wmmixer - A mixer application designed for WindowMaker

wmmixer is a mixer application designed for WindowMaker, although there is nothing in the program that makes it require WindowMaker, except maybe the NeXTStep look and the fact that it properly docks. It can be used with other window managers without problems.

wmmixer [options]

This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes ('--'). A summary of options is included below.

-d, --display <string>

Attempt to open a window on the named X display. In the absence of this option the display specified by the DISPLAY environment variable is used.

-g, --geometry <string>

geometry to use, e.g. +100+100 to place it at 100/100

-h, --help

show help text and exit.

-v, --version

show program version and exit.

-w, --withdrawn

run the application in withdrawn mode. This is for use with WindowMaker or other window managers supporting docks (e.g. KDE)

-a, --afterstep

use smaller window (for AfterStep Wharf)

-s, --shaped

shaped window

-l, --led-color <string>

use the specified color for led, e.g. red, green, blue (default: green)

-L, --led-highcolor <string>

use the specified color for led-shading, e.g. red, green, blue (default: red)

-b, --back-color <string>

use the specified color for backgrounds, e.g. red, green, blue

-m, --mix-device <string>

use specified device (rather than /dev/mixer)

-r, --scrollwheel <number>

Set the volume increase/decrease when using the mouse wheel (default: 2)

For backward compatibility the following obsolete options are still supported:

-help

show help text and exit.

-display

attempt to open a window on the named X display

-position

geometry to use, e.g. +100+100 to place it at 100/100

All available channels on your soundcard's mixer are accessible with wmmixer. Most common channels are identified with an appropriate icon. Controls include a stereo (mono where appropriate) volume control and a recording source toggle button.

Press the "<" and ">" arrow buttons to select a channel. The icon identifies the current channel (a volume symbol with a question mark represents an unrecognised channel). Click and/or drag the volume display to set channel volume. There is a also a button to set recording sources.

Users can configure wmmixer to suit their requirements by means of a ~/.wmmixer file. A commented example can be found in /usr/share/doc/wmmixer on Debian systems, and would be a good starting point

wmmixer was originally written by Sam Hawker <shawkie@geocities.com>, and then adopted by Gordon Fraser <gordon@debian.org>.

This manual page was written by Gordon Fraser <gordon@debian.org>.