[emms-help] Re: some notes on EMMS

[Tassilo Horn]

William Xu <address@hidden> writes:

Hi William,

>    * It seems weird that the default playlist buffer name starts with
>      a space.  This means it doesn't show up in the buffer menu, etc.
>      How about removing that space?
>
> Yes, it's weird. i found this before, but then forgot it later. Maybe
> because few people use buffer menu?

I think the playlist buffer is hidden by default because it shouldn't
interfer with your work. But you can easily change the name:

,----[ C-h v emms-playlist-buffer-name RET ]
| emms-playlist-buffer-name is a variable defined in `emms.el'.
| Its value is "*EMMS Playlist*"
| 
| Documentation:
| *The default name of the EMMS playlist buffer.
`----

As you can see, I didn't like the space, too.

>    * Maybe just `emms' could be an alias for `emms-playlist-mode-go'?
>
> If `emms-playlist-mode-go' is too long, I think one could simply bind
> `emms-playlist-mode-go' to some key, like "F3", as mine.

Are you crazy?!? F3 is `kmacro-start-macro-or-insert-counter', one of
the most useful keys ever! ;-)

But I like the idea of emms being a shorthand for e-p-m-g, but because
that's probably the first function a new user will try out, it would be
good if it opened the playlist buffer plus a message buffer where the
functions and keys to add tracks into it are listed. If there's an
non-empty playlist buffer that can be omitted of course.

Bye,
Tassilo
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