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diff --git a/manual/rockbox_interface/main.tex b/manual/rockbox_interface/main.tex index 0804c55..2dea780 100644 --- a/manual/rockbox_interface/main.tex +++ b/manual/rockbox_interface/main.tex @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ \end{center} Throughout this manual, the buttons on the \dap\ are labelled according to the -picture above. To turn on and shutdown your \dap, the following keys are used: +picture above. To turn on and shut down your \dap, the following keys are used: \begin{table} \begin{btnmap}{}{} @@ -40,15 +40,23 @@ picture above. To turn on and shutdown your \dap, the following keys are used: \section{\label{ref:file_browser}File Browser} \screenshot{rockbox_interface/images/ss-file-browser}{The file browser}{} -The file browser helps you navigate through the files on your \dap, entering -folders and executing the default action on each file. To help us differentiate -files, each file format is displayed with an icon. You can select which file -types are displayed (see page \pageref{ref:ShowFiles}). -\note{When Tag Cache is enabled you will access the Tag Cache browser instead - of the File Browser. With Tag Cache you will be able accessing your music - using a database but won't be able doing any file manipulations. - Read more about Tag Cache in Section \ref{ref:tagcache}. -} +Rockbox lets you browse your music in either of two ways. The ``File Browser'' +lets you navigate through the files and folders on your \dap, entering folders +and executing the default action on each file. To help differentiate files, +each file format is displayed with an icon. + +The ``Tag Cache Browser,'' on the other hand, allows you to navigate through +the music on your player using categories like album, artist, genre, etc. + +You can select whether to browse using the File Browser or the Tag Cache Browser by +adjusting the \setting{Show Files} setting. If you choose the File Browser, the +\setting{Show Files} setting also lets you select what types of files you wish to +view. See page \pageref{ref:ShowFiles} for more information on the \setting{Show +Files} setting. + +\note{The File Browser allows you to manipulate your files in ways that are not +available within the Tag Cache Browser. Read more about Tag Cache in Section +\ref{ref:tagcache}. The remainder of this section deals with the File Browser.} \subsection{\label{ref:controls}Controls} \begin{table} @@ -111,21 +119,27 @@ types are displayed (see page \pageref{ref:ShowFiles}). } \subsection{\label{ref:Filemenu}\label{ref:PartIISectionFM}File Menu} -\screenshot{rockbox_interface/images/ss-file-menu}{The file menu}{} +\screenshot{rockbox_interface/images/ss-file-menu}{The File Menu}{} -This menu operates on the file that was selected in the browser. It offers the -following options: +The File Menu allows you to perform certain operations on files or folders. +To access the File Menu, position the selector over a file or folder and + \opt{IRIVER_H100_PAD,IRIVER_H300_PAD,IAUDIO_X5_PAD,IPOD_4G_PAD} + {hold the \ButtonSelect\ button.} + \opt{RECORDER_PAD,PLAYER_PAD}{press the \ButtonPlay/\ButtonOn+\ButtonPlay\ + buttons.} + \opt{ONDIO_PAD}{hold the \ButtonRight\ button.} + +\note{The File Menu is a context sensitive menu. If the File Menu is +invoked on a file, it will display options available for files. If the +File Menu is invoked on a folder or directory, it will display options +for directories.} + +The File Menu contains the following options (unless otherwise noted, each +option pertains both to files and directories): \begin{description} -\item [Open with:] - Runs a viewer plugin on the file. Normally the filetype of a file is detected - and the appropriate plugin is run automatically when you press play on it. - Use this menu if for some reason you want to override the default action and - select a viewer by hand. See page \textmd{\pageref{ref:Viewersplugins}} for - more details on viewers. For example, this would be used to view a text file - with a non-standard extension, i.e. not ending with .txt. \item [Playlist:] - Change to the Playlist submenu (see below). + Enters to the Playlist Submenu (see below). \item [Rename:] This function lets the user modify a file name. \item [Cut:] @@ -138,23 +152,38 @@ following options: Only visible if a file or directory name is on the clipboard. When selected it will move or copy the clipboard to the current directory. \item [Delete:] - Only files can be deleted, not folders. Rockbox will ask for confirmation - before deleting a file. Press PLAY to confirm deletion or any other key to - cancel. + Deletes the currently selected file. This option applies only to files, and + not to directories. Rockbox will ask for confirmation before deleting a file. + Press + \opt{IRIVER_H100_PAD,IRIVER_H300_PAD,IAUDIO_X5_PAD,IPOD_4G_PAD,IPOD_VIDEO_PAD} + {\ButtonSelect} + \opt{PLAYER_PAD,RECORDER_PAD}{\ButtonPlay} + \opt{ONDIO_PAD}{\ButtonRight} + to confirm deletion or any other key to cancel. \item [Delete Directory:] - Deletes the folder pointed to by the cursor and all the files and folders - contained in it. Use with caution. + Deletes the currently selected directory and all of the files and folders + contained in the selected directory. Deleted directories cannot be recovered. + Use this feature with caution! +\item [Open with:] + Runs a viewer plugin on the file. Normally, when a file is selected in Rockbox, + Rockbox automatically detects the file type and runs the appropriate plugin. + The ``Open With'' function can be used to override the default action and + select a viewer by hand. For example, this function can be used to view a text file + even if the file has a non-standard extension (i.e., the file has an extension + of something other than ``.txt''). See page \textmd{\pageref{ref:Viewersplugins}} + for more details on viewers. \item [Create Directory:] Makes a new folder in the current folder on the disk. \end{description} \subsection{\label{ref:Playlistsubmenu}Playlist Submenu} -\screenshot{rockbox_interface/images/ss-playlist-menu}{The playlist menu}{} -If the playlist submenu is invoked on a directory, it will act on all the files -within that directory. If invoked on a playlist it will act on all the files -in that playlist. Otherwise it acts only on the current file. - -This menu provides the following options: +\screenshot{rockbox_interface/images/ss-playlist-menu}{The Playlist Submenu}{} +The Playlist Submenu allows you to put tracks into a ``dynamic playlist''. +If there is no music currently playing, Rockbox will create a new dynamic playlist +and put the selected track(s) into the playlist. If there is music currently playing, +Rockbox will put the selected track(s) into the current playlist. The place in which +the newly selected tracks are added to the playlist is determined by the following +options: \begin{description} \item [Insert:] @@ -176,10 +205,30 @@ This menu provides the following options: Queue track(s) at end of playlist. \end{description} -You can insert a track, directory or playlist even if nothing is currently -playing. In this case, a new playlist is created with only the selected tracks -and then play is started.\\ -\note{The dynamic playlist is saved so resume will restore it exactly as before shutdown.} +The Playlist Submenu can be used to add either single tracks or entire directories +to a playlist. If the Playlist Submenu is invoked on a single track, it will put +only that track into the playlist. On the other hand, if the Playlist Submenu +is invoked on a directory, Rockbox adds all of the tracks in that directory to +the playlist. + +\note{You can control whether or not Rockbox includes the contents of subdirectories +when adding an entire directory to a playlists. Set the \setting{Main Menu +$\rightarrow$ Playlist Options $\rightarrow$ Recusively Insert Directories} setting to +\setting{Yes} if you would like Rockbox to include tracks in subdirectories as well as tracks +in the currently-selected directory.} + +If you want to have Rockbox create a playlist of a whole folder (to play an entire +album, for example), use the File Browser to select the song. When a single song is +selected from the File Browser, Rockbox will automatically create a playlist with all +songs in the current folder. However, if you want to play only a single song and then +stop, stop playback, navigate to the song you want to play, and use the \setting{Playlist +$\rightarrow$ Insert} function to select the song. + +Dynamic playlists are saved so resume will restore them exactly as they were before +shutdown. + +\note{To view, save or reshuffle the current dynamic playlist, use the +\setting{Playlist Options} setting in the WPS Context Menu.} \subsection{Virtual Keyboard} \screenshot{rockbox_interface/images/ss-virtual-keyboard}{The virtual keyboard}{} |