From: Max Kellermann <max.kellermann@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 07:23:38 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: doc/ncmpc.1: update connection setup, add local socket
X-Git-Tag: v0.28~5
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doc/ncmpc.1: update connection setup, add local socket
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diff --git a/doc/ncmpc.1 b/doc/ncmpc.1
index da2ce42..50141d9 100644
--- a/doc/ncmpc.1
+++ b/doc/ncmpc.1
@@ -6,19 +6,20 @@ ncmpc \- curses Music Player Daemon (MPD) client.
 [options]
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
 ncmpc is a client for MPD, the Music Player Daemon.
-ncmpc connects to a MPD running on a machine on the local 
-network.
 
-By default, ncmpc connects to localhost:6600. 
-This can be changed either at compile\-time, or by exporting the 
-MPD_HOST and MPD_PORT environment variables, or by the command line
-options \-\-host and \-\-port.
+By default, ncmpc connects to the local MPD instance.  A different MPD
+instance can be selected using the command line options \-\-host and
+\-\-port, or by setting the environment variables MPD_HOST and MPD_PORT.
 
 $ ncmpc \-\-host=musicserver \-\-port=44000
 
+You can connect to a "local" socket by setting the host to a file path
+(e.g. "/run/mpd/socket").  Abstract sockets can be used with a "@"
+prefix (e.g. "@mpd").
+
 To use a password with mpd, set MPD_HOST to password@host 
 or use the command line option \-\-password. Values from 
-the command line overrides values from the environment.
+the command line override values from the environment.
 
 Read more about MPD on http://www.musicpd.org