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authorJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2003-11-21 10:20:07 +0000
committerJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2003-11-21 10:20:07 +0000
commit8273417e3661b0c923f59dfcb309b9e46f43b9e6 (patch)
tree6a5bf6a9b94b39883f3e90753f9f6ecfa7a12f4e /usr.bin/mixerctl/mixerctl.1
parent2ab2189f26fecdb6cdfc0432cd3d3fd65b356ca6 (diff)
mixerctl.1:
- put SYNOPSIS in standard form - -n does not make sense with -q - adjust -width of option list - sort options - a clarity fix from snj att pobox dott com mixerctl.c: - fix spacing in usage() - sync usage() with SYNOPSIS
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diff --git a/usr.bin/mixerctl/mixerctl.1 b/usr.bin/mixerctl/mixerctl.1
index d65737a28bd..f5f103e099c 100644
--- a/usr.bin/mixerctl/mixerctl.1
+++ b/usr.bin/mixerctl/mixerctl.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: mixerctl.1,v 1.18 2003/06/10 09:12:11 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: mixerctl.1,v 1.19 2003/11/21 10:20:06 jmc Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: mixerctl.1,v 1.8 1998/05/09 12:41:16 augustss Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1997 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
@@ -42,21 +42,21 @@
.Nd control audio mixing
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm mixerctl
+.Op Fl nv
.Op Fl f Ar file
-.Op Fl n
-.Op Fl v
.Fl a
.Nm mixerctl
+.Op Fl nv
.Op Fl f Ar file
-.Op Fl n
-.Op Fl v
.Ar name Op Ar ...
.Nm mixerctl
-.Op Fl f Ar file
-.Op Fl n
.Op Fl q
+.Pf \ \& Op Fl f Ar file
.Fl w
-.Ar name=value Op Ar ...
+.Xo
+.Ar name Ns = Ns Ar value
+.Op Ar ...
+.Xc
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
@@ -71,11 +71,9 @@ operates on the
device.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
-.Bl -tag -width Ds
+.Bl -tag -width "-f file"
.It Fl a
Print all device variables and their current values.
-.It Fl w Ar name=value
-Attempt to set the specified variable.
.It Fl f Ar file
Specify an alternative audio mixing device.
.It Fl n
@@ -88,6 +86,8 @@ Enumerated values are shown in
.Dq []
and set values are shown in
.Dq {} .
+.It Fl w Ar name Ns = Ns Ar value
+Attempt to set the specified variable
.Ar name
to
.Ar value .
@@ -104,22 +104,24 @@ The exact set of controls that can be manipulated depends on
the mixer.
The general format (in both getting and setting a value) is
.Pp
-.Va class.name = value
+.D1 class.name=value
.Pp
The
-.Va class
+.Ar class
can have values like
.Li inputs
or
.Li outputs
-indicating that the control affects the input resp. output to the
-mixer.
+indicating that the control affects the input or output, respectively,
+to the mixer.
The
-.Va name
+.Ar name
indicates what part of the mixer the control affects.
Continuous mixer values, e.g., volume, have numeric values
in the range 0-255.
-If value can be set for each channel independently
+If
+.Ar value
+can be set for each channel independently,
the values are printed separated by commas.
Discrete mixer values, e.g.,
the recording source, have symbolic names.
@@ -141,7 +143,7 @@ The command
.Dl "$ mixerctl -a -v"
.Pp
can produce
-.Bd -literal
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
inputs.mic=0,0 volume
inputs.mic.mute=off [ off on ]
inputs.cd=220,220 volume