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wmusic(1)

wmusic1

A remote-control dockapp for mpris-compatible media players

Usage

wmusic [options]

Overview

This manual page documents briefly the wmusic command. wmusic is a dockapp that remote-controls MPRIS-compatible media players. Features include VCR-style controls, Time and Playlist display, supa stylee rotating arrow.

Options

These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is included below. For a complete description, see the Info files.

-h, --help

Show summary of options.

-v, --version

Show version of program.

-c, --command <program>

Use <program> as the command to launch the media player. You can start it by a double-click into the status part of wmusic.

-d, --display host:display[.screen]

specifies the X server to contact; see X(1).

-r, --run

Run the media player on startup.

-R, --run-exclusive

Run the media player on startup, exit when it exits.

-V, --volume

Stepping of the wheel volume control (in percent).

-w, --windowed

Run in windowed mode. Use this, if you want to run wmusic in the AfterStep wharf.

-a, --rotate-arrow

Stop the rotating arrow when wmusic is paused.

-l, --time-left

Start wmusic with the display showing time left instead of time elapsed.

History

  • Debian 13 (Trixie) to Debian 12 (Bookworm): the text shown here
  • Debian 4.0 (Etch) to Debian 3.1 (Sarge)
  • Debian 3.0 (Woody)

--run-exclusive since Debian 12 (Bookworm); -R since Debian 3.1 (Sarge).

--hide until Debian 4.0 (Etch); --run-excusive until Debian 4.0 (Etch); --session until Debian 4.0 (Etch); --title until Debian 4.0 (Etch); --volume-slider until Debian 4.0 (Etch); --wmxmms until Debian 4.0 (Etch); -b until Debian 4.0 (Etch); -s until Debian 4.0 (Etch); -t until Debian 4.0 (Etch); -u until Debian 4.0 (Etch); -x until Debian 4.0 (Etch).

Author

wmusic was originally written by Bastien Nocera <[email protected]> and it is now maintained by the Window Maker Team <[email protected]>. This manual page was written by Alain Schroeder <[email protected]>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

From wmusic 2.1.1-1+b1 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.