No you did not read the rest of ht emessage. they say Hi, you can use the ncurses or the console interface : vlc -I ncurses If you need the gui, run vlc from a terminal and go to "vue -> add interface -> console" , then type "help" in the terminal to see commands . so how do I run vlc from the terminal to get this gui they are talking about? On Oct 17, 2011, at 5:50 PM, David Hilbert Poehlman wrote: > it will work. open the utilities folder, open terminal app, type help but > I'm not sure what this has to do with vlc. > > On Oct 17, 2011, at 8:31 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > > hello. I wrote to the vlc discussion list about how to get th eplaylist > working corectly insteed of it showing an image. What I got insteed was a > very confusing reply. Here it is. > > If you need the gui, run vlc from a terminal and go to "vue -> add interface > -> console" , then type "help" in the terminal to see commands . > > > Now cn someone please help me desifer it in terms me as a novis to the > terminal would understand? and would this actually work? > > Thanks. and take care all.************ > > > You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. > > > The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to > their list subscription is: > > //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind > > The list archive is located at > > //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ > > All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: > > john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > -- > Jonnie Appleseed > with his > Hands-On Technolog(eye)s > reducing technology's disabilities > one byte at a time > > ************ > > > You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. > > > The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to > their list subscription is: > > //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind > > The list archive is located at > > //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ > > All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: > > john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > ************ You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to their list subscription is: //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind The list archive is located at //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx