = SONG FORMAT
+The format used to display songs in the main window.
+.TP
+.B status\-format = SONG FORMAT
+The format used to display songs on the status line.
+.TP
+.B enable\-colors = yes|no
Enable/disable colors.
.TP
.B color background = COLOR
@@ -119,6 +125,19 @@ When ncmpc start it tries to read user key bindings from the ~/ncmpc/keys file.
You can view ncmpc's key bindings by pressing '1' (help) when
ncmpc is running. To edit key bindings use the key editor in ncmpc (press 'K').
+.SH "SONG FORMAT"
+Format of song display for status and the list window.
+The metadata delimeters are: %name%, %artist%, %track%, %time%, %file%, %shortfile%.
+
+The [] operators is used to group output such that if no metadata delimeters are found or matched between '[' and ']', then none of the characters between '[' and ']' are outputed. '&' and '|' are logical operators for and and or. '#' is used to escape characters.
+
+Some useful examples for format are:
+
+ "%file%"
+
+and
+
+ "[[%artist% \- ]%title%]|[%file]"
.SH "BUGS"
Report bugs on http://www.musicpd.org/mantis/
.SH "NOTE"