XINE-REMOTE(1)						      General Commands Manual						    XINE-REMOTE(1)

NAME

       xine-remote - a small tool to connect xine remote control server.

SYNOPSIS

       xine-remote [options]

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page documents briefly the xine-remote tool.

       xine-remote  can  replace  a  raw  telnet  connection to a xine remote control server. It use the readline facilities (completion, vi/emacs
       shortcuts, command history, etc...).  By default, it try to connect the localhost, using the default port (see xine(1)).

OPTIONS

       The program follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long ioptions starting with two dashes (`-').  A summary of options are included
       below.

       -H, --host <hostname>
	      Try to connect <hostname>.

       -P, --port <port>
	      Try to connect the host using <port>.

       -c, --command <command>
	      Send <command> to server then quit.  The command should be single quoted if it contain spaces or special characters.

       -n, --noconnect
	      Do not initiate the connection on startup.

       -v, --version
	      Display version.

       -h, --help
	      Display options summary.

COMMANDS

       Few commands are available, which are used to open or close a connection:

       ?      Display available commands (the xine-remote ones + server ones when connection is established).

       help <command>
	      Display the purpose of <command>, if that is omitted, display available commands.

       syntax <command>
	      Display the usage of <command>.

       version
	      Display version.

       open <server[:port]>
	      Open connection to server. A port can be optionally specified, using colon (:) separator.

       close  Close connection.

       quit   Leaving xine-remote.

SEE ALSO

       xine(1).

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Daniel Caujolle-Bert <f1rmb@users.sourceforge.net> for the xine project.

The xine project						    2002-04-16							    XINE-REMOTE(1)