Re: emms help

[Hadron]

"barry.reber+gnu.emacs.help@gmail.com" <barry.reber@gmail.com> writes:

> On Mar 1, 9:10 am, Hadron <hadronqu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Can someone help me use emms-browser please.
>>
>> I assumed I would just call it and point it to a directory, but it just
>> opens with a blank buffer. If I expand it (1-4 keys) it just sits there
>> with the mouse cursor spinning. I tried switching it to "dired" mode,
>> but then I just had a pure dired with no emms functionality
>> available. I'm assuming, and no surprise, that there is something wrong
>> with my setup?
>>
>> I have a playlist file and can play from that.
>>
>> Also, is there a way for emms to default to a playlist or to list
>> available playlists?
>>
>> thanks for any helping hands to get me going with emms.
>
> I had trouble getting emms working too.  Try <a href="http://
> www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/emacs-en/Bongo>bongo</a>, it seems to be a
> little friendlier to playlists, and *slightly* better documented.
>

I hope so : the emms documentation is a lisp programmers dream. But for
someone who wants to use it .... I would love to know how those screen
shots of album covers happened - it is almost impenetrable to me. Thanks
for the pointers.