The benefits, usage and tricks with cmus + integration in vim.

1. cmus and vim
Matthias Günther

2. cmus
(1)

3. Benefits
customizable
instant startup, even with
thousands of tracks
easy to use directory
browser

4. Browse file system
and add tracks
5 … go into the browse mode
a … add selection to library
D … remove selection from
library

5. Artist view
1 … go into the mode
<space> … to see albums

6. Library view
2 … library view (sorted)

7. Play commands
(2)

8. Play commands
b … plays next track
z … plays previous
c … pause, continue
x … restart track
p/P … change order of
entries next/previous

9. Play commands
statuschanges I
m … cycle through play
modi (all, album artist)
M … switch modes without
interrupting the currently-
playing song
r … repeat the playlist when
ended (R in statusline)

10. Play commands
statuschanges II
s … shuffle (S in statusline)
C … shuffle continue playing
the next song (C in
statusline)

11. Fill queue and playlist
y … add the selected song
to playlist (3)
e … mark the songs to the
queue (4) (FIFO)

12. Useful commands
(3)

13. Useful commands I
:add ~/music … same as ‘a’
:colorscheme … will change
the colorscheme
:clear … will clear the
current list

14. Useful commands II
:save ~/music/
playlist.lst
:load ~/music/
playlist.lst
:unmark … clean the
marked songs
q … quit cmus

15. vim-cmus
(4)

16. vim-cmus I
:CmusCurrent … shows the
information of current song
:CmusPrevious … plays
previous song
:CmusNext … plays next
song

17. vim-cmus II
:CmusPause … stop playing
the current song
:CmusPlay … continue
playing song
:CmusStop … stop playing
and go to the beginning

18. Thank you
(5)

19. Images I
(1): https://twitter.com/
gamesyouloved/
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(2): https://twitter.com/
realretroism/
status/81755907377634508
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20. Images II
(3): https://twitter.com/
gamesyouloved/
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(4): https://twitter.com/
gamesyouloved/
status/81637678552917606
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21. Images III
(5): https://twitter.com/
gamesyouloved/
status/81622573839122022
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