diff --git a/alsamixer/alsamixer.1 b/alsamixer/alsamixer.1 index 63b38ef..7069a18 100644 --- a/alsamixer/alsamixer.1 +++ b/alsamixer/alsamixer.1 @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ soundcard drivers. It supports multiple soundcards with multiple devices. Help: show available flags. .TP -\fI\-c\fP +\fI\-c\fP Select the soundcard to use, if you have more than one. Cards are numbered from 0 (the default). @@ -29,13 +29,68 @@ numbered from 0 (the default). Select the mixer device to control. .TP -\fI\-g\fP +\fI\-g\fP Toggle the using of colors. .TP -\fI\-s\fP +\fI\-s\fP Minimize the mixer window. +.TP +\fI\-V\fP +Select the starting view mode, either \fIplayback\fP, \fIcapture\fP or \fIall\fP. + +.SH MIXER VIEWS + +The top-left corner of \fBalsamixer\fP is the are to show some basic +information: the card name, the mixer chip name, the current view +mode and the currently selected mixer item. +When the mixer item is switched off, \fI[Off]\fP is displayed in its +name. + +Volume bars are located below the basic information area. You can +scroll left/right when all controls can't be put in a single screen. +The name of each control is shown in the bottom below the volume bars. +The currently selected item is drawn in red and/of emphasized. + +Each mixer control with volume capability shows a box and the current +volume filled in that box. The volume percentages are displayed below +the volume bar for left and right channels. For a mono control, only +one value is shown there. + +When a mixer control is turned off, \fIM\fP (mute) appears in the top +of its volume bar. Stereo controls may have two \fIM\fP's for left +and right channels. You can toggle the switch via \fIm\fP key. + +When a mixer control has capture capability, the capture flag appears +over the volume bar. When the capture is turned off, +\-\-\-\-\-\- is shown. \fICAPTUR\fP in red appears when the +capture switch is turned on. In addition, \fIL\fP and \fIR\fP letters +appear in left and right side to indicate that left and the right +channels are turned on. + +Some controls have the enumeration list, and don't show boxes but only +texts which indicate the currently active item. You can change the +item via up/down keys. + +.SH VIEW MODES +\fBalsamixer\fP has three view modes: playback, capture and all. +In the playback view, only the controls related with playback are shown. +Similarly, only the controls for capture (recording) are shown in the capture +view. The all view mode shows all controls. The current view mode is displayed +in the top-left position together with the mixer name, etc. + +The default view mode is the playback view. You can change it via +\fI-V\fP option. + +Each view mode can be switched via keys, \fIF3\fP, \fIF4\fP and \fIF5\fP keys +for playback, capture and all views, respectively. Instead of function keys, +the number keys \fI3\fP, \fI4\fP and \fI5\fP are accepted, too, for terminals +which can't handle function keys. + +In addition to these view modes, you can switch to the help mode and +the proc info mode via \fIF1\fP and \fIF2\fP keys, respectively. + .SH KEYBOARD COMMANDS \fBalsamixer\fP recognizes the following keyboard commands to control the soundcard. Commands shown here in upper case can also be given in lower case. @@ -108,6 +163,6 @@ fault. Plain old \fBxterm\fP seems to be fine. .SH AUTHOR .B alsamixer has been written by Tim Janik and -been furtherly improved by Jaroslav Kysela . +been further improved by Jaroslav Kysela . This manual page was provided by Paul Winkler .