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CONSOLE
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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-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.
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Ctrl+r
Search the command history.
INSERT
Toggle insert mode.
Ctrl+v
Paste text (uses the clipboard on X11 and Wayland).
Shift+INSERT
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Paste text (uses the primary selection on X11 and Wayland).
TAB and Ctrl+i
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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.
MBTN_RIGHT
Hide the console.
MBTN_MID
Paste text (uses the primary selection on X11 and Wayland).
WHEEL_UP
Move back in the command history.
WHEEL_DOWN
Move forward in the command history.
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.
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.. admonition:: Examples for input.conf
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``% 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
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
``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 ``display-hidpi-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.
``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.