Fix many occurrences of unescaped “-”. Fix minor English issue.
Signed-off-by: Jordi Mallach jordi@debian.org --- alsaloop/alsaloop.1 | 54 +++++++++++++++++++++---------------------- amidi/amidi.1 | 4 ++-- amixer/amixer.1 | 10 ++++---- aplay/aplay.1 | 28 +++++++++++----------- speaker-test/speaker-test.1 | 30 ++++++++++++------------ 5 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 63 deletions(-)
diff --git a/alsaloop/alsaloop.1 b/alsaloop/alsaloop.1 index 048d1e0..33fa4d1 100644 --- a/alsaloop/alsaloop.1 +++ b/alsaloop/alsaloop.1 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ .TH ALSALOOP 1 "5 Aug 2010" .SH NAME -alsaloop - command-line PCM loopback +alsaloop - command-line PCM loopback .SH SYNOPSIS \fBalsaloop\fP [\fI-option\fP] [\fIcmd\fP] .SH DESCRIPTION @@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ Use given configuration file. The syntax of this file is simple: one line contains the command line options for one job. The '#' means comment and rest of line is ignored. Example:
- # First line - comment, second line - first job - -C hw:1,0 -P hw:0,0 -t 50000 -T 1 - # Third line - comment, fourth line - second job - -C hw:1,1 -P hw:0,1 -t 40000 -T 2 + # First line - comment, second line - first job + -C hw:1,0 -P hw:0,0 -t 50000 -T 1 + # Third line - comment, fourth line - second job + -C hw:1,1 -P hw:0,1 -t 40000 -T 2
.TP \fI-d\fP | \fI--daemonize\fP @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Requested latency in usec (1/1000000sec). .TP \fI-f <format>\fP | \fI--format=<format>\fP
-Format specification (usually S16_LE S32_LE). Use -h to list all formats. +Format specification (usually S16_LE S32_LE). Use -h to list all formats. Default format is S16_LE.
.TP @@ -86,19 +86,19 @@ Rate specification. Default value is 48000 (Hz). .TP \fI-n\fP | \fI--resample\fP
-Allow rate resampling using alsa-lib. +Allow rate resampling using alsa-lib.
.TP \fI-A <converter>\fP | \fI--samplerate=<converter>\fP
Use libsamplerate and choose a converter:
- 0 or sincbest - best quality - 1 or sincmedium - medium quality - 2 or sincfastest - lowest quality - 3 or zerohold - hold zero samples - 4 or linear - worst quality - linear resampling - 5 or auto - choose best method + 0 or sincbest - best quality + 1 or sincmedium - medium quality + 2 or sincfastest - lowest quality + 3 or zerohold - hold zero samples + 4 or linear - worst quality - linear resampling + 5 or auto - choose best method
.TP \fI-B <size>\fP | \fI--buffer=<size>\fP @@ -118,30 +118,30 @@ Duration of loop in seconds. .TP \fI-b\fP | \fI--nblock\fP
-Non-block mode (very early process wakeup). Eats more CPU. +Non-block mode (very early process wakeup). Eats more CPU.
.TP \fI-S <mode>\fP | \fI--sync=<mode>\fP
Sync mode specification for capture to playback stream: - 0 or none - do not touch the stream - 1 or simple - add or remove samples to keep + 0 or none - do not touch the stream + 1 or simple - add or remove samples to keep both streams synchronized - 2 or captshift - use driver for the capture device + 2 or captshift - use driver for the capture device (if supported) to compensate the rate shift - 3 or playshift - use driver for the playback device + 3 or playshift - use driver for the playback device (if supported) to compensate the rate shift - 4 or samplerate - use samplerate library to do rate resampling - 5 or auto - automatically selects the best method + 4 or samplerate - use samplerate library to do rate resampling + 5 or auto - automatically selects the best method in this order: captshift, playshift, samplerate, simple
.TP \fI-T <num>\fP | \fI--thread=<num>\fP
-Thread number (-1 means create a unique thread). All jobs with same +Thread number (-1 means create a unique thread). All jobs with same thread numbers are run within one thread.
.TP @@ -155,12 +155,12 @@ Redirect mixer control from the playback card to the capture card. Format of
Known attributes:
- name - control ID name - index - control ID index - device - control ID device - subdevice - control ID subdevice - iface - control ID interface - numid - control ID numid + name - control ID name + index - control ID index + device - control ID device + subdevice - control ID subdevice + iface - control ID interface + numid - control ID numid
.TP \fI-O <ossmixid>\fP | \fI--ossmixer=<midid>\fP diff --git a/amidi/amidi.1 b/amidi/amidi.1 index c58d65c..1b4cfb1 100644 --- a/amidi/amidi.1 +++ b/amidi/amidi.1 @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ amidi - read from and write to ALSA RawMIDI ports
.SH DESCRIPTION .B amidi -is a command-line utility which allows to receive and send +is a command-line utility which allows one to receive and send SysEx (system exclusive) data from/to external MIDI devices. It can also send any other MIDI commands.
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ creates a virtual RawMIDI port and prints all data sent to this port. default rawmidi definitions .br .I /etc/asound.conf -system-wide rawmidi definitions +system-wide rawmidi definitions .br .I ~/.asoundrc user specific rawmidi definitions diff --git a/amixer/amixer.1 b/amixer/amixer.1 index 3ed20a9..76007d2 100644 --- a/amixer/amixer.1 +++ b/amixer/amixer.1 @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ amixer - command-line mixer for ALSA soundcard driver .SH SYNOPSIS \fBamixer\fP [\fI-option\fP] [\fIcmd\fP] .SH DESCRIPTION -\fBamixer\fP allows command-line control of the mixer for the ALSA +\fBamixer\fP allows command-line control of the mixer for the ALSA soundcard driver. \fBamixer\fP supports multiple soundcards.
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Shows a complete list of simple mixer controls with their contents. \fIset\fP or \fIsset\fP <\fISCONTROL\fP> <\fIPARAMETER\fP> ... Sets the simple mixer control contents. The parameter can be the volume either as a percentage from 0% to 100% with \fI%\fP suffix, -a dB gain with \fIdB\fP suffix (like -12.5dB), or an exact hardware value. +a dB gain with \fIdB\fP suffix (like -12.5dB), or an exact hardware value. The dB gain can be used only for the mixer elements with available dB information. When plus(+) or minus(-) letter is appended after @@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ Select the device name to control. The default control name is 'default'. \fI-s\fP | \fI--stdin\fP
Read from stdin and execute the command on each line sequentially. -When this option is given, the command in command-line arguments is ignored. +When this option is given, the command in command-line arguments is ignored.
Only sset and cset are accepted. Other commands are ignored. The commands to unmatched ids are ignored without errors too. @@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ right line input to 40%, unmute it, and select it as a source for capture (recording).\fR
.TP -\fBamixer -c 1 -- sset Master playback -20dB\fR -will set the master volume of the second card to -20dB. If the master +\fBamixer -c 1 -- sset Master playback -20dB\fR +will set the master volume of the second card to -20dB. If the master has multiple channels, all channels are set to the same value.
.TP diff --git a/aplay/aplay.1 b/aplay/aplay.1 index 18464ca..2945dad 100644 --- a/aplay/aplay.1 +++ b/aplay/aplay.1 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ .TH APLAY 1 "1 January 2010" .SH NAME -arecord, aplay - command-line sound recorder and player for ALSA +arecord, aplay - command-line sound recorder and player for ALSA soundcard driver .SH SYNOPSIS \fBarecord\fP [\fIflags\fP] [filename] @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ soundcard driver \fBaplay\fP [\fIflags\fP] [filename [filename]] ...
.SH DESCRIPTION -\fBarecord\fP is a command-line soundfile recorder for the ALSA soundcard +\fBarecord\fP is a command-line soundfile recorder for the ALSA soundcard driver. It supports several file formats and multiple soundcards with multiple devices. If recording with interleaved mode samples the file is automatically split before the 2GB filesize. @@ -81,11 +81,11 @@ The default is zero, so if this option is omitted then the arecord process will Min ticks to sleep. The default is not to sleep. .TP \fI-M, --mmap\fP -Use memory-mapped (mmap) I/O mode for the audio stream. +Use memory-mapped (mmap) I/O mode for the audio stream. If this option is not set, the read/write I/O mode will be used. .TP \fI-N, --nonblock\fP -Open the audio device in non-blocking mode. If the device is busy the program will exit immediately. +Open the audio device in non-blocking mode. If the device is busy the program will exit immediately. If this option is not set the program will block until the audio device is available again. .TP \fI-F, --period-time=#\fP @@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ This option is accumulative. The VU meter is displayed when this is given twice or three times. .TP \fI-V, --vumeter=TYPE\fP -Specifies the VU-meter type, either \fIstereo\fP or \fImono\fP. -The stereo VU-meter is available only for 2-channel stereo samples +Specifies the VU-meter type, either \fIstereo\fP or \fImono\fP. +The stereo VU-meter is available only for 2-channel stereo samples with interleaved format. .TP \fI-I, --separate-channels\fP @@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ Expression for validation is: coef * (buffer_size / 2). Minimum value is 1. .TP \fI--test-nowait\fP -Do not wait for the ring buffer--eats the whole CPU. +Do not wait for the ring buffer (hy eats the whole CPU. .TP \fI--max-file-time\fP While recording, when the output file has been accumulating @@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ aplay writes its process ID here, so other programs can send signals to it. .TP \fI--use-strftime\fP -When recording, interpret %-codes in the file name parameter using +When recording, interpret %-codes in the file name parameter using the strftime facility whenever the output file is opened. The important strftime codes are: %Y is the year, %m month, %d day of the month, %H hour, %M minute and %S second. In addition, %v is @@ -218,11 +218,11 @@ and continue recording. However, SIGUSR1 does not work with .TP \fBaplay -c 1 -t raw -r 22050 -f mu_law foobar\fR will play the raw file "foobar" as a -22050-Hz, mono, 8-bit, Mu-Law .au file. +22050-Hz, mono, 8-bit, Mu-Law .au file.
.TP \fBarecord -d 10 -f cd -t wav -D copy foobar.wav\fP -will record foobar.wav as a 10-second, CD-quality wave file, using the +will record foobar.wav as a 10-second, CD-quality wave file, using the PCM "copy" (which might be defined in the user's .asoundrc file as: .nf pcm.copy { @@ -235,14 +235,14 @@ pcm.copy { .fi
.TP -\fBarecord -t wav --max-file-time 30 mon.wav\fP +\fBarecord -t wav --max-file-time 30 mon.wav\fP Record from the default audio source in monaural, 8,000 samples per second, 8 bits per sample. Start a new file every -30 seconds. File names are mon-nn.wav, where nn increases -from 01. The file after mon-99.wav is mon-100.wav. +30 seconds. File names are mon-nn.wav, where nn increases +from 01. The file after mon-99.wav is mon-100.wav.
.TP -\fBarecord -f cd -t wav --max-file-time 3600 --use-strftime %Y/%m/%d/listen-%H-%M-%v.wav\fP +\fBarecord -f cd -t wav --max-file-time 3600 --use-strftime %Y/%m/%d/listen-%H-%M-%v.wav\fP Record in stereo from the default audio source. Create a new file every hour. The files are placed in directories based on their start dates and have names which include their start times and file numbers. diff --git a/speaker-test/speaker-test.1 b/speaker-test/speaker-test.1 index a1c90bb..26d9882 100644 --- a/speaker-test/speaker-test.1 +++ b/speaker-test/speaker-test.1 @@ -11,26 +11,26 @@ . fi . PP .. -.TH SPEAKER-TEST 1 "April 2nd, 2011" speaker-test +.TH SPEAKER-TEST 1 "April 2nd, 2011" speaker-test .SH NAME -speaker-test - command-line speaker test tone generator for ALSA +speaker-test - command-line speaker test tone generator for ALSA .SH SYNOPSIS .B speaker-test [-options]
.SH DESCRIPTION \fBspeaker-test\fP generates a tone that can be used to test the speakers of a computer.
-\fBspeaker-test\fP by default will test the \fIdefault\fP device. If you +\fBspeaker-test\fP by default will test the \fIdefault\fP device. If you want to test another sound device you will have first to get a list of all of the sound cards in your system and the devices associated with those cards. Notice that there might be for example, one device for analog sound, one for digital sound and one for HDMI sound. -To get the list of available cards and devices you can run \fBaplay -L\fR. +To get the list of available cards and devices you can run \fBaplay -L\fR.
.P \fBaplay\fR's output will be similar to this one:
.nf -$ aplay -L +$ aplay -L null Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture) default:CARD=ICH5 @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ surround40:CARD=ICH5,DEV=0 .P Each of the devices is listed in the beginning of the definition so, in the above example, there are four devices listed: null, default, front and surround40. So, if you want to test the last device you can -run \fBspeaker-test -Dsurround40:ICH5 -c 6\fR. The \fB-c\fR option will +run \fBspeaker-test -Dsurround40:ICH5 -c 6\fR. The \fB-c\fR option will indicate that the six audio channels in the device have to be tested.
@@ -141,38 +141,38 @@ required, pass the channel position strings to this option.
Produce stereo sound from one stereo jack: .EX - speaker-test -Dplug:front -c2 + speaker-test -Dplug:front -c2 .EE
Produce 4 speaker sound from two stereo jacks: .EX - speaker-test -Dplug:surround40 -c4 + speaker-test -Dplug:surround40 -c4 .EE
Produce 5.1 speaker sound from three stereo jacks: .EX - speaker-test -Dplug:surround51 -c6 + speaker-test -Dplug:surround51 -c6 .EE
To send a nice low 75Hz tone to the Woofer and then exit without touching any other speakers: .EX - speaker-test -Dplug:surround51 -c6 -s1 -f75 + speaker-test -Dplug:surround51 -c6 -s1 -f75 .EE
-To do a 2-speaker test using the spdif (coax or optical) output: +To do a 2-speaker test using the spdif (coax or optical) output: .EX - speaker-test -Dplug:spdif -c2 + speaker-test -Dplug:spdif -c2 .EE
-Play in the order of front-right and front-left from the front PCM +Play in the order of front-right and front-left from the front PCM .EX - speaker-test -Dplug:front -c2 -mFR,FL + speaker-test -Dplug:front -c2 -mFR,FL .EE
.SH SEE ALSO .BR aplay(1)
.SH AUTHOR -The speaker-test program was written by James Courtier-Dutton. +The speaker-test program was written by James Courtier-Dutton. Pink noise support was added by Nathan Hurst. Further extensions by Takashi Iwai.