pipemixer.ini(5)

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version 0.4.3 · 2 versions
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💖 NAME 💖

pipemixer.ini — it's the config file that runs the whole vibe for pipemixer(1) ✨ and this right here is the pipemixer.ini(5) manual page, filed under File Formats. Yes bestie, config files get their own man pages, we love that for them 🎀

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so pipemixer.ini is where you tell pipemixer how it should behave and how it should look. Behavior, appearance, the whole aesthetic. No cap. 💅

The way it works is pipemixer goes hunting for its config file in these spots, in this order:

  • $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/pipemixer/pipemixer.ini
  • $HOME/.config/pipemixer/pipemixer.ini — but only if XDG_CONFIG_HOME is unset.

Simple as that. Now let's get into the actual sections, because this is where it gets fun 🫶

🌸 SECTION: main 🌸

General options. The basics. The main-character settings, iykyk.

  • volume-step — how big of a jump volume makes each time, as a percentage, so 1 literally means 1%. Default: 1.
  • volume-min, volume-max — the lowest and highest volume you're allowed to set with pipemixer. Default: 0, 150.
  • wraparound — do you want scrolling through nodes to loop? Like, hit the bottom and it keeps going from the top, and vice versa. Default: false.
  • tab-order — the order the tabs show up in the UI, written as a comma-separated string of tab names. Heads up: duplicate names are not allowed, so don't try it 🙈 Default: playback,recording,output-devices,input-devices,cards
  • default-tab — which tab is the active one the moment pipemixer starts up. Default: playback

✨ SECTION: binds ✨

This is the keybinding section, and the format is action=key. The way that each action can be bound to multiple keys? Iconic. 🔥

Now, a key can be written in a few different ways:

  • Any printable ASCII/Unicode character, periodt. Example: tab-next=t
  • Special keys: up, down, left, right, enter, tab, backtab, space, backspace, escape. Example: tab-prev=backtab
  • Arbitrary keycodes with code:N, where N is a decimal number. Example: quit=code:185

And here's every action you can bind, bestie:

  • focus-down, focus-up, focus-first, focus-last — move around the list of items in whatever tab you're on.
  • volume-up, volume-down — adjust the volume, obviously 💜
  • volume-set-N — set the volume of the selected item to N%.
  • tab-next, tab-prev — cycle forward and backward through your tabs.
  • tab-playback, tab-recording, tab-input-devices, tab-output-devices, tab-cards — jump straight to one specific tab.
  • tab-N — switch to the *N*th tab (and yes, it's 1-based, so the first tab is 1, not 0).
  • mute-toggle, mute-enable, mute-disable — set the mute state for the selected item.
  • channel-lock-toggle, channel-lock-enable, channel-lock-disable — set channel lock for the selected item.
  • set-default — make the focused source or sink the default one. Main character energy fr fr 👑
  • select-route — pops open the route selection menu.
  • select-profile — pops open the profile selection menu.
  • confirm-selection, cancel-selection — confirm or cancel whatever you're picking when you're in a menu.
  • quit — exit the application. Bye bestie 😭
  • quit-or-cancel-selection — does the cancel-selection thing if a menu is active, and the quit thing otherwise.
  • unbind — unbind a key from any action at all.

🎀 SECTION: interface 🎀

Configure the various UI elements. This is the glow-up section, where you pick the little characters and strings that get drawn on screen.

  • bar-empty-char, bar-full-char — the characters used to draw volume bars.
  • routes-separator — the string that separates routes on nodes that actually have routes.
  • profiles-separator — the string that separates profiles on devices.
  • border-left, border-right, border-top, border-bottom, border-top-left, border-top-right, border-bottom-left, border-bottom-right — the characters that make up the border around each node. All eight, no skips 🦋
  • volume-frame-top-left, volume-frame-top-right, volume-frame-bottom-left, volume-frame-bottom-right, volume-frame-center-left, volume-frame-center-right, volume-frame-mono-left, volume-frame-mono-right, volume-frame-focus — the characters that make up the frame around the per-channel volume bars.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

That's the whole page, bestie. Go configure something cute 💖

Okay so that's a wrap! This was pipemixer.ini(5) from pipemixer 0.4.3, dated March 2026 🩷 slay, go forth and make your mixer gorgeous, no cap ✨💅🎀

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