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doctorfree / MusicPlayerPlus

Featureful ncurses based MPD client inspired by ncmpc with integration for Beets, spectrum visualization,Bandcamp/Soundcloud, asciimatics, cantata, and more
https://musicplayerplus.dev
MIT License
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[FEATURE] Preserve pre-existing MPD configuration #7

Closed doctorfree closed 2 years ago

doctorfree commented 2 years ago

If the Music Player Daemon (MPD) configuration has been previously customized, preserve user MPD settings where possible.

doctorfree commented 2 years ago

Working thus far are modifications to mppinit to preserve an existing system-wide MPD configuration for music_directory in /etc/mpd.conf. Also, if there is an existing ~/.config/mpd/mpd.conf then that is preserved unless the user specifies overwrite during mppinit.

Some of the configuration options in /etc/mpd.conf are not appropriate for a user-level systemd MPD service. Some would require permissions to write in somewhere like /var/lib/mpd while others like user and group cannot be set in the user-level service. I am still researching how and if to preserve other options if they have been customized.

The MPD inputs, outputs, decoders, plugins, etc are all much more difficult to preserve. I have a ways to go with these.

For now, preservation of, the music_directory is working and can serve as a guide for some of the other options.

doctorfree commented 2 years ago

For the v2.0.1r3 release only music_directory is preserved if there is a pre-existing active or enabled MPD. Closing.