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diff --git a/src/pianobar.1 b/src/pianobar.1 index 1a6eac1..9140045 100644 --- a/src/pianobar.1 +++ b/src/pianobar.1 @@ -165,5 +165,34 @@ Your pandora.com password. Plain-text. .B user = your@user.name Your pandora.com username. +.SH REMOTE CONTROL +.B pianobar +can be controlled through a fifo. You have to create it yourself by executing + + mkfifo ~/.config/pianobar/ctl + +Adjust the path if you set up a $XDG_CONFIG_HOME. Afterwards you can write +commands directly into the fifo. Example (next song): + + echo -n 'n' > ~/.config/pianobar/ctl + +.B n +is the keybinding for "next song". If you customized your keybindings you have to use these characters to control +.B pianobar. +.I This behaviour may change in the future! + +Please note: Commands like "select station" or "delete station" don't make +sense at the moment, because the expected input is read from stdin, but not +from the fifo. + +Another example: + + while true; do; + nc -l -p 12345 -s localhost localhost > ~/.config/pianobar/ctl; + sleep 1; + done + + echo -ne 'n\\x1a' | nc -q 0 127.0.0.1 12345 + .SH AUTHOR Lars-Dominik Braun <PromyLOPh@lavabit.com> |