kew(1) General Commands Manual kew(1) NAME kew , kew - Music For The Shell. SYNOPSIS kew [OPTIONS] [PARTIAL FILE OR DIRECTORY NAME] DESCRIPTION kew plays audio from your music folder when given a partial (or whole) file or directory name. A playlist is created when finding more than one file. It supports gapless playback, 24-bit/192khz audio and MPRIS. Typical use: kew artist, album or song name kew returns results from the location of the first match, it doesn't return every result possible. OPTIONS -h, --help Displays help. -v, --version Displays version info. path <path> Sets the path to the music library. --nocover Hides the cover. --noui Completely hides the UI. -q, --quitonstop Exits after playing the whole playlist. -e, --exact Specifies you want an exact (but not case sensitive) match. shuffle Shuffles the playlist before starting to play it. dir Plays the directory not the song. song Plays the song not the directory. play <path> Plays a song or loads a directory one time without changing the default library. theme <theme name> Sets a theme from ~/<configfolder>/kew/themes list Searches for a (.m3u) playlist. These are normally not included in searches. EXAMPLES kew Start kew in library view. kew all Start kew with all songs loaded into a playlist. kew albums Start kew with all albums randomly added one after the other in the playlist. kew moonlight son Play moonlight sonata. kew moon Play moonlight sonata. kew nirv Play all music under Nirvana folder shuffled. kew neverm Play Nevermind album in alphabetical order. kew shuffle neverm Play Nevermind album shuffled. kew list mix Play the mix.m3u playlist. kew theme midnight Sets the 'midnight.theme' theme. kew <words A>:<words B>:<words C> Play the first match (whole directory or file) found under A, B, and C, shuffled. Searches are separated by a colon ':' character. kew . Play the "kew favorites.m3u" playlist. KEY BINDINGS + (or =), - Adjusts volume. Left-right arrows/h,l Change song. Space Play, Pause. Shift+s Stop. F2 or Shift+z Show playlist view. F3 or Shift+x Show library view. F4 or Shift+c Show track view. F5 or Shift+v Show search view. F6 or Shift+n Show help view. u Update the library. i Cycle color mode. t Cycle themes. c Cycle Chroma visualization (requires that Chroma is installed). r Cycle repeat (repeat, repeat list or off). v Cycle spectrum visualizer mode and turn visualizer off. b Toggle ASCII Cover. Also disables Chroma visualizations. m Toggle lyrics page. n Toggle notifications. z Toggle crossfade (experimental). s Toggle shuffle. a Seek Backward. d Seek Forward. m Show lyrics page shift+d Crossfade (quick) shift+f Crossfade (medium) shift+g Crossfade (slow) x Save currently loaded playlist to a .m3u file in the music folder. "." Add currently playing song to "kew favorites.m3u" playlist. Play this list with "kew .". Tab Switch to next view. Shift+Tab Switch to previous view. Backspace Clear the playlist. Delete Remove a single playlist entry. f,g Move a song up or down the playlist. number + G or Enter Go to specific song number in the playlist. Esc or q Quit kew. FILES ~/<configfolder>/kew/kewrc Config file. ~/<statefolder>/kew/kewstaterc Dynamic Preferences file, ~/.config/kew/kewstaterc on Linux. ~/<configfolder>/kew/kewlibrary Music library directory tree cache. /<musicfolder>/kew favorites.m3u The kew playlist. Add to it by pressing '.' during playback of any song. This playlist is saved before q exits. COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2023 Ravachol. License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permit- ted by law. SEE ALSO Project home pages: <https://codeberg.org/ravachol/kew> <https://github.com/ravachol/kew> Donate here: <https://ko-fi.com/ravachol> <https://github.com/sponsors/ravachol> Linux 9/3/23 kew(1)
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