kew(1)                      General Commands Manual                     kew(1)

NAME
       kew , kew - Music For The Shell.

SYNOPSIS
       kew [OPTIONS] [PARTIAL FILE OR DIRECTORY NAME]

DESCRIPTION
       kew plays audio from your music folder when given a partial (or whole)
       file or directory name.  A playlist is created when finding more than
       one file.  It supports gapless playback, 24-bit/192khz audio and MPRIS.

       Typical use:

       kew artist, album or song name

       kew returns results from the location of the first match, it doesn't
       return every result possible.

OPTIONS
       -h, --help
                Displays help.

       -v, --version
                Displays version info.

       path <path>
                Sets the path to the music library.

       --nocover
                Hides the cover.

       --noui   Completely hides the UI.

       -q, --quitonstop
                Exits after playing the whole playlist.

       -e, --exact
                Specifies you want an exact (but not case sensitive) match.

       shuffle  Shuffles the playlist before starting to play it.

       dir      Plays the directory not the song.

       song     Plays the song not the directory.

       play <path>
                Plays a song or loads a directory one time without changing
                the default library.

       theme <theme name>
                Sets a theme from ~/<configfolder>/kew/themes

       list     Searches for a (.m3u) playlist. These are normally not
                included in searches.

EXAMPLES
       kew      Start kew in library view.

       kew all  Start kew with all songs loaded into a playlist.

       kew albums
                Start kew with all albums randomly added one after the other
                in the playlist.

       kew moonlight son
                Play moonlight sonata.

       kew moon
                Play moonlight sonata.

       kew nirv
                Play all music under Nirvana folder shuffled.

       kew neverm
                Play Nevermind album in alphabetical order.

       kew shuffle neverm
                Play Nevermind album shuffled.

       kew list mix
                Play the mix.m3u playlist.

       kew theme midnight
                Sets the 'midnight.theme' theme.

       kew <words A>:<words B>:<words C>
                Play the first match (whole directory or file) found under A,
                B, and C, shuffled. Searches are separated by a colon ':'
                character.

       kew .    Play the "kew favorites.m3u" playlist.

KEY BINDINGS
       +, -     Adjusts volume.

       Left-right arrows/h,l
                Change song.

       Space    Play, Pause.

       Shift+s  Stop.

       F2 or Shift+z
                Show playlist view.

       F3 or Shift+x
                Show library view.

       F4 or Shift+c
                Show track view.

       F5 or Shift+v
                Show search view.

       F6 or Shift+n
                Show help view.

       u        Update the library.

       i        Toggle colors derived from album cover or from color theme.

       v        Toggle spectrum visualizer.

       n        Toggle desktop notifications on or off.

       b        Switch between ascii and image album cover.

       r        Cycles repeat mode (repeat, repeat list or off).

       t        Cycles themes.

       s        Shuffles the playlist.

       a        Seek Backward.

       d        Seek Forward.

       m        Show lyrics in track view.

       x        Save currently loaded playlist to a .m3u file in the music
                folder.

       "."      Add currently playing song to "kew favorites.m3u" playlist.
                Play this list with "kew .".

       Tab      Switch to next view.

       Shift+Tab
                Switch to previous view.

       Backspace
                Clear the playlist.

       Delete   Remove a single playlist entry.

       f,g      Move a song up or down the playlist.

       number + G or Enter
                Go to specific song number in the playlist.

       Esc or q Quit kew.

FILES
       ~/<configfolder>/kew/kewrc
                 Config file.

       ~/<statefolder>/kew/kewstaterc
                 Dynamic Preferences file, ~/.local/state/kewstaterc on Linux.

       ~/<configfolder>/kew/kewlibrary
                 Music library directory tree cache.

       /<musicfolder>/kew favorites.m3u
                 The kew playlist. Add to it by pressing '.' during playback
                 of any song. This playlist is saved before q exits.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2023 Ravachol. License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later
       <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.  This is free software: you are
       free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the
       extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
       Project home pages:

       <https://codeberg.org/ravachol/kew>

       <https://github.com/ravachol/kew>

       Donate here:

       <https://ko-fi.com/ravachol>

       <https://github.com/sponsors/ravachol>




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