1 .TH ascd 1 "17 may 1999" ascd
6 \fBascd\fP \- An AfterStep and WindowMaker CD player
28 .BI \-geometry " geometry"
34 .BI \-device " device"
58 .BI \-volume " volume"
61 .BI \-mvolume " volume"
64 .BI \-maxvolume " volume"
67 .BI \-minvolume " volume"
70 .BI \-fadestep " value"
73 .BI \-theme " theme directory"
96 \fBascd\fP is CD player written to play audio CD's integrated in
97 afterstep's Wharf module or WindowMaker's dock.
98 \fBascd\fP handles mounted volumes, and opens and closes the tray.
100 .SH CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
103 print a list of commandline options and exit.
107 print the version number and exit.
112 print the list of installed themes and exit.
115 specifies the geometry of \fBascd\fP. The Geometry
116 works like the standard X-Window geometry option.
118 .B +/-withdrawn, +/-w
119 Turn on and off withdrawn mode. Use this option if
120 you use ascd with WindowMaker.
123 specifies the CDROM device which should be used by
124 ascd. If "-DNO_DEFAULT_DEVICE" was set at
125 compilation time this option will have no effect.
128 specifies the mixer device. Works only if mixer
129 support was enabled at compilation.
132 specifies the time -in seconds- for \fBintro scan\fP
136 specifies the timeout for the help texts. The
140 Turn on or off \fBautoplay mode\fP. When this is
141 turned on, ascd always wait for a CD, and play it
142 automatically when inserted.
144 .B +/-autoprobe, +/-p
145 Turn on or off \fBautoprobe mode\fP. This mode
146 checks for inserted CD. Default is on.
148 .B +/-autorepeat, +/-t
149 autorepeat mode: when ascd reaches the end of the
150 last track, the CD is not stopped and first track
154 This option is no longer supported.
156 .B -maxvolume <value>
157 Set the CD driver max volume.
159 .B -minvolume <value>
160 Set the CD driver min volume.
163 Set the CD driver volume, between 0 and maxvolume.
164 Note that the -volume option in independant from
165 the mixer. It controls the drive, not the sound
169 Set the CD driver volume for the mute mode.
172 Set the fade in/out speed. Default is 5. Greater
173 values accelerate the fade.
175 .B -theme <theme dir>
176 Specify the visual theme to use.
179 When this option is enabled, AScd ignore the skip
180 orders found in WorkMan database and read all the
184 When enabled, all the message (and the track title
185 display) are forced in uppercase.
188 Show the track title if found in WorkMan database.
189 If the message panel is not large enough, AScd
193 Add the artist name to the track title (-showtitle
200 Save all the settings and exit. Usefull to 'make' a
201 new configuration file: set all the stuff you want
202 to set and put -save as last commandline option.
205 ascd +w +a -device /dev/cd0c -save
207 Then, you just call ascd without arguments, it will
208 use the settings you just saved.
212 \fBascd\fP stores its settings in ~/.ascdrc.
214 The theme files are usually stored in /usr/local/share/AScd.
217 \fBascd\fP can be called from one of many ways. The most common invocation
221 % ascd -device /dev/wcd0a +w +a &
224 With Afterstep, another way to call \fBascd\fP is from the window
228 *Wharf - - Swallow "ascd" ascd&
231 This line, when placed in the \fI.steprc\fP file in the users home directory
232 will cause \fBascd\fP to use the shape extensions so that it will be a
233 button on the \fBWharf (1)\fP button bar under the \fBafterstep (1)\fP
238 Copyright 1999, Rob Malda and Denis Bourez. No guarantees or
239 warranties or anything are provided or implied in any way whatsoever.
240 Use this program at your own risk. Permission to use this program for
241 any purpose is given, as long as the copyright is kept intact.
245 Denis Bourez <denis@rsn.fdn.fr>
246 application since 0.7
248 Rob Malda <malda@slashdot.org>
249 application until 0.6
251 Dirk Foersterling <milliByte@DeathsDoor.com>
254 Steven Grimm <koreth@Hyperion.COM>
255 WorkMan maintainer until 1.3
257 Erik O'Shaughnessy <eriko@austin.ibm.com>
258 AIX platform device driver
260 Michael Kurz <mkurz@rzws.fh-aalen.de>
261 changes and man page until 0.6
265 <URL:http://worldserver.oleane.com/rsn/>
267 <URL:http://CmdrTaco.net/>