[banshee] [help] Add smart playlist docs



commit 7581eadc3afc1ec1a1921e54eb86cd864af37338
Author: Paul Cutler <pcutler gnome org>
Date:   Tue Aug 31 17:35:51 2010 -0500

    [help] Add smart playlist docs

 help/C/manage-playlists.page |   66 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/help/C/manage-playlists.page b/help/C/manage-playlists.page
index a830be0..a8b833c 100644
--- a/help/C/manage-playlists.page
+++ b/help/C/manage-playlists.page
@@ -58,7 +58,9 @@
     of your playlist.
     </p>
     
-    <p>You can change the order of the playlist by dragging and dropping the
+    <p>You can c      <item><p>is</p></item>
+      <item><p>is not</p></item>  
+hange the order of the playlist by dragging and dropping the
     song to the new position in the playlist.  Songs can only be re-ordered
     in the playlist when none of the columns are sorted.  To unsort a column,
     press the column until the up or down arrow is no longer showing and
@@ -79,5 +81,67 @@
     on a number of pre-set variables.  You can quickly create a new playlist
     based on a specific artist, favorites or more.  
     </p>
+    
+    <p>To create a new Smart Playlist, from the menu choose <guiseq>
+    <gui>Media</gui><gui>New Smart Playlist</gui></guiseq>.  You will be 
+    presented with a dialog to create a new Smart Playlist.  Enter
+    the name of your playlist and then choose the criteria your playlist 
+    should be based on.  You can choose from any field included in the song's 
+    meatadata, such as Album, Artist or Year.  Choose the criteria and then
+    choose from one of the following:
+    </p>
+    
+    <list>
+      <item><p>is</p></item>
+      <item><p>is not</p></item>  
+      <item><p>less than</p></item>
+      <item><p>more than</p></item>  
+      <item><p>at most</p></item>
+      <item><p>at least</p></item>  
+    </list>
+    
+    <p>You can also press the <gui>+</gui> button to add an addition query
+    to the Smart Playlist.  For example, you could create a smart playlist
+    that includes all songs from 2010 that you rated 5 stars.  To create this
+    playlist you would choose:
+    
+  <table frame="all" rules="rows" shade="rows">
+  <tr>
+    <td><p><gui>Year</gui></p></td> <p><gui>is</gui></p></td> 
+    <td><p><gui>2010</gui></p></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td><p><gui>Rating</gui></p></td> <p><gui>is</gui></p></td> 
+    <td><p><gui></gui>5 stars</p></td>
+  </tr>
+  </table>
+    
+    <p>You can then optionally select how many songs are included by pressing
+    the <gui>Limit</gui> to checkbox and choosing the number of songs to be
+    included.
+    </p>
   </section> 
+  
+  <p>Banshee also includes smart playlist already created for 
+  you.  You press the <gui>Open in editor</gui> button to view how the playlist
+  created was or to modify it.  If you press <gui>Create and save</gui> the 
+  playlist will be automatically generated and saved for you.  The following
+  playlists are included:
+  </p>
+  
+  <list>
+    <title>Banshee Smart Playlists</title>
+    <item><p>Favorites (Songs rated four and five stars)</p></item>
+    <item><p>Recent Favorites (Songs listened to often in the past week)
+    </p></item>  
+    <item><p>Recently Added (Songs imported within the last week</p></item>
+    <item><p>Unheard (Songs that have not been played or skipped)</p></item>
+    <item><p>Neglected Favorites (Favorites not played in over two months)
+    </p></item>
+    <item><p>700 MB of Favorites (A data CD worth of favorite songs)</p></item>
+    <item><p>80 Minutes of Favorites (An audio CD worth of favorite songs)
+    </p></item>
+    <item><p>Unrated (Songs that haven't been rated)</p></item>
+  </list>
+ 
 </page>



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