.TH AUDACIOUS "1" "April 2009" "Version 3.2.4" "Audacious"

.SH NAME
audacious \- an advanced audio player.

.SH SYNOPSIS
.B audacious
[OPTION] ... [FILE] ...

.SH DESCRIPTION
Audacious is a free advanced audio player for Linux and many other
UNIX-compatible systems. It focuses on low resource usage, high audio quality,
and support for a wide range of audio formats. It was originally based on Beep
Media Player, which was in turn based on XMMS.

.SH OPTIONS
.B Getting help:

.TP
.I -?, --help
Show a brief list of options.

.TP
.I --help-all
Show a complete list of options.

.TP
.I --help-gtk
Show a list of GTK+-related options.

.TP
.I --help-sm-client
Show a list of session management options.

.PP
.B Opening files:

.TP
.I -e, --enqueue
Add the files on the command line to the current playlist but do not start
playback.

.TP
.I -E, --enqueue-to-temp
Add the files on the command line to a temporary playlist and start playback.

.PP
.B Controlling playback:

.TP
.I -p, --play
If currently playing, go to the beginning of the song; otherwise, begin playing.

.TP
.I -u, --pause
If currently playing, pause; if paused, resume playing.

.TP
.I -t, --play-pause
If currently playing, pause; otherwise, begin playing.

.TP
.I -s, --stop
Stop playing and go to the beginning of the song.

.TP
.I -r, --rew
Go to the previous song in the playlist.

.TP
.I -f, --fwd
Go to the next song in the playlist.

.PP
.B Miscellaneous:

.TP
.I -v, --version
Show the installed version of Audacious.

.TP
.I -m, --show-main-window
Show the Audacious window if it is hidden and bring it to the top.

.PP
.B GTK+-related:

.TP
.I --display DISPLAY
Start Audacious on the given X display.

.TP
.I --screen SCREEN
Start Audacious on the given X screen.

.TP
.I --sync
Use synchronous X calls.

.TP
.I --name NAME
Set Audacious's program name (for use by the window manager).

.TP
.I --class CLASS
Set Audacious's program class (for use by the window manager).

.TP
.I --gtk-module MODULE
Load a GTK+ module manually.

.TP
.I --g-fatal-warnings
Treat all warnings as fatal errors.

.PP
.B Session management:

.TP
.I --sm-client-disable
Do not connect to the session manager.

.TP
.I --sm-client-id ID
Set session management ID.

.TP
.I --sm-client-state-file FILE
Load saved configuration from FILE.

.SH KEYBINDINGS
.ta 24
z	Previous song
.br
x	Play
.br
c, Space	Pause
.br
v	Stop
.br
b	Next song
.br
Right arrow	Seek forward 5 seconds
.br
Left arrow	Seek backward 5 seconds
.br
Control + z	Go to beginning of playlist
.br
Escape	Scroll to current song
.br
Control + a	Select all songs in playlist
.br
Shift + Control + a	Cancel selection
.br
+ (plus)	Increase volume 5 percent
.br
- (minus)	Decrease volume 5 percent
.br
s	Toggle shuffle
.br
r	Toggle repeat
.br
Control + n	Toggle advancing in playlist
.br
Control + m	Toggle stopping after current song
.br
Control + e	Show elapsed time
.br
Control + r	Show time remaining
.br
Alt + e	Show/hide playlist
.br
Alt + g	Show/hide equalizer
.br
Control + o	Toggle windows always on top
.br
Control + s	Toggle windows on all workspaces
.br
Control + w	Toggle rolling up main window
.br
Control + Alt + w	Toggle rolling up equalizer
.br
Shift + Control + w	Toggle rolling up playlist
.br
i	Display Song Information dialog
.br
Control + j	Display Jump to Time dialog
.br
j	Display Jump to Song dialog
.br
Control + f	Display Search dialog
.br
l	Display Open dialog
.br
f	Display Add dialog
.br
Control + l	Display Open Internet Address dialog
.br
Control + h	Display Add Internet Address dialog
.br
Control + p	Display Preferences dialog

.SH FILES
.TP
~/.config/audacious/config
User's Audacious configuration.
.TP
~/.config/audacious/playlist.xspf
Default playlist usually loaded on startup.
.TP
~/.config/audacious/gtkrc
User's set of Audacious-specific GTK+ config settings. Options such as widget
color and fonts sizes can be set here.
.TP
~/.local/share/audacious/Skins, ${prefix}/share/audacious/Skins
Default location(s) where Audacious should look for skin files.
.TP
~/.local/share/audacious/Plugins
Location of user-installed plugins.
.SH ENVIRONMENT
.TP 12
.B SKINSDIR
Colon separated list of paths where Audacious should look for skin files.
.TP
.B TARCMD
Tar command supporting GNU tar style decompression.  Used for
unpacking gzip and bzip2 compressed skins.  Default is \fItar\fP.
.TP
.B UNZIPCMD
Command for decompressing zip files (skins).  Default is \fIunzip\fP.

.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR audtool (1)

.SH WEBSITE
.I http://audacious-media-player.org