dockapps/wmix/wmix.1x
Christophe CURIS 8833ff91d3 wmix: added new BUGS section in the man page
This is handy to let the user know about the possible strange behaviour he
may encounter and some limitations.

Signed-off-by: Christophe CURIS <christophe.curis@free.fr>
2014-06-07 21:27:27 +01:00

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.TH wmix 1x "2.2" "Fredrik Steen"
.SH NAME
wmix \- Dockapp mixer for OSS or ALSA
.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B wmix
.RI [ options... ]
.br
.B wmix
.I \-h
.
.SH DESCRIPTION
Docked application to control audio mixer for OSS or ALSA.
Allows toggling record source,
muting individual channels, adjusting volume and balance, all in a
compact dockapp size, with TV\-like on\-screen\-display for volume levels.
.LP
Supports mouse wheel to adjust current channel's volume
and can be controlled remotely with unix signals
.IR SIGUSR1 / SIGUSR2
to raise/lower the volume.
Keeps a simple configuration file for user\-defined settings.
.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-d\fR <\fIdisplay\fP>
Connect to remote X display
.TP
\fB\-e\fR <\fIname\fP>
Exclude channel from control
.TP
\fB\-f\fR <\fIfile\fP>
Use config file instead of
.I ~/.wmixrc
.TP
\fB\-h\fR
Display list of command\-line options
.TP
\fB\-m\fR <\fIdevice\fP>
Use specified mixer device instead of
.I /dev/mixer
.TP
\fB\-v\fR
Verbose start, report detected channels
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.SH CONFIGURATION FILE
If readable, the file \fI~/.wmixrc\fP (or the file specified through \fB\-f\fR option)
is read on startup.
It may contains one configuration command per line:
.TP
mousewheel=<\fI0\fP|\fI1\fP>
when set to \fI0\fP, disable the volume control through mouse wheel (default=\fI1\fP)
.TP
osd=<\fI0\fP|\fI1\fP>
when set to \fI0\fP, disable display of the volume in an OSD like fashion (default=\fI1\fP)
.TP
osdcolor=<\fIcolor\fP>
specify the color to use for OSD volume display.
It can be the name of a color (see \fI/usr/share/X11/rgb.txt\fP)
or an RGB specification (as \fBrgb:\fP<\fIred\fP>/<\fIgreen\fP>/<\fIblue\fP>
with hexadecimal numbers) as expected by X11 (default=\fIgreen\fP)
.TP
scrolltext=<\fI0\fP|\fI1\fP>
when set to \fI0\fP, disable text scrolling to display the name of current selected
channel, use static short name instead (default=\fI1\fP)
.TP
wheelbtn1=<\fIbutton\fP>
.TQ
wheelbtn2=<\fIbutton\fP>
defines the buttons events associated in X11 to the mouse wheel,
with \fIbtn1\fP for up and \fIbtn2\fP for down
(default: btn1=\fI4\fP and btn2=\fI5\fP)
.TP
wheelstep=<\fIpercentage\fP>
sets the volume change step when using the mouse wheel,
specified as a percentage of the total volume range (i.e.: 1\~<\~\fIvalue\fP\~<\~100,
default=\fI3\fP)
.br
For compatibility, values between 0.0 and 1.0 will be considered as a raw percentage
.LP
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.SH FILES
.TP
.I ~/.wmixrc
User configuration file (change with option
.BR \-f )
.TP
.I ~/.wmix.pid
Contains process id of wmix, in case you'd need it for
.IR SIGUSR1 / SIGUSR2
volume control
.TP
.I /dev/mixer
Device used for controlling volume (change with option
.BR \-m )
.TP
.I /usr/share/doc/wmix/README
More information on the user interface
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.SH BUGS
The \fImute\fP functionality is implemented by setting the volume to 0
and remembering the previous volume to restore it when unmuting.
While this is perfectly ok, you may encounter strange looking behavior
if you have other application controlling the volume, and possibly
implementing mute in similar ways, because there is no way to know
that a channel has been muted.
.LP
If you modify the configuration file, do not expect \fBwmix\fP to reload
it automatically, this is considered a too costly feature for such a
small application.
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.SH AUTHORS
This man page was written by Fredrik Steen <stone@debian.org> for the Debian
distribution.
It was expanded by Christophe CURIS for the Window Maker Dev Team.
.PP
wmix was written by Tim, timecop <timecop@japan.co.jp>,
with some code by Daniel Richard G. <skunk@mit.edu>