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diff --git a/DOCS/man/ipc.rst b/DOCS/man/ipc.rst index 40e0730089..fdf5daf9b6 100644 --- a/DOCS/man/ipc.rst +++ b/DOCS/man/ipc.rst @@ -202,6 +202,17 @@ commands that finished execution immediately. Cancellation of asynchronous commands is available in the libmpv API, but has not yet been implemented in the IPC protocol. +Commands with named arguments +----------------------------- + +If the ``command`` field is a JSON object, named arguments are expected. This +is described in the C API ``mpv_command_node()`` documentation (the +``MPV_FORMAT_NODE_MAP`` case). In some cases, this may make commands more +readable, while some obscure commands basically require using named arguments. + +Currently, only "proper" commands (as listed by `List of Input Commands`_) +support named arguments. + Commands -------- |