asmix(1)

📦 version 1.5, in debian bookworm, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble

🎛️ asmix — the AfterStep volume control knob 💖

okay bestie, so this is a page from the General Commands Manual about asmix, and honestly? it's giving iconic little X11 applet that just wants to spin a knob. sit down, grab a strawberry, let's go ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

asmix — the AfterStep volume control knob 🎚️✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

asmix [-h] [-V]
        [-iconic] [-shape] [-withdrawn]
        [-geometry [+|-]x[+|-]y]
        [-channel channel-id]
        [-exe command]
        [-device mixer-device]
        [-name window-name]

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

asmix is a X11 application that acts as a volume control knob for the /dev/mixer device. it's got that distinctive AfterStep window manager look — very main character, very of the era, no cap 🫶

and here's the bestie part: the best thing about this applet is that you do not have to learn how to use it. like, at all. if you've ever used any volume knobs before, you already know how to operate this one. it's giving muscle memory ✨ and if you've literally never come across such a thing before? no worries babe — just grab the knob with the left button of your mouse and turn it into the position you like. that's it. that's the whole tutorial. periodt 💖

✨ CONFIGURATION OPTIONS ✨

  • -h — prints a short description and usage message. the lil "hi, here's how to use me" 🎀
  • -V — version control, bestie. prints the version of the applet. 📢
  • -geometry [+|-]x[+|-]y — displays the window at the specified location on the screen. this works as a standard X Windows geometry option, so it's the same energy you already know 🪟
  • -iconic — starts the asmix application in the iconized mode. and the icon has the same appearance as the main window — matching set, obsessed 😌💅
  • -shape — starts the asmix application without groundplate. sleek. minimalist. no notes. ✨
  • -withdrawn — starts the asmix applet in the "withdrawn" mode. you need this one to be able to dock it to the Window Maker's dock 🛟
  • -channel <channel-id> — specifies the channel to control (default: volume). the possible channels include: volume, pcm, bass, treble, synth, speaker, line, mic, cd, imix, pcm2, record, igain, ogain, line1, line2, line3, digital1, digital2, digital3, phone-in, phone-out, video, radio, monitor. note that not all systems support all channels — so like, vibe check your own machine first, iykyk 👀
  • -exe <command> — the applet will execute the specified command on a mouseclick with the middle mouse button in the window 🖱️
  • -device <mixer-device> — the applet will attempt to open the specified mixer device instead of the standard /dev/mixer 🔌
  • -name <window-name> — the applet will set the name of the window to the specified window-name instead of the standard "asmix". this is useful when swallowing multiple instances of asmix into the AfterStep Wharf 🐋 (yes, multiple. plural asmix. a whole squad.)

🌈 INVOCATION 🌈

asmix was written to be swallowed by the AfterStep wharf module, but honestly it can be used with everything else too. she's flexible like that 💁♀️

a common invocation is the command line:

user@host[1]% asmix &

another way to call asmix is from the AfterStep Wharf:

*Wharf asmix nil Swallow "asmix" asmix -shape &

this line, when placed in the wharf file in the users Afterstep configuration directory, will cause asmix to be a button on the Wharf (1) button bar under the afterstep (1) window manager. iconic behavior, truly 👑

💀 BUGS 💀

none that I am aware of. 😌✨ (we love a bug-free era. manifesting that for everyone fr fr)

🍓 FILES 🍓

/dev/mixer

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

Wharf(1)

👑 COPYRIGHTS 👑

copyright (c) 1998 original author unknown

copyright (c) 1998-2004 Albert "Tigr" Dorofeev <albert@tigr.net>

copyright (c) 2000 John "wizgrav" Gravezas <wizgrav@netsmart.gr>

distributed under GNU General Public License, see LICENSE file for the details 📜

💜 AUTHORS 💜

the application: original author unknown, was maintained by Albert "Tigr" Dorofeev <albert@tigr.net>, currently maintained by ... well, again by himself. (king behavior honestly, he said "fine, I'll do it myself" 😭👑)

the man page: Albert Dorofeev <albert@tigr.net>

and that's the whole page bestie!! this one came out of the 3rd Berkeley Distribution, dated 01 November 2004 — so like, vintage, but make it slay 🎀🦋💖 mwah, go turn that knob.

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