How can I add the marked track to a playlist in cmus?

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I'd like to quickly add the currently marked track (in view 1, 2 or 4) to my playlist of favorites with a key-bindable command in cmus.

The man page doesn't reveal a winning strategy. How to do it?

:add -p <path> only seems to accept paths as arguments, and it works on the currently marked playlist.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 23 '21 at 14:56

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An excerpt from: https://linux.die.net/man/7/cmus-tutorial

Step 5: The Playlist

The playlist is on view 3. But before we go there, lets add some tracks. Press 2 to go to the simple library view, go to a track you want and press y to add it to the playlist. The only visual feedback you'll get that anything happened is that the hilight will move down one row. Add a few more so you have something to work with.

And this works for my version of cmus.

edited Sep 23 '21 at 14:56

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answered Sep 23 '21 at 14:55

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That was the hint I needed. More detailed steps for conveniently adding tracks to a playlist: 1.) In view 3, mark the playlist with space. 2.) In view 1 or 2, press y on the tracks you want to add. There is no visual feedback. The tracks are silently added to the previously marked playlist. – kmnns Sep 24 '21 at 16:23

How can I add the marked track to a playlist in cmus?

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