Configuration.md

Configuration

File Resolution

By default, mmtc looks for configuration file at <your config directory>/mmtc/mmtc.ron. Your config directory may differ depending on the operating system, so mmtc tries to find your config directory with dirs crate.

This setting can be overwritten by the command line argument -c or --config.

If no config file was given from the command line and mmtc failed to find your config directory, the default configuration would be used.

File Structure

The configuration file is written in ron, an expressive object notation. Check out its specification wiki if you are having trouble figuring out its syntax. The whole file should be a Config struct.

Config

Type: struct

field	type	description	default
address	string	the address of the mpd server	"127.0.0.1:6600"
clear_query_on_play	boolean	clear query on play	false
cycle	boolean	cycle through the queue	false
jump_lines	non-negative integer	the number of lines to jump	24
seek_secs	non-negative number	the time to seek in seconds	5.0
search_fields	SearchFields	the fields to index from when searching	see SearchFields
ups	non-negative number	the amount of status updates per second	1.0
layout	Widget	the layout of the application	see mmtc.ron

SearchFields

Type: struct

field	type	description	default
file	boolean	whether to search in file names	false
title	boolean	whether to search in titles	true
artist	boolean	whether to search in artists	true
album	boolean	whether to search in albums	true

Widget

Type: enum

variant	struct, tuple or unit	fields	description
Rows(rows)	tuple	list of Constrained Widgets	split into rows
Columns(columns)	tuple	list of Constrained Widgets	split into columns
Textbox(texts) or TextboxL(texts)	tuple	Texts	text with left alignment
TextboxC(texts)	tuple	Texts	text with center alignment
TextboxR(texts)	tuple	Texts	text with right alignment
Queue(columns)	tuple	list of Column	displays the queue

Constrained

Type: enum

variant	struct, tuple or unit	fields (separated by comma)	description
Max(n, item)	tuple	non-negative integer, <type>	item with a maximum length of n
Min(n, item)	tuple	non-negative integer, <type>	item with a minimum length of n
Fixed(n, item)	tuple	non-negative integer, <type>	item with a fixed length of n
Ratio(n, item)	tuple	non-negative integer, <type>	divide the total length in to ratios, mixing with other constraints would cut off the rightmost item

Texts

Type: enum

variant	struct, tuple or unit	fields (separated by comma)	description
Text(str)	tuple	string	plain text
CurrentElapsed	unit		time elapsed of the current song
CurrentDuration	unit		total duration of the current song
CurrentFile	unit		file name of the current song
CurrentArtist	unit		artist of the current song
QueueAlbum	unit		album of the song in queue (only works inside a Queue Widget)
QueueDuration	unit		total duration of the song in queue (only works inside a Queue Widget)
QueueFile	unit		file name of the song in queue (only works inside a Queue Widget)
QueueArtist	unit		artist of the song in queue (only works inside a Queue Widget)
QueueAlbum	unit		album of the song in queue (only works inside a Queue Widget)
Query	unit		current query
Styled(styles, texts)	tuple	list of Style, Texts	styled text
Parts(parts)	tuple	list of Texts	concatenate multiple parts of texts
If(condition, lhs, rhs) or If(condition, lhs)	tuple	Condition, Texts, optional Texts	if condition then lhs (else rhs)

Style

Type: enum

Note: some styles may not work depending on your terminal emulator

variant	struct, tuple or unit	fields	description
Fg(color)	tuple	Color	change foreground color
Bg(color)	tuple	Color	change background color
Bold	unit		bold
NoBold	unit		remove bold
Dim	unit		dim
NoDim	unit		remove dim
Italic	unit		italic
NoItalic	unit		remove italic
Underlined	unit		underlined
NoUnderlined	unit		remove underlined
SlowBlink	unit		slow blink
NoSlowBlink	unit		remove slow blink
RapidBlink	unit		rapid blink
NoRapidBlink	unit		remove slow blink
Reversed	unit		reversed
NoReversed	unit		remove reversed
Hidden	unit		hidden
NoHidden	unit		remove hidden
CrossedOut	unit		crossed out
NoCrossedOut	unit		remove crossed out

Color

Type: enum

variant	struct, tuple or unit	fields (separated by comma)	description
Reset	unit		reset to default color
Black	unit		black
Red	unit		red
Green	unit		green
Yellow	unit		tellow
Blue	unit		blue
Magenta	unit		magenta
Cyan	unit		cyan
Gray	unit		gray
DarkGray	unit		dark gray
LightRed	unit		light red
LightGreen	unit		light green
LightYellow	unit		light yellow
LightBlue	unit		light blue
LightMagenta	unit		light magenta
LightCyan	unit		light cyan
White	unit		white
Rgb(r, g, b)	tuple	0 to 255, 0 to 255, 0 to 255	rgb color
Indexed(n)	tuple	0 to 255	the nth color of 256 preset colors

Condition

Type: enum, evaluates to a boolean

variant	struct, tuple or unit	fields (separated by comma)	description
Repeat	unit		whether mpd is in repeat mode
Random	unit		whether mpd is in random mode
Single	unit		whether mpd is in single mode
Oneshot	unit		whether mpd is in oneshot mode
Consume	unit		whether mpd is in consume mode
Playing	unit		whether the song is playing
Paused	unit		whether the song is paused
Stopped	unit		whether there is no song playing or paused
TitleExist	unit		whether the current song has a title
ArtistExist	unit		whether the current song has an artist
QueueCurrent	unit		whether the song in queue is the current song (only works inside a Queue Widget)
Selected	unit		whether the song in queue is selected (only works inside a Queue Widget)
Searching	unit		whether mmtc is in searching mode
Filtered	unit		whether the queue is filtered by a query
Not(condition)	tuple	Condition	logical not
And(lhs, rhs)	tuple	Condition, Condition	logical and
Or(lhs, rhs)	tuple	Condition, Condition	logical or
Xor(lhs, rhs)	tuple	Condition, Condition	logical exclusive or

Column

Type: struct

field	type	description	default
item	Constrained Texts	Queue Widget creates an item for each track in your queue for each column	mandatory, no default value
style	list of Styles	style of the item when not selected	[]
selected_style	list of Styles	style of the item when selected	[]