misc.should_die(): Returns true if the interface should quit.
misc.quit(): Quit VLC.
+misc.timer(callback): Create a timer which call the callback function
+ :schedule(relative, value, interval): schedule the timer
+ :getoverrun(): number of time the timer got overrun (normally 0)
+
Net
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net.url_parse( url, [option delimiter] ): Parse URL. Returns a table with
volume.up( [n] ): Increment volume by n steps of 32. n defaults to 1.
volume.down( [n] ): Decrement volume by n steps of 32. n defaults to 1.
+XML
+---
+xml = vlc.xml(): Create an xml object.
+reader = xml:create_reader( stream ): create an xml reader that use the given stream.
+reader:read(): read some data
+reader:node_type(): return the type of the curret node: 'none', 'startelem', 'endelem' or 'text'.
+reader:name(): name of the element
+reader:value(): value of the element
+reader:next_attr(): next attribute of the element
+
+The simplexml module can also be used to parse XML documents easily.