From 0243a0b9edf94ad108ad8953c72922bbaabe8ad2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christophe CURIS Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2014 21:21:38 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] wmix: added description of channel naming in the man page It may not be easy to understand how channels are names, particularly when user wants to use a name to exclude a channel from the GUI. This new sections answers all those questions. Signed-off-by: Christophe CURIS --- wmix/wmix.1x | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/wmix/wmix.1x b/wmix/wmix.1x index d030cba..a12bd38 100644 --- a/wmix/wmix.1x +++ b/wmix/wmix.1x @@ -27,7 +27,10 @@ Keeps a simple configuration file for user\-defined settings. Connect to remote X display .TP \fB\-e\fR <\fIname\fP> -Exclude channel from control +Exclude channel from control (see +.SM +.B "CHANNEL NAMES" +below) .TP \fB\-f\fR <\fIfile\fP> Use config file instead of @@ -79,6 +82,29 @@ default=\fI3\fP) For compatibility, values between 0.0 and 1.0 will be considered as a raw percentage .LP . +.SH CHANNEL NAMES +The names for the different channels are provided by ALSA/OSS as short names, for which +.B wmix +provides a long name match for readability. +The default behavior is to scroll the long name of the current channel +in the text line of the dockapp, but if you disable the scroll text +then the short name will be displayed instead. +.LP +If you want to exclude a channel from the list of channels controlled by +the dockapp you have to use the short name. +You can get the list of all the channels available in your sound card with +.B wmix -v +and the short name will be between parentheses, here is an example: +.LP +.EX +Supported channels: + 1: Master volume (Vol ) + 2: PC Speaker (Spkr ) + 3: PCM Wave 2 volume (Pcm2 ) + 4: Input gain (IGain) + 5: Phone output (PhoneOut) +.EE +. .SH FILES .TP .I ~/.wmixrc -- 2.11.4.GIT