+ncmpc
+=====
+
+
+Description
+-----------
+
+ncmpc is a command-line client for the `Music Player Daemon
+<http://www.musicpd.org/>`__ (MPD).
+
+By default, ncmpc connects to the local MPD instance. A different MPD
+instance can be selected using the command line options
+:option:`--host` and :option:`--port`, or by setting the environment
+variables :envvar:`MPD_HOST` and :envvar:`MPD_PORT`::
+
+ ncmpc --host=musicserver --port=44000
+
+You can connect to a "local" socket by setting the host to a file path
+(e.g. ":file:`/run/mpd/socket`"). Abstract sockets can be used with a ":file:`@`"
+prefix (e.g. ":file:`@mpd`").
+
+To use a password with MPD, set :envvar:`MPD_HOST` to
+:samp:`password@host` or use the command line option
+:option:`--password`. Values from the command line override values
+from the environment.
+
+
+Synopsis
+--------
+
+ ncmpc [options]
+
+
+Options
+-------
+
+.. option:: -?, --help
+
+ Display help.
+
+.. option:: -V, --version
+
+ Display version information and build-time configuration.
+
+.. option:: -c, --colors
+
+ Enable colors.
+
+.. option:: -C, --no-colors
+
+ Disable colors.
+
+.. option:: -m, --mouse
+
+ Enable mouse.
+
+.. option:: --host=HOST
+
+ The MPD host to connect to.
+
+.. option:: --port=PORT, -p PORT
+
+ The port to connect to.
+
+.. option:: -P, --password=PASSWORD
+
+ Use password when connecting.
+
+.. option:: -f, --config=FILE
+
+ Read configuration from file.
+
+.. option:: -k, --key-file=FILE
+
+ Read key bindings from file.
+
+
+Configuration
+-------------
+
+When ncmpc starts it tries to read the user's configuration file,
+:file:`~/.ncmpc/config`. If no user configuration file is found then
+ncmpc tries to load the global settings from
+:file:`$SYSCONFDIR/ncmpc/config` (the actual path is displayed in the
+output of the :option:`--version` option). An example configuration
+file (:file:`config.sample`) is shipped with ncmpc.
+
+
+Connection
+^^^^^^^^^^
+
+:command:`host = HOST` - The MPD host to connect to.
+
+:command:`port = PORT` - The port to connect to.
+
+:command:`password = PASSWORD` - Use password when connecting.
+
+:command:`timeout = TIMEOUT` - Attempt to reconnect to mpd if a
+response to a command is not received within TIMEOUT
+seconds. Specifying a value in the configuration file overrides the
+":envvar:`MPD_TIMEOUT`" environment variable. If no timeout is
+specified in the configuration file or in the environment, the default
+is 5 seconds.
+
+
+Interface
+^^^^^^^^^
+
+:command:`enable-mouse = yes|no` - Enable mouse support (if enabled at compile time).
+
+:command:`screen-list = SCREEN1 SCREEN2...` - A list of screens to
+cycle through when using the previous/next screen commands. Valid
+choices, if enabled at compile time, are playlist, browse, artist,
+help, search, song, keydef, lyrics, outputs, and chat.
+
+:command:`search-mode = MODE` - Default search mode for the search
+screen. MODE must be one of title, artist, album, filename, and
+artist+title, or an interger index (0 for title, 1 for artist etc.).
+
+:command:`auto-center = yes|no` - Enable/disable auto center
+mode. When auto center mode is enabled ncmpc centers the current track
+in the playlist window.
+
+:command:`scroll-offset = NUM` - Keep at least NUM lines above and
+below the cursor on list windows, if possible.
+
+:command:`find-show-last = yes|no` - Show the most recent query instead of a blank line for a find.
+
+:command:`find-wrap = yes|no` - Wrapped find mode.
+
+:command:`wrap-around = yes|no` - Wrapped cursor movement.
+
+:command:`bell-on-wrap = yes|no` - Ring bell when find wraps around.
+
+:command:`audible-bell = yes|no` - Sound audible bell on alerts.
+
+:command:`visible-bell = yes|no` - Visible bell on alerts.
+
+:command:`crossfade-time = CROSSFADE TIME` - Default crossfade time in
+seconds.
+
+:command:`seek-time = NUM` - Seek forward/backward by NUM seconds.
+
+:command:`lyrics-timeout = NUM` - Quits downloading lyrics of a song
+after the timeout of NUM seconds is reached, if NUM is greater than
+zero.
+
+:command:`jump-prefix-only = yes|no` - When using the jump command,
+search for the prefix of an entry. That means typing "m" will start
+to the first entry which begins with "m".
+
+:command:`lyrics-autosave = yes|no` - Automatically save lyrics after
+receiving them.
+
+:command:`lyrics-show-plugin = yes|no` - Show the name of the plugin
+used to receive lyrics on the lyrics screen.
+
+:command:`text-editor = EDITOR` - The text editor used for editing
+lyrics.
+
+:command:`text-editor-ask = yes|no` - Ask before starting an editor.
+
+:command:`chat-prefix = PREFIX` - Prefix messages send with the chat
+screen with PREFIX. By default they are prefixed with the current
+user name enclosed by "<" and ">" and a space (i.e. "<name> ").
+
+:command:`second-column = yes|no` - Display song length in a second
+column.
+
+
+Display
+^^^^^^^
+
+:command:`welcome-screen-list = yes|no` - Show a list of the screens
+in the top line on startup.
+
+:command:`wide-cursor = yes|no` - Make the cursor as wide as the
+screen.
+
+:command:`hardware-cursor = yes|no` - Use the terminal's hardware
+cursor instead of inverse colors.
+
+:command:`hide-cursor = NUM` - Hide the playlist cursor after NUM
+seconds of inactivity.
+
+:command:`scroll = yes|no` - Scroll the title if it is too long for
+the screen.
+
+:command:`scroll-sep = STRING` - the separator to show at the end of
+the scrolling title.
+
+:command:`list-format = SONG FORMAT` - The format used to display
+songs in the main window.
+
+:command:`search-format = SONG FORMAT` - The format used to display
+songs in the search window. Default is to use list-format.
+
+:command:`status-format = SONG FORMAT` - The format used to display
+songs on the status line.
+
+:command:`status-message-time = TIME` - The time, in seconds, for
+which status messages will be displayed.
+
+:command:`display-time = yes|no` - Display the time in the status bar
+when idle.
+
+:command:`timedisplay-type = elapsed/remaining` - Sets whether to
+display remaining or elapsed time in the status window. Default is
+elapsed.
+
+:command:`visible-bitrate = yes|no` - Show the bitrate in the status
+bar when playing a stream. :command:`
+
+:command:`set-xterm-title = yes|no` - Change the XTerm title (ncmpc
+will not restore the title).
+
+:command:`xterm-title-format = SONG FORMAT` - The format used to for
+the xterm title when ncmpc is playing.
+
+
+Colors
+^^^^^^
+
+:command:`enable-colors = yes|no` - Enable/disable colors.
+
+:command:`color background = COLOR` - Set the background color. If the
+background color is assigned to the keyword ":samp:`none`", ncmpc will
+not change the background color. Standard colors are: black, red,
+green, yellow, blue, magenta, cyan and white. Terminal specific
+colors can also be given as integers.
+
+:command:`color title = COLOR[,ATTRIBUTE]...` - Set the text color and
+attributes for the title row. Text colors are the same as for the
+background. Valid attributes are: standout, underline, reverse, blink,
+dim, and bold.
+
+:command:`color title-bold = COLOR[,ATTRIBUTE]...` - Set the text
+color for the title row (the bold part).
+
+:command:`color line = COLOR` - Set the color of the line on the
+second row.
+
+:command:`color line-flags = COLOR[,ATTRIBUTE]...` - Set the text
+color used to indicate mpd flags on the second row.
+
+:command:`color list = COLOR[,ATTRIBUTE]...` - Set the text color in
+the main area of ncmpc.
+
+:command:`color list-bold = COLOR[,ATTRIBUTE]...` - Set the bold text
+color in the main area of ncmpc.
+
+:command:`color browser-directory = COLOR[,ATTRIBUTE]...` - Set the
+text color used to display directories in the browser window.
+
+:command:`color browser-playlist = COLOR[,ATTRIBUTE]...` - Set the
+text color used to display playlists in the browser window.
+
+:command:`color progressbar = COLOR[,ATTRIBUTE]...` - Set the color of
+the progress indicator.
+
+:command:`color status-state = COLOR[,ATTRIBUTE]...` - Set the text
+color used to display mpd status in the status window.
+
+:command:`color status-song = COLOR[,ATTRIBUTE]...` - Set the text
+color used to display song names in the status window.
+
+:command:`color status-time = COLOR[,ATTRIBUTE]...` - Set the text
+color used to display time the status window.
+
+:command:`color alert = COLOR[,ATTRIBUTE]...` - Set the text color
+used to display alerts in the status window.
+
+:command:`colordef COLOR = R, G, B` - Redefine any of the base
+colors. The RGB values must be integer values between 0 and 1000.
+*Note*: Only some terminals allow redefinitions of colors!
+
+
+
+Keys
+----
+
+When ncmpc starts it tries to read user-defined key bindings from the
+:file:`~/.ncmpc/keys` file. If no user-defined key bindings are found
+then ncmpc tries to load the global key bindings from
+:file:`$SYSCONFDIR/ncmpc/keys` (the actual path is displayed on the
+help screen).
+
+You can view ncmpc's key bindings by pressing '1' (help) when ncmpc is
+running. To edit key bindings press 'K' and use the key editor in
+ncmpc.
+
+
+Song Format
+-----------
+
+Format of song display for status and the list window. The metadata
+delimiters are: %artist%, %albumartist%, %composer%, %performer%,
+%title%, %album%, %shortalbum%, %track%, %disc, %genre%, %name%,
+%time%, %date%, %file%, %shortfile%.
+
+The [] operators are used to group output such that if none of the
+metadata delimiters between '[' and ']' are matched, then none of the
+characters between '[' and ']' are output; literal text is always
+output. '&' and '|' are logical operators for AND and OR. '#' is used
+to escape characters.
+
+Some useful examples for format are::
+
+ "%file%"
+
+and::
+
+ "[[%artist% - ]%title%]|%file%"
+
+Another one is::
+
+ "[%artist%|(artist n/a)] - [%title%|(title n/a)]"
+
+
+Chat Protocol
+-------------
+
+If ncmpc has been compiled with "chat" support, it uses the
+client-to-client protocol available in MPD 0.17 or higher to
+communicate with other clients. In order to receive messages it
+subscribes to the channel with the name "chat", and displays any
+message sent there as-is. When the user enters a message, it is first
+with the prefix specified by the :command:`chat-prefix` option (or the
+default prefix), and then sent to the "chat" channel for others to
+read.
+
+
+Bugs
+----
+
+Report bugs on https://github.com/MusicPlayerDaemon/ncmpc/issues
+
+
+Note
+---
+
+Since MPD uses UTF-8, ncmpc needs to convert characters to the charset
+used by the local system. If you get character conversion errors when
+your running ncmpc you probably need to set up your locale. This is
+done by setting any of the :envvar:`LC_CTYPE`, :envvar:`LANG` or
+:envvar:`LC_ALL` environment variables (:envvar:`LC_CTYPE` only
+affects character handling).
+
+
+See also
+--------
+
+:manpage:`mpd(1)`, :manpage:`mpc(1)`, :manpage:`locale(5)`,
+:manpage:`locale(7)`