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asrack

Section: Misc. Reference Manual Pages (1.0)
Updated: 1 June 1997
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NAME

asrack - the WindowMaker Sound Control

SYNOPSIS

asrack[options]

DESCRIPTION

The asrack is CD player and Audio Mixer written to play audio CD'sintegrated in AfterSteps Wharf module or docked to WindowMaker.asrack handles mounted volumes, opens and closes the tray, candisplay the current position in various ways and skips also data tracks.

OPTIONS

-d DEVICE or --device DEVICE

Sets the CD-ROM device. This defaults to /dev/cdrom.

-h or --help

Prints a summary of supported options and their default values.

-l COLSPEC or --ledcolor COLSPEC

Specifies the color of the led. It is darkened two times (for a total ofthree colors) to get all needed colors. So better use a bright color.

For the design of own XPM, the ledcolor is made avaiable through the useof the symbolic xpm color namesled_color_high,led_color_low,andled_color_med.There is also a symbol namedled_color_backto get the default background color of the led-display.

To find out what colors are available, tryshowrgb(part of X11).

-p or --noprobe

This option disables the startup probing for a cd. Default is to probe thecdrom. This will close the tray and read the TOC of the cd (if there is one).

-s STYLEFILE or --style STYLEFILE

asrackwill try to load its window-pixmaps from the specifiedSTYLEFILE.It will search this file for XPM pixmaps namedcdnodisc,cdplaying,cdpaused,cdstopped,cdled,mixer,andmixled.If some of those are not defined, the compile-time defaults will be used.

-w or --withdrawn

Starts theasrackin withdrawn window state. This is useful to dock the window toWindowMaker.

INVOCATION

asrack can be called using different ways. The most common invocationis from your dock file:

        asrack
        asrack
        POSITION 2 -1 0
        asrack
        --withdrawn

Another way to call asrack is to swallow it into the afterstep (1)Wharf (1). This is best done playcing the following line into your.steprc:

*Wharf asrack nil Swallow "asrack" asrack &

This method will also work for other button-bars, such as the FvwmButtons (1)of the fvwm (1) window manager.

USAGE

The asrack features a simple click interface. All times the buttons willshow a standart sign which specifies the action it will do. But there are some noteable extensions to that explained below.

The default behavior of asrack is to try to read the cdrom atstartup. If there was no cd, it will not try again unless you press the closeor play button. This will close the cdrom and again try to read it. Unlessthere is a cd, asrack will again suspend until your next action.

skip: By pressing the button down and holding it on one of the prev/next trackbuttons the cdrom goes fast forward or backward.
time left: A button-1 click into the time display switches between time running and timeleft display.
total time: A button-2 click into the time display switches between track and total time.
repeat: A button-3 click into the time display cycles through normal mode, repeat all, and repeat one play mode.

COPYRIGHTS

Distributed under GNU GPL v2 ; see LICENSE file for more informations.

AUTHORS

Oliver Graf <ografAATTfga.de> -- the coding

Heiko Wagner <hwagnerAATTfga.de> -- the hyped window shapes

CREDITS

Rob Malda <maldaAATTcs.hope.edu> -- who had written ascd and asmixer

Michael Kurz <mkurzAATTrzws.fh-aalen.de> -- also for ascd and asmixer

Thomas McWilliams <tgmAATTnetcom.com> -- who has done Workbone

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