Song: add support for hiding duplicate tags

NEWS

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ncmpcpp-0.8 (????-??-??)
 * Configuration variable 'execute_on_player_state_change' was added.
+* Support for controlling whether ncmpcpp should display multiple tags as-is or make an effort to hide duplicate values (show_duplicate_tags configuration variable, enabled by default).
 
 ncmpcpp-0.7.5 (2016-08-17)
 * Action chains can be now used for seeking.

doc/config

@@ -316,6 +316,8 @@
 #
 #discard_colors_if_item_is_selected = yes
 #
+#show_duplicate_tags = true
+#
 #incremental_seeking = yes
 #
 #seek_time = 1

doc/ncmpcpp.1

@@ -184,6 +184,9 @@ Default display mode for Playlist editor.
 .B discard_colors_if_item_is_selected = yes/no
 Indicates whether custom colors of tags have to be discarded if item is selected or not.
 .TP
+.B show_duplicate_tags = yes/no
+Indicates whether ncmpcpp should display multiple tags as-is or remove duplicates.
+.TP
 .B incremental_seeking = yes/no
 If enabled, seek time will increment by one each second of seeking.
 .TP

src/settings.cpp

@@ -405,6 +405,9 @@ bool Configuration::read(const std::vector<std::string> &config_paths, bool igno
 	p.add("discard_colors_if_item_is_selected", yes_no(
 		discard_colors_if_item_is_selected, true
 	));
+	p.add("show_duplicate_tags", yes_no(
+		MPD::Song::ShowDuplicateTags, true
+	));
 	p.add("incremental_seeking", yes_no(
 		incremental_seeking, true
 	));

src/song.cpp

@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ namespace MPD {
 
 std::string Song::TagsSeparator = " | ";
 
+bool Song::ShowDuplicateTags = true;
+
 std::string Song::get(mpd_tag_type type, unsigned idx) const
 {
 	std::string result;
@@ -206,12 +208,39 @@ std::string MPD::Song::getTags(GetFunction f) const
 	assert(m_song);
 	unsigned idx = 0;
 	std::string result;
+	if (ShowDuplicateTags)
+	{
 		for (std::string tag; !(tag = (this->*f)(idx)).empty(); ++idx)
 		{
 			if (!result.empty())
 				result += TagsSeparator;
 			result += tag;
 		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		bool already_present;
+		// This is O(n^2), but it doesn't really matter as a list of tags will have
+		// at most 2 or 3 items the vast majority of time.
+		for (std::string tag; !(tag = (this->*f)(idx)).empty(); ++idx)
+		{
+			already_present = false;
+			for (unsigned i = 0; i < idx; ++i)
+			{
+				if ((this->*f)(i) == tag)
+				{
+					already_present = true;
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+			if (!already_present)
+			{
+				if (idx > 0)
+					result += TagsSeparator;
+				result += tag;
+			}
+		}
+	}
 	return result;
 }
 

src/song.h

@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ struct Song
 
 	static std::string TagsSeparator;
 
+	static bool ShowDuplicateTags;
+
 private:
 	std::shared_ptr<mpd_song> m_song;
 	size_t m_hash;