From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Takashi Iwai Subject: Re: alsamixer idea Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 11:56:39 +0200 Sender: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: References: <1092897987.8432.98.camel@krustophenia.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.14.5 - "Awara-Onsen") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1092897987.8432.98.camel@krustophenia.net> Errors-To: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Lee Revell Cc: alsa-devel , alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org At Thu, 19 Aug 2004 02:46:28 -0400, Lee Revell wrote: > > 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. It sounds nice. The only reason I didn't do this is that the alsamixer code became too dirty for such a big change... :< Another good idea (IIRC James proposed) is to split the volumes/switches between playback and capture and make them switchable. Takashi ------------------------------------------------------- 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