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0001 <?xml version="1.0" ?> 0002 <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.5-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdedbx45.dtd" [ 0003 <!ENTITY elisa "<application>Elisa</application>"> 0004 <!ENTITY i18n-translatable-entity "<application>Elisa</application>"> 0005 <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> 0006 <!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE"> 0007 ]> 0008 <book id="elisa" lang="&language;"> 0009 0010 <!-- This header contains all of the meta-information for the document such 0011 as Authors, publish date, the abstract, and Keywords --> 0012 0013 <bookinfo> 0014 <title>The &elisa; Handbook</title> 0015 0016 <authorgroup> 0017 <author> 0018 <personname> 0019 <firstname>Matthieu</firstname> 0020 <surname>Gallien</surname> 0021 </personname> 0022 <email>matthieu_gallien@yahoo.fr</email> 0023 </author> 0024 <!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> 0025 </authorgroup> 0026 0027 <copyright> 0028 <year>2017-2018</year> 0029 <holder>Matthieu Gallien</holder> 0030 </copyright> 0031 <legalnotice>&CCBYSA4Notice;</legalnotice> 0032 0033 <date>2018-09-14</date> 0034 0035 <releaseinfo>Elisa 0.3.80</releaseinfo> 0036 0037 <abstract> 0038 <para> 0039 Elisa is a music player developed by the KDE community that strives to be 0040 simple and nice to use. We also recognize that we need a flexible product to 0041 account for the different workflows and use-cases of our users. 0042 </para> 0043 <para> 0044 We focus on a very good integration with the Plasma desktop of the KDE 0045 community without compromising the support for other platforms (other Linux 0046 desktop environments, Windows and Android). 0047 </para> 0048 <para> 0049 We are creating a reliable product that is a joy to use and respects our users 0050 privacy. As such, we will prefer to support online services where users are in 0051 control of their data. 0052 </para> 0053 </abstract> 0054 0055 <keywordset> 0056 <keyword>KDE</keyword> 0057 <keyword>kdemultimedia</keyword> 0058 <keyword>Elisa</keyword> 0059 <keyword>audio</keyword> 0060 <keyword>music</keyword> 0061 </keywordset> 0062 0063 </bookinfo> 0064 0065 <chapter id="introduction"> 0066 <title>Introduction</title> 0067 0068 <para> 0069 &elisa; is a music player designed to be simple to use. 0070 0071 <screenshot> 0072 <screeninfo>Here's a screenshot of &elisa; start screen</screeninfo> 0073 <mediaobject> 0074 <imageobject> 0075 <imagedata fileref="Screenshot_20180912_232200.png" format="PNG"/> 0076 </imageobject> 0077 <textobject> 0078 <phrase>Screenshot</phrase> 0079 </textobject> 0080 </mediaobject> 0081 </screenshot> 0082 </para> 0083 </chapter> 0084 0085 <chapter id="using-kapp"> 0086 <title>Using &elisa;</title> 0087 0088 <para> 0089 &elisa; indexes your music by searching in a list of paths configured by the user through a dedicated interface. 0090 </para> 0091 <para> 0092 In case the file indexer is not finding anything, a notification is shown with a button to open the configuration interface. 0093 </para> 0094 0095 <para> 0096 You can find a list of changes at <ulink 0097 url="https://phabricator.kde.org/project/profile/193/">Elisa Project</ulink>. 0098 </para> 0099 0100 <para>Currently no configuration is required before use of &elisa;. 0101 You can explore the menu of the application to see the customization possibilities. It is possible to choose the paths that will be indexed for music. It is also possible to modify the shortcuts for common actions inside the application. 0102 </para> 0103 0104 <para> 0105 If you use the internal music indexer, you can configure the paths that will be searched. 0106 </para> 0107 0108 0109 <sect1 id="kapp-features"> 0110 <title>&elisa; features</title> 0111 0112 <para> 0113 &elisa; provides two different tasks: browsing your music to build a playlist and playing music. 0114 </para> 0115 0116 <sect2> 0117 <title>Browsing Music</title> 0118 <para> 0119 From the different sources of music, it collects all your music and analyses their metadata such that their title, artist, ... 0120 It provides fourth ways to browse your music: a list of all albums, a list of all artists, a list of all tracks or a list of all genres. 0121 </para> 0122 <para> 0123 Each method uses a view of all your music along with a filter to allow to quickly find what you are looking for. You can also filter by rating. 0124 </para> 0125 <para> 0126 The filter of the view of all albums is implemented on the title or the artist of albums or the list of artists of each track of an album. 0127 The filter of the view of all artists is implemented on the name of the artists. 0128 The filter of the view of all tracks is implemented on the track title, track artist and track album name (if any). 0129 </para> 0130 <para> 0131 It is also possible to directly browse the file system and play music files. 0132 </para> 0133 </sect2> 0134 0135 <sect2> 0136 <title>Building a Playlist</title> 0137 <para> 0138 When browsing your music, artists, albums and tracks can be added with a button shown when mouse is over it. 0139 It is also possible to clear the playlist and at the same time add some music. 0140 </para> 0141 <para> 0142 A toolbar below the playlist allows to operate on it. The following actions are possible: 0143 <itemizedlist> 0144 <listitem> 0145 <para> 0146 You can clear the whole playlist. 0147 </para> 0148 </listitem> 0149 <listitem> 0150 <para> 0151 You can navigate to the currently playing track. 0152 </para> 0153 </listitem> 0154 <listitem> 0155 <para> 0156 You can save the playlist to the m3u8 format. 0157 </para> 0158 </listitem> 0159 <listitem> 0160 <para> 0161 You can load a playlist that will replace your current one. 0162 </para> 0163 </listitem> 0164 </itemizedlist> 0165 </para> 0166 </sect2> 0167 0168 <sect2> 0169 <title>Playing Music</title> 0170 <para> 0171 The playlist is read in the order of the tracks unless the <guilabel>Shuffle</guilabel> option is selected. 0172 At the end of the list playing is stopped unless the <guilabel>Repeat</guilabel> option is selected. 0173 </para> 0174 <para> 0175 It is possible to switch to the next or previous track in the list. If the mouse is over a track, it is possible to skip to it by pressing a button. 0176 </para> 0177 <para> 0178 The currently playing track is indicated by a flashing play icon. 0179 </para> 0180 </sect2> 0181 0182 </sect1> 0183 0184 </chapter> 0185 0186 <chapter id="credits"> 0187 0188 <!-- Include credits for the programmers, documentation writers, and 0189 contributors here. The license for your software should then be included below 0190 the credits with a reference to the appropriate license file included in the KDE 0191 distribution. --> 0192 0193 <title>Credits and License</title> 0194 0195 <para> 0196 &elisa; 0197 </para> 0198 <para> 0199 Program copyright 2015-2018 The Elisa Team 0200 </para> 0201 <para> 0202 Contributors: 0203 <itemizedlist> 0204 <listitem><para>Matthieu Gallien Maintainer <email>matthieu_gallien@yahoo.fr</email></para> 0205 </listitem> 0206 <listitem><para>Andrew Lake (concept and design work) <email>jamboarder@gmail.com</email></para> 0207 </listitem> 0208 <listitem><para>Luigi Toscano (localizations) <email>luigi.toscano@tiscali.it</email></para> 0209 </listitem> 0210 <listitem><para>Safa Alfulaij (right-to-left support in interface) <email>safa1996alfulaij@gmail.com</email></para> 0211 </listitem> 0212 <listitem><para>Alexander Stippich Core developer <email>a.stippich@gmx.net</email></para> 0213 </listitem> 0214 <listitem><para>Diego Gangl (various improvements to the interface) <email>diego@sinestesia.co</email></para> 0215 </listitem> 0216 </itemizedlist> 0217 </para> 0218 0219 <para> 0220 Documentation Copyright © 2017-2018 Matthieu Gallien <email>matthieu_gallien@yahoo.fr</email> 0221 </para> 0222 0223 <!-- TRANS:CREDIT_FOR_TRANSLATORS --> 0224 0225 &underCCBYSA4; <!-- CC BY-SA 4.0: do not remove --> 0226 0227 <!-- Determine which license your application is licensed under, 0228 and delete all the remaining licenses below: 0229 0230 (NOTE: All documentation are licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0, 0231 regardless of what license the application uses) --> 0232 0233 &underLGPL; <!-- LGPL License --> 0234 0235 </chapter> 0236 0237 &documentation.index; 0238 </book> 0239 0240 <!-- 0241 Local Variables: 0242 mode: xml 0243 sgml-minimize-attributes:nil 0244 sgml-general-insert-case:lower 0245 sgml-indent-step:0 0246 sgml-indent-data:nil 0247 End: 0248 0249 vim:tabstop=2:shiftwidth=2:expandtab 0250 kate: space-indent on; indent-width 2; tab-width 2; indent-mode none; 0251 -->