[MPlayer-DOCS] r20279 - trunk/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1

[mail at kraymer.de]

> mail at kraymer.de wrote:
>
>>> It might also be better to combine the two sentences - something like
>>> "You can also put the configuration file in the same directory as the
>>> file to be played, as long as you give the
>>> \-use-filedir-conf option. (either on the command line or in your
>>> config file)".
>>
>> Thanks for the hint. Actually I liked your proposal so much, I
>> commited it :) (only added the word "global" to the last line to
>> clarify things).
>
> A needed clarification - I wasn't thinking quite clearly enough when I
> wrote that.
>
> Strictly speaking I think that the "global" MPlayer config file is
> /etc/mplayer.conf (or something like that), overridden by the
> user-specific ~/.mplayer/config if it exists. I don't know what the
> term for the latter file would be in a context like this, and I'll
> admit that most people probably don't know that the global
> configuration file is even supported, but strictly speaking the term
> "global" in this context is incorrect.

Heh, I wasn't thinking clearly enough when I wrote the latest change
either ;)Of course, global config is correct I think but what I actually meant was
this "user global config" or whatever one should call it. My point was
that it's not enough to put that option into the config file that sits
next to the media file so I think my latest change is /more/ correct but
not perfect, I admit that.The "most global" config file ([/usr/local]/etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf) is
mentioned a few lines above the paragraph we're talking about so the user
is supposed to know about it. Probably we have to clarify more but I'm not
sure how to reword latest changes without overcomplicating things.

Sebastian