Author: kraymer Date: Tue Oct 17 12:48:41 2006 New Revision: 20279 Modified: trunk/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 Log: mention new -use-filedir-conf option in general config description Modified: trunk/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 ============================================================================== --- trunk/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 (original) +++ trunk/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 Tue Oct 17 12:48:41 2006 @@ -546,7 +546,9 @@ You can also write file-specific configuration files. If you wish to have a configuration file for a file called 'movie.avi', create a file named 'movie.avi.conf' with the file-specific options in it and put it in -~/.mplayer/ or in the same directory as the file. +~/.mplayer/. +You can put the configuration file in the same directory as the file too. +To actually make use of this however, you need the \-use-filedir-conf option. .PP .I EXAMPLE MPLAYER CONFIGURATION FILE: .sp 1
kraymer wrote:
You can also write file-specific configuration files. If you wish to have a configuration file for a file called 'movie.avi', create a file named 'movie.avi.conf' with the file-specific options in it and put it in -~/.mplayer/ or in the same directory as the file. +~/.mplayer/. +You can put the configuration file in the same directory as the file too.
Ending a sentence with "too" like this doesn't really work very well - and I'm at least 90% certain that it's actually incorrect. Things which might work include "You can also put the" etc., "Alternatively, you can put" etc., and at least one thing I'm not managing to phrase at the moment involving the word "instead".
+To actually make use of this however, you need the \-use-filedir-conf option.
In contexts like this, the word "however" needs two commas - one on each side. 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)". -- The Wanderer Warning: Simply because I argue an issue does not mean I agree with any side of it. Secrecy is the beginning of tyranny.
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). Sebastian
mail@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. -- The Wanderer Warning: Simply because I argue an issue does not mean I agree with any side of it. Secrecy is the beginning of tyranny.
mail@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
On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 07:03:38 -0400 The Wanderer <inverseparadox@comcast.net> wrote:
kraymer wrote:
You can also write file-specific configuration files. If you wish to have a configuration file for a file called 'movie.avi', create a file named 'movie.avi.conf' with the file-specific options in it and put it in -~/.mplayer/ or in the same directory as the file. +~/.mplayer/. +You can put the configuration file in the same directory as the file too.
Ending a sentence with "too" like this doesn't really work very well - and I'm at least 90% certain that it's actually incorrect. Things
indeed correct it is; anyway, the wording proposed by you clearer i think it is ;-)))) AFAIK the correct way to use too, should be eith a comma: blablablabla, too.
Paul TT wrote:
On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 07:03:38 -0400 The Wanderer <inverseparadox@comcast.net> wrote:
kraymer wrote:
You can also write file-specific configuration files. If you wish to have a configuration file for a file called 'movie.avi', create a file named 'movie.avi.conf' with the file-specific options in it and put it in -~/.mplayer/ or in the same directory as the file. +~/.mplayer/. +You can put the configuration file in the same directory as the file too.
Ending a sentence with "too" like this doesn't really work very well - and I'm at least 90% certain that it's actually incorrect.
indeed correct it is; anyway, the wording proposed by you clearer i think it is ;-)))) AFAIK the correct way to use too, should be eith a comma: blablablabla, too.
I think that's still incorrect, but I don't have an example of a correct usage ready to hand. I have a vague impression that that may be because a truly correct usage would look somewhat archaic - or else have a different meaning, something along the lines of "I too feel this way". -- The Wanderer Warning: Simply because I argue an issue does not mean I agree with any side of it. Secrecy is the beginning of tyranny.
On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 06:56:49 -0400 The Wanderer <inverseparadox@comcast.net> wrote:
Paul TT wrote:
....
indeed correct it is; anyway, the wording proposed by you clearer i think it is ;-)))) AFAIK the correct way to use too, should be eith a comma: blablablabla, too.
I think that's still incorrect, but I don't have an example of a correct usage ready to hand. I have a vague impression that that may be because a truly correct usage would look somewhat archaic - or else have a different meaning, something along the lines of "I too feel this way".
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/too but we are becoming too OT, i think, too...
participants (4)
-
kraymer -
mail＠kraymer.de -
Paul TT -
The Wanderer