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author | Nicolas F <ovdev@fratti.ch> | 2018-04-04 17:12:18 +0200 |
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committer | wm4 <1387750+wm4@users.noreply.github.com> | 2019-09-22 15:04:58 +0200 |
commit | 4247a54d98dd386056308d6d275a35a7ad77becb (patch) | |
tree | 51c1303b98952f2bf9aa99fcca8d1bc1e934c811 /DOCS/man | |
parent | 4cda63bd14c2087eb372fbb282fb47aea77a7923 (diff) | |
download | mpv-4247a54d98dd386056308d6d275a35a7ad77becb.tar.bz2 mpv-4247a54d98dd386056308d6d275a35a7ad77becb.tar.xz |
command: add expand-path to expand mpv paths
The question came up on how a client would figure out where
screenshot-directory saved its screenshots if it contained
mpv-specific expansions. This command should remedy the situation
by providing a way for the client to ask mpv to do an expansion.
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diff --git a/DOCS/man/input.rst b/DOCS/man/input.rst index 4aba60cd8b..a2d5f517c5 100644 --- a/DOCS/man/input.rst +++ b/DOCS/man/input.rst @@ -529,6 +529,18 @@ Remember to quote string arguments in input.conf (see `Flat command syntax`_). used only through the client API or from a script using ``mp.command_native``. (see `Property Expansion`_). +``expand-path "<string>"`` + Expand a path's double-tilde placeholders into a platform-specific path. + As ``expand-text``, this can only be used through the client API or from + a script using ``mp.command_native``. + + .. admonition:: Example + + ``mp.osd_message(mp.command_native({"expand-path", "~~home/"}))`` + + This line of Lua would show the location of the user's mpv + configuration directory on the OSD. + ``show-progress`` Show the progress bar, the elapsed time and the total duration of the file on the OSD. |