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@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ mpv will also send events to clients with JSON messages of the following form:
where ``event_name`` is the name of the event. Additional event-specific fields
can also be present. See `List of events`_ for a list of all supported events.
+All commands, replies, and events are separated from each other with a line
+break character (``\n``).
+
If the first character (after skipping whitespace) is not ``{``, the command
will be interpreted as non-JSON text command, as they are used in input.conf
(or ``mpv_command_string()`` in the client API). Additionally, line starting