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Version 4.4-devel:
Version 4.4-devel (as/of 5/23/2024):

* Merge most Audacious bugfix & feature commits for Audacious v.4.4-beta1.
Notable exceptions (not merged yet) are GTK & Qt default version commits,
pending further testing.

* Add/merge Audacious Moonstone Qt interface plugin after massively refactoring
to fix the long-standing issue I had with it leaving you trapped (unable to
change back to a different interface without having to shut down and manually
edit the Audacious settnigs config file). Also refactored to have a much more
refined UI, expecially by allowing the attached playlist pane to be shaded;
and basically bring up to Fauxdacious's quality standards. I submitted a
patch request (#1355) to Audacious addressing these issues and they have
ignored it (for almost a year now)! Therefore, I'm merging it here now (so
that my work doesn't go to waste, and our users will have another Audacious
feature, but much improved (imho)! Note: This will not replace
Mini-Fauxdacious, which will remain as-is as the preferred option (and is
available in both GTK & Qt versions - whereas Moonstone is Qt-only)!

* statusicon - Tweak code & menu to work more in line w/Audacious versions.

* neon - Fix SSL certificate-handling on Windows version.

* ffaudio - Add support for dynamic icy-tags on streaming stations:

* Fix edge case where video window not restored to proper location.

* Harden a cpl code segments to prevent potential crashes (See commits for
details.

* Update copyright year to 2024 & allign versioning to Audacious's.

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<td align="justify" valign="top" width="100%"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, FreeSerif, serif;font-size:19px;font-weight:normal;">It's a (Fauxdacious-only) plugin to both address <a style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, FreeSerif, serif;font-size:19px;font-weight:normal;color:#B0B0B0;text-decoration:underline;" href="https://redmine.audacious-media-player.org/issues/1116" target="altwindow" rel="nofollow">Audacious feature request# 1116</a> and is a (better, imho) alternative to Audacious's "Moonstone" plugin.&nbsp; It hides the "Info Bar" area (icon, song title, artist, album, and sound-meter graph) normally at the bottom part of the main playlist window and instead displays it as a separate but dockable window.&nbsp; You can then minimize/iconify/hide the main playlist window to effectively have just a single "minimalist Fauxdacious" window displayed.&nbsp; It accepts keyboard focus and includes keyboard shortcuts for volume-control and many of the basic playback-controls found in the playlist window itself for basic playback control even when the (larger) playlist window is iconified or completely hidden, along with a popup tooltip balloon listing the valid keys/actions.&nbsp; It can also be docked to the playlist window (top or bottom) in lieu of the "Info Bar".&nbsp; When displayed undocked, the Info Bar in the main playlist window is hidden and the playlist expands downward to fill the space normally used by the Info Bar area allowing display of more song-entries.&nbsp; It can also be invoked directly from the playlist window by double-clicking on the Info Bar area (or [Alt-[m]] in the playlist window).&nbsp; This is also my answer to Audacious's "Moonstone" minimalist interface option, which I do not include due to the current inability to access the menu or revert back to the default interface without exiting Audacious and manually editing your Audacious config. file!</span></td>
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<td align="justify" valign="top" width="100%"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, FreeSerif, serif;font-size:19px;font-weight:normal;"><B>(NEW!):</B>&nbsp; We've also recently added a toolbar option to the bottom of the Qt version (and now just recently, the GTK versions also) of the Mini-Fauxdacious window (see the new plugin-configuration options), which (when undocked) can be toggled (shaded) on and off by simply double-clicking on the Mini-Fauxdacious window itself or pressing the <B>"t"</B> key on the keyboard when focused.&nbsp; This toolbar mimics the one in the main Fauxdacious playlist window, but is thinner heightwise (in Qt version) in keeping with the minimalist footprint goal.&nbsp; The user can also select either the normal themed look or the color-scheme used by the actual Audacious Moonstone plugin (except in the old GTK-2 version).&nbsp; Unlike Moonstone, users can also choose from among several options which buttons / features they want shown on the toolbar!&nbsp; Mini-Fauxdacious closely resembles Moonstone in appearance sans the playlist (which here is still available by unhiding / de-iconifying the main-window), since it's a general dock-plugin rather than a standalone interface plugin.&nbsp; If one looks at <a style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, FreeSerif, serif;font-size:19px;font-weight:normal;color:#B0B0B0;text-decoration:underline;" href="https://github.com/audacious-media-player/audacious-plugins/commit/3b4a1e32d1335386e4297b402a5e94c652cd1a6f">their original Moonstone commit</a> on Audacious's GitHub, one will see a cool prototype image posted near the bottom in the discussion-thread that closely resembles and inspired these Mini-Fauxdacious improvements, along with an image of their released version just below it, along with my comment concerning the inability to exit it (which they never responded to)!</span></td>
<td align="justify" valign="top" width="100%"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, FreeSerif, serif;font-size:19px;font-weight:normal;">We've also recently added a toolbar option to the bottom of the Qt version (and now just recently, the GTK versions also) of the Mini-Fauxdacious window (see the new plugin-configuration options), which (when undocked) can be toggled (shaded) on and off by simply double-clicking on the Mini-Fauxdacious window itself or pressing the <B>"t"</B> key on the keyboard when focused.&nbsp; This toolbar mimics the one in the main Fauxdacious playlist window, but is thinner heightwise (in Qt version) in keeping with the minimalist footprint goal.&nbsp; The user can also select either the normal themed look or the color-scheme used by the actual Audacious Moonstone plugin (except in the old GTK-2 version).&nbsp; Unlike Moonstone, users can also choose from among several options which buttons / features they want shown on the toolbar!&nbsp; Mini-Fauxdacious closely resembles Moonstone in appearance sans the playlist (which here is still available by unhiding / de-iconifying the main-window), since it's a general dock-plugin rather than a standalone interface plugin.&nbsp; If one looks at <a style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, FreeSerif, serif;font-size:19px;font-weight:normal;color:#B0B0B0;text-decoration:underline;" href="https://github.com/audacious-media-player/audacious-plugins/commit/3b4a1e32d1335386e4297b402a5e94c652cd1a6f">their original Moonstone commit</a> on Audacious's GitHub, one will see a cool prototype image posted near the bottom in the discussion-thread that closely resembles and inspired these Mini-Fauxdacious improvements, along with an image of their released version just below it, along with my comment concerning the inability to exit it (which they never responded to)!</span></td>
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<td align="justify" valign="top" width="100%"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, FreeSerif, serif;font-size:19px;font-weight:normal;">Note:&nbsp; We have now also merged in the Moonstone (Qt) plugin itself after much refactoring to fix the issues I had with it and making it work much better (but we're also retaining our Mini-Fauxdacious plugin as-is, and remains the preferred option).&nbsp; If you like Moonstone (or prefer it over Mini-Fauxdacious), I believe you'll really like our version of it (At Fauxdacious, we believe in choices)!&nbsp; Note2:&nbsp; You'll likely have to go into the moonstone subdirectory and build it separately for now (make; sudo make install) to make it available (as is also the case in Audacious, I believe)</span></td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" width="100%"><span id="43" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:19px;font-weight:bold;">43) How do I start Fauxdacious and load more than one playlist or split command-line entries into multiple playlists?</span></td>
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