asmixer(1)

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💖 asmixer(1) — the AfterStep Mixer 💖

okay so first things first, bestie: this is a page from the General Commands Manual, and the star of the show is asmixer. Buckle up, we're doing volume control with main character energy. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

asmixer — the AfterStep Mixer. that's it. that's the name. iconic behavior honestly. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

asmixer [ -help ] [ -g geometry ] [ -d device ] [ -1 control ] [ -2
control ] [ -3 control ] [ -t title ] [ -v rate ] [ -w withdrawn ]

look at all those little flags lined up like a group chat. so cute. 🦋

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

asmixer is a nice little application for controlling the volume of various sound outputs through three slider bars. three. sliders. the way that it just... sits there and lets you slide. obsessed. 😌

and here's the slay part: it can be swallowed into Afterstep's Wharf for ease of use. yes, literally swallowed. it lives in the Wharf now. it's fine. it's thriving. 🫶

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • -h, -help, --help — SOS, 911, etc. 🚨 (fr, this is the help flag. it's giving distress signal, but make it helpful.)
  • -g [+|-]x[+|-]y — the standard format for where you want to exile asmixer. you're literally choosing its coordinates. sending it to a location. no cap. 📍
  • -d device — the mixer device to harass. yes, harass. be nice to it, or don't, your call bestie. 💀
  • -1 control, -2 control, -3 control — this binds a slider to a specific sound device. so you get to pick which slider vibes with which output:
VOLUME, BASS, TREBLE, SYNTH, PCM, SPEAKER, LINE,
MIC, CD, IMIX, ALPTPCM, RECLEV, IGAIN, OGAIN,
LINE1, LINE2, LINE3
  • -w — WindowMaker withdrawn window support. 🪟
  • -v volume — the volume (1-100) to set the first slider to. keep it in the 1-to-100 range, babe. 🔥
not me noticing -t title shows up in the SYNOPSIS and the DEFAULTS but never gets its own little bullet here 🙈 anyway. it's real, it's in the list up top, we move. 💖

🌈 DEFAULTS 🌈

if you don't say anything, here's the vibe it ships with:

-d /dev/mixer -1 VOLUME -2 CD -3 PCM -t asmixer

default device, default sliders, default title. it just knows. 👑

🎀 INVOCATION 🎀

asmixer can be called from one of many ways. the most common invocation is Afterstep's .steprc:

*Wharf "mixer" nil Swallow "asmixer" asmixer -g -1-1 &

this line will cause asmixer to be swallowed into Wharf, which 9 out of 10 dentists agree is cool. 🦷✨ you will then be able to slide to your hearts content in perfect Wharf comfort! (their words, not mine, and honestly? they ate.)

another way to call asmixer is from the command line:

[ximenes@leo]$ asmixer -d /dev/mixer -t asmixer -v 95 &

this will pop up a little window with asmixer helplessly imprisoned inside. don't worry, it likes it. 😭🔒

🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

afterstep(1), Wharf(1)

go read those too. expanding your knowledge is highkey the move. 📚

💅 COPYRIGHTS 💅

Copyright 1997, Rob Malda <malda@cs.hope.edu>. No guarantees or warranties or anything are provided or implied in any way whatsoever. Use this program at your own risk. Permission to use this program for any purpose is given, as long as the copyright is kept intact.

okay so real talk: no promises, no warranty, use it at your own risk — but you CAN use it for literally any purpose as long as you keep the copyright intact. that's the deal. respect the deal. 🫡

👑 CREDITS 👑

  • Rob Malda <malde@cs.hope.edu> — Ye Olde Application
  • Ximenes Zalteca <ximenes@null.net> — Page O' Fun

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🦋✨ this one came from the 3rd Berkeley Distribution, dated 17 May 1997, and it's still filed under asmixer(1). old but gold, fr fr. mwah. 💖🎀💅

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