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wmcdplay - A cd player designed for WindowMaker
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05/09/98 Release 1.0 Beta1
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Copyright (C) 1998 Sam Hawker <shawkie@geocities.com>
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This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
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This software is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
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under certain conditions
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See the COPYING file for details.
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This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
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(at your option) any later version.
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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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GNU General Public License for more details.
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You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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THE AUTHOR:
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===========
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Sam Hawker
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shawkie@geocities.com
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http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Vista/2471/
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INSTALLING:
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===========
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xmkmf
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make
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strip wmcdplay
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make install
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mkdir /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/wmcdplay
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cp XPM/*.art /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/wmcdplay
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TRACK SELECTION:
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Release 0.6 introduced track selection.
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Actually, track selection is a slightly more logical version of the random/repeat
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functions found in Creative Labs' SB16 software suite for win95.
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The major change is that the previous releases just played from current position
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to the end of the cd.
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Now we play a single track, and when you set the track selection mode, you just
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tell the cd player what to do at the end of the track. Here are the options:
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0 None - just stop
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1 Next - play next (audio) track (stop if end of cd)
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2 Repeat - play this track again
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3 RepeatCD - play next (audio) track (start from first track if end of cd)
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4 Random - select an audio track at random and play it
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The led display symbols for the modes are now part of the artwork file.
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The mode defaults to Next, but can be changed with the "-t track_selection" command
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line argument, or by clicking on the track selection mode led display.
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The main consequence of this approach is that when using Random, you will
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probably here a track twice before every track on the cd has been played once.
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(Most cd players have a playlist listing all tracks in a randomized order)
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Also, wmcdplay will always begin with track 1.
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Furthermore, the Next and Prev buttons will always move through track numbers on the
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cd (rather than, for instance, selecting random tracks).
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AFTERSTEP USERS:
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(thanks to tygris@erols.com)
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This release includes in a new command line option (actually, its "-a"
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and artwork files are now loaded with "-f artwork_file").
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The effect this has is to enable shape support (it implies "-s"), and
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to reduce the size of the window to 56x56 pixels.
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The "-position position" option has also been added, so you can push
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wmcdplay off the edge of the screen while it gets swallowed.
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To put wmmount in your Wharf, add the following line in the appropriate
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part of your .steprc
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*Wharf wmmount nil MaxSwallow "wmmount" wmmount -a -position -0-0 &
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It is also possible (by editing and recompiling the afterstep sources),
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to make Wharf handle the new 56x56 pixel window properly - yes, I add
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an option to use a 56x56 pixel window, even though the AfterStep Wharf
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really wants 55x57 pixel ones.
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I am told (by tygris@erols.com):
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"Locate Wharf.c (or is it Wharf.cc?) Should be in
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AfterStep-1.0/modules/Wharf. Locate this:
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if (Buttons[button].maxsize) {
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Buttons[button].icons[0].w = 55;
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Buttons[button].icons[0].h = 57;
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}
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and change the 55 and 57 to 56's. Save and compile."
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BUILD PROBLEMS:
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===============
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You may have trouble linking wmmount with the compiler supplied on some
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recent distributions (eg. Debian 2.0 & RedHat 5.1).
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It can be made to build by adding the following line to the top of the
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Imakefile, before executing xmkmf:
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CC = c++
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I am not sure of the effect this has on memory usage, etc.
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RELEASE HISTORY:
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Release 0.1 22/01/98 Poor window repaint technique.
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Incorrect display if paused on startup.
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Does not show Tray Open if opened by button on drive,
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(I think this can only be done if the drive is empty).
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Release 0.2 23/01/98 Improved window repaints.
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Correct display even if paused on startup.
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Improved interface on 'other' window managers.
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Release 0.3 07/02/98 Handles multisession CD properly.
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Now free's ALL pixmaps on exit (i hope).
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And GCs :-).
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Major re-write and interface alterations.
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Option for led display color.
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Smaller and better written.
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Release 0.4 12/02/98 Highly customizable user interface. You chose:
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Basic pixmap,
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How many buttons,
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Size, shape, position of buttons (polygons),
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Actions for each button in each state:
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(Stop, Stop Data, Play, Pause, Ejected),
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Led and symbol pixmaps,
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Position of displays.
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Release 0.5 24/02/98 Fixed bug relating to manual window positioning.
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Fixed error in grey.art.
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Release 0.6 04/03/98 Rewritten cdctl engine.
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Some more changes to artwork:
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Different states,
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Different actions.
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Random/Repeat track selection.
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Reduced CPU load (thanks to aseltine@cd.umass.edu),
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It wasn't high on my K6 233MHz box :-).
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Release 0.7 12/03/98 Better track selection.
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Command line option to set track selection mode.
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Yet more changes to artwork:
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Hiding of do-NOTHING buttons now optional,
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Symbols can be drawn onto non-solid background.
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New name (wmcdplay).
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Now works on 8bpp displays with full colormaps.
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(thanks to devernay@istar.fr on the mailing-list)
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Release 0.8 07/05/98 Now GPL.
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Added "-v volume" command line argument.
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Added "-b back_color" command line argument,
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("-b darkslategrey -l cyan" gives a nice backlit look).
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Reduced cpu load.
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Relative or absolute time display,
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(click time display to switch).
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More changes to artwork:
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Led pixmaps now part of artwork,
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Symbolic color names can now be used in all pixmaps:
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led_color_high,
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led_color_med,
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led_color_low,
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color_back.
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All pixmaps now use standard names:
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cdplayer.xpm = cdplayer_xpm,
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symbols.xpm = symbols_xpm,
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led.xpm = led_xpm,
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ledsym.xpm = ledsym_xpm,
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ledtsel.xpm = ledtsel_xpm.
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Entries specifying symbol dimensions no longer needed,
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"symbols.xpm" now includes a symbol for NOTHING,
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New piece of artwork, "newstyle.art",
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New directory structure and scripts.
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Track selection should be more reliable now.
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Release 1.0 05/09/98 Added some error checking.
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Beta1 "-a artwork_file" is now "-f artwork_file", sorry ;-).
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Added "-a" command line argument for AfterStep users.
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Added "-position position" command line argument.
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Command line arguments, "-a", "-w" and "-s" are now toggle,
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so if you enable one at compile-time, you can override
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it at run-time.
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Track selection actually works now??
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(anyone notice a recurring theme here??)
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Seperate update interval for when drive is empty.
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(thanks to .....)
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Fixed problem with (some?) SCSI devices refusing to
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give LBA values. Thanks to the linux ide-scsi-emulator.
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Now looks in some known directories for artwork files as
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a last resort.
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Improved artwork loading (it was very brain-dead).
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Formatting changes in artwork files (ARTWORK documentation
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is now up-to-date).
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