AbsVolume Readme

AbsVolume
is a quick volume changer made for Absolute Slackware
(but can certainly be used elsewhere)
by Paul Sherman 
based upon (actually just a stripped-down version of..)
volumecontrol by Rob Eberts
Licence: GPL2



Install:
	./configure
	make
	make install
	

Build Note:
	if ./configure fails because you 
	have a different version of automake, 
	run ./autogen.sh
	THEN do the usual install


Requirements:
	Gtk (and it's dependencies)
	OSS or ALSA with /dev/mixer compatibility (OSS emulation)
	
	
USAGE:
	Used to make quick volume change. Not permanent. (If you 
	are using Alsa you will not that it does not "alsactl store" 
	the volume setting.) You would want a much more robust mixer 
	to do that (I use "aumix"). That being said, on your next 
	login/reboot the volume setting would return to the 
	pre-AbsVolume setting.
	
	I adapted the volumecontrol program to make use of in the 
	IceWM toolbar running on Absolute Slackware. I put an icon 
	called "volume" in my icewm icons folder and put the following 
	line in the "toolbar" file:
	
	prog "Volume Control" "volume" absvolume
	

AbsVolume Help:

Absvolume:
simple volume control.

Volume changes are NOT saved to system,
so they are temporary to current session/login.

Move slider to adjust volume (PCM)

The button atop the slider (speaker icon)
opens your mixer application

Right-clicking speaker button allows you 
to select a custom mixer application.

Hitting SPACE bar will MUTE and close.
"h" or "F1" displays this help message
"a" dislays an about dialog