From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Lee Revell Subject: alsamixer idea Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 02:46:28 -0400 Sender: alsa-user-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <1092897987.8432.98.camel@krustophenia.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Errors-To: alsa-user-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: alsa-devel Cc: alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org With my soundcard (emu10k1), and a 21" monitor, running in a maximized xterm with a small font, only about half the mixer controls fit on the screen - I have to scroll to the right to see the rest. Worse, the names are truncated to 8 letters! Yet, the screen is mostly empty space. Why not just make the mixer controls horizontal? You would easily be able to fit them all on the screen, with the full names, or at least you could truncate them to something reasonable like 32 characters, and you would still have the same amount of space for the mixer. The only drawback I see is that it might not be cross-cultural, though I don't see why the volume increasing left to right is any less intuitive than bottom to top. At the very least it could have a horizontal mode that could be toggled. Lee ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price on Blank Media 100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x for only $29 -100pk Sonic DVD+R for only $33 Save 50% off Retail on Ink & Toner - Free Shipping and Free Gift. http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Inkjet_Cartridges/9_108_r285