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| author | Kevin Lyda <kevin@ie.suberic.net> | 2019-04-08 09:00:09 +0100 |
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| committer | Kevin Lyda <kevin@ie.suberic.net> | 2019-04-08 09:00:09 +0100 |
| commit | 2c0ba1ba92fdf393f30ffab0667cf507ecae09b0 (patch) | |
| tree | 89472b0e98a855d73ad6800a4ce44c43da5399ff | |
| parent | f253c28fccbd395f5f5063d60bd81179dda76d4f (diff) | |
Clarify how volume works
It was noted in https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=62763
that the man page doesn't really clarify how the volume flag/xresource
works. This is an attempt to address this situation and let this
long standing bug finally go silent.
| -rw-r--r-- | man/xbiff.man | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/man/xbiff.man b/man/xbiff.man index 446a47f..739b362 100644 --- a/man/xbiff.man +++ b/man/xbiff.man @@ -68,7 +68,11 @@ is your login name). If the MAIL environment variable is set, the file specified by it will be monitored. .TP 8 .B \-volume \fIpercentage\fP -This option specifies how loud the bell should be rung when new mail comes in. +This option specifies how loud the bell should be rung when new mail +comes in. The percentage is relative to the current volume in \fIxset\fP. +So 0 is normal volume, negative percentages are towards minimum (-100 +is silent), and positive percentages are towards maximum volume (100 +is loudest). .TP 8 .B \-shape This option indicates that the mailbox window should be shaped if masks for @@ -145,6 +149,8 @@ The default is 30. .TP 8 .B volume (\fPclass\fB Volume) Specifies how loud the bell should be rung. The default is 33 percent. +Note that this is a percentage of the current \fIxset\fP volume. +To reduce the volume, specify a negative percentage. .TP 8 .B foreground (\fPclass\fB Foreground) Specifies the color for the foreground. |