CONSOLE
=======

The console is a REPL for mpv input commands. It is displayed on the video
window. It also shows log messages. It can be disabled entirely using the
``--load-osd-console=no`` option.

Keybindings
-----------

\`
    Show the console.

ESC and Ctrl+[
    Hide the console.

ENTER, Ctrl+j and Ctrl+m
    Run the typed command.

Shift+ENTER
    Type a literal newline character.

LEFT and Ctrl+b
    Move the cursor to the previous character.

RIGHT and Ctrl+f
    Move the cursor to the next character.

Ctrl+LEFT and Alt+b
    Move the cursor to the beginning of the current word, or if between words,
    to the beginning of the previous word.

Ctrl+RIGHT and Alt+f
    Move the cursor to the end of the current word, or if between words, to the
    end of the next word.

HOME and Ctrl+a
    Move the cursor to the start of the current line.

END and Ctrl+e
    Move the cursor to the end of the current line.

BACKSPACE and Ctrl+h
    Delete the previous character.

Ctrl+d
    Hide the console if the current line is empty, otherwise delete the next
    character.

Ctrl+BACKSPACE and Ctrl+w
    Delete text from the cursor to the beginning of the current word, or if
    between words, to the beginning of the previous word.

Ctrl+DEL and Alt+d
    Delete text from the cursor to the end of the current word, or if between
    words, to the end of the next word.

Ctrl+u
    Delete text from the cursor to the beginning of the current line.

Ctrl+k
    Delete text from the cursor to the end of the current line.

Ctrl+c
    Clear the current line.

UP and Ctrl+p
    Move back in the command history.

DOWN and Ctrl+n
    Move forward in the command history.

PGUP
    Go to the first command in the history.

PGDN
    Stop navigating the command history.

INSERT
    Toggle insert mode.

Ctrl+v
    Paste text (uses the clipboard on X11 and Wayland).

Shift+INSERT
    Paste text (uses the primary selection on X11 and Wayland).

TAB and Ctrl+i
    Complete the text at the cursor. The first press inserts the longest common
    prefix of the completions, and subsequent presses cycle through them.

Shift+TAB
    Cycle through the completions backwards.

Ctrl+l
    Clear all log messages from the console.

Commands
--------

``script-message-to console type <text> [<cursor_pos>]``
    Show the console and pre-fill it with the provided text, optionally
    specifying the initial cursor position as a positive integer starting from
    1.

    .. admonition:: Examples for input.conf

        ``% script-message-to console type "seek  absolute-percent; keypress ESC" 6``
            Enter a percent position to seek to and close the console.

        ``Ctrl+o script-message-to console type "loadfile ''; keypress ESC" 11``
            Enter a file or URL to play. Tab completes paths in the filesystem.

Known issues
------------

- Pasting text is slow on Windows
- Non-ASCII keyboard input has restrictions
- The cursor keys move between Unicode code-points, not grapheme clusters

Configuration
-------------

This script can be customized through a config file ``script-opts/console.conf``
placed in mpv's user directory and through the ``--script-opts`` command-line
option. The configuration syntax is described in `mp.options functions`_.

Key bindings can be changed in a standard way, see for example stats.lua
documentation.

Configurable Options
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

``scale``
    Default: 1

    All drawing is scaled by this value, including the text borders and the
    cursor.

    If the VO backend in use has HiDPI scale reporting implemented, the option
    value is scaled with the reported HiDPI scale.

``font``
    Default: unset (picks a hardcoded font depending on detected platform)

    Set the font used for the REPL and the console.
    This has to be a monospaced font for the completion suggestions to be
    aligned correctly.

``font_size``
    Default: 16

    Set the font size used for the REPL and the console. This will be
    multiplied by "scale".

``border_size``
    Default: 1

    Set the font border size used for the REPL and the console.

``case_sensitive``
    Default: no on Windows, yes on other platforms.

    Whether Tab completion is case sensitive. Only works with ASCII characters.

``history_dedup``
    Default: true

    Remove duplicate entries in history as to only keep the latest one.
    multiplied by "scale."

``font_hw_ratio``
    Default: auto

    The ratio of font height to font width.
    Adjusts table width of completion suggestions.
    Values in the range 1.8..2.5 make sense for common monospace fonts.