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Luke Bonham edited this page Jan 17, 2016 · 58 revisions

<- widgets

Shows and controls ALSA volume with a textbox.

volumewidget = lain.widgets.alsa()

input table

Variable Meaning Type Default
timeout Refresh timeout seconds int 5
cmd Alsa mixer command string "amixer"
channel Mixer channel string "Master"
settings User settings function empty function

cmd is useful if you need to pass additional arguments to amixer. For instance, users with multiple sound cards may define cmd = "amixer -c X" in order to set amixer with card X.

settings can use the following variables:

Variable Meaning Type Values
volume_now.level Volume level int 0-100
volume_now.status Device status string "on", "off"

output table

Variable Meaning Type
widget The widget wibox.widget.textbox
channel Alsa channel string
update Update widget function

You can control the widget with key bindings like these:

    -- ALSA volume control
    awful.key({ altkey }, "Up",
        function ()
            os.execute(string.format("amixer set %s 1%%+", volumewidget.channel))
            volumewidget.update()
        end),
    awful.key({ altkey }, "Down",
        function ()
            os.execute(string.format("amixer set %s 1%%-", volumewidget.channel))
            volumewidget.update()
        end),
    awful.key({ altkey }, "m",
        function ()
            os.execute(string.format("amixer set %s toggle", volumewidget.channel))
            volumewidget.update()
        end),
    awful.key({ altkey, "Control" }, "m",
        function ()
            os.execute(string.format("amixer set %s 100%%", volumewidget.channel))
            volumewidget.update()
        end),

where altkey = "Mod1".

Problems unmuting PCM? Check here.

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