client.status() # insert the status command into the list
results = client.command_list_end() # results will be a list with the results
+Provide a 2-tuple as argument for command supporting ranges (cf. `MPD protocol documentation`_ for more details).
+Possible ranges are: "START:END", "START:" and ":" ::
+
+ # An intelligent clear
+ # clears played track in the queue, currentsong included
+ pos = client.currentsong().get('pos', 0)
+ # the 2-tuple range object accepts str, no need to convert to int
+ client.delete((0, pos))
+ # missing end interpreted as highest value possible, pay attention still need a tuple.
+ client.delete((pos,)) # purge queue from current to the end
+
+A notable case is the `rangeid` command allowing an empty range specified
+as a single colon as argument (i.e. sending just ":")::
+
+ # sending "rangeid :" to clear the range, play everything
+ client.rangeid(()) # send an empty tuple
+
+Empty start in range (i.e. ":END") are not possible and will raise a CommandError.
+
Commands may also return iterators instead of lists if `iterate` is set to
`True`::
for song in client.playlistinfo():
print song['file']
+Each command have a *send\_<CMD>* and a *fetch\_<CMD>* variant, which allows to
+send a MPD command and then fetch the result later.
+This is useful for the idle command::
+
+ >>> client.send_idle()
+ # do something else or use function like select()
+ # http://docs.python.org/howto/sockets.html#non-blocking-sockets
+ # ex. select([client], [], [])
+ >>> events = client.fetch_idle()
+
+ # more complex use for example, with glib/gobject:
+ >>> def callback(source, condition):
+ >>> changes = client.fetch_idle()
+ >>> print changes
+ >>> return False # removes the IO watcher
+
+ >>> client.send_idle()
+ >>> gobject.io_add_watch(client, gobject.IO_IN, callback)
+ >>> gobject.MainLoop().run()
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