My Linux Stuff

Rob Malda
slashdot.org

I like coding various stuff, and I've whipped up a few nice little applications mostly for use with Afterstep's Wharf.

asmixer The Afterstep Mixer

It provides 3 seperate control function for Speaker Volume, CD Volume, and PCM Volume. It is now finally available for Download [ http://slashdot.org:80/linux/dl/asmixer-0.5.tar.gz ] so you can all stop swamping me with e-mail about it.

Jun 16 : v0.5 WindowMaker Support! Use -w!
May 17 : v0.4.1 add the '-v' command to set the master volume at run time. Anyone wanna extend it and add a .asmixerrc file?
Feb 14 : v0.4 has some new XPMs, supports dragging of the levers, and should work under 2.1.x kernels.
v0.3 cleans up the debugging output and transparentizes the XPM

ascd The Afterstep CD Player

This is a fully functional CD Player that swallows nicely. You can play, stop, pause, increment and decrement tracks and eject the disc. It even features the current track in an LED (stolen from ASClock) and the current time of the track. All in a 48x48 Icon. Eek.

RH5 Users! ascd won't compile unless you add
#include <linux/types.h>
to plat_linux.c

Sep 6: v0.7 I'm glad to welcome Denis Bourez [ dbourez@dial.oleane.com ] aboard as co-maintainer of ASCD. This is due to the serious overhaul he gave ascd for v0.7. It is greatly cleaned up, and should now compile on most Unices. In addition, a nifty status bar was added to show percent of track. Very cool- email him your thanks.

June 16: v0.6 rewrote WindowMaker support.

May 17 : v0.5 makes ascd's controls act a bit more like a standard CD player, and should now work under Window Maker.

v0.4 adds a blinky LED when paused and correctly halts the CD when it reaches the end.

v0.3 fixes the data CD crash and automatically picks up the track position when you start it.

asmodem The Afterstep Modem Monitor

This little guy is a massive hack of ASMail so that it tracks your modem (Duh!) instead of your mail box. You can have it automatically redial if you drop carrier, or dial it click on it and stuff.

July 19 : v0.6 The 3 lights now function as TR/TX/CD lights while on a PPP connection thanks to Rod May [ stoke@labyrinth.net.au ]
June 16 : v0.5 Window Maker Support (-w)
May 17 : v0.4 Changed to newer, better looking icons. Yippee.

ascdc The Afterstep CD Changer

The 4th Icon is ascdc [ http://slashdot.org:80/linux/dl/ascdc-0.3.tar.gz ]. This is the ideal applet for anyone with an IDE CD Changer. You can use it to change the current active drive. It should work with any IDE Changer that will work with linux.

June 16 : v0.3 You guessed it... WindowMaker Dock support.

Cooltitlebars 3 Could Afterstep Look Even Better?

This is just a diff against Afterstep v1.0 which fixes a few bugs and adds a few features. This includes

New XPMs can span the whole root menu
New These new xpms can be shaped!
New You can use XPMs as arrows
Fix the left corner bug on window handles
Fixes the active/inactive color bug on handles
Adds the ability to place shaped XPMs into the title icons
Allows a 'Up' and 'Down' icon for title icons.
Put XPMs in the background of the root menu
Makes titlebar text look beveled.
Download cool3.diff [ http://slashdot.org:80/linux/dl/cool3.diff ] and it's README [ http://slashdot.org:80/linux/dl/cool3.README ].