1AUTOOL(1)                   General Commands Manual                  AUTOOL(1)
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NAME

6       autool - audio play/record tool compatible with audiotool
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SYNOPSYS

9       audiotool  [-audio servername] [-volume percent] [-display displayname]
10       [-geom geometry]  filename
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DESCRIPTION

13       The autool program is a replacement for the Sun audiotool program  used
14       to  send  audio  files to Network Audio System servers.  It can be used
15       either by making a symbolic link name audiotool that points  to  autool
16       and  is  before  the OpenWindows version or by changing the OpenWindows
17       deskset bindings database with the binder(1) command.
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OPTIONS

20       The following options may be used with the autool program:
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22       -audio servername
23               This option specifies the Network Audio System server on  which
24               the files should be played.
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26       -volume 0-100
27               This  option  specifies  the volume at which the data should be
28               played as a percentage of the  maximum  possible  volume.   The
29               default is 10 percent.
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31       -display displayname
32               This  option specifies the X Window System on which the control
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36               This option specifies the position  and  size  of  the  control
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CONFIGURING OPENWINDOWS TO USE AUTOOL

40       OpenWindows  users  can configure deskset applications to use autool to
41       play audio files through following steps:
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43       1.      Run the deskset configuration program binder.
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45       2.      Locate the entry in the scrolling list named  audio-file  click
46               on it once with the left mouse button.
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48       3.      From  the  Props  menu, select the Icon... entry with the right
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51       4.      Click on the button marked (+) in the lower right  corner  with
52               the  left  mouse  button.   This will expand the window, adding
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55       5.      On the line marked Application  in  the  panel  on  the  right,
56               change  ``audiotool'' to ``autool'' (you will need to specify a
57               full path name if you have not installed autool in a  directory
58               in your path).  The initial volume (which is a percentage rela‐
59               tive to the recorded level; the default is 10) can be increased
60               by  inserting  the ``-v percent'' option between ``autool'' and
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63       6.      Press the Apply button in the left panel.
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65       7.      Back in the main binder window, press the Save  button  in  the
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68       8.      Restart  any  deskset  applications such as filemgr to have the
69               updated values take effect.
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71       Double clicking in filemgr on file names that  end  in  .snd  will  now
72       cause autool to invoked.
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ENVIRONMENT

75       The following environment variables are used by autool:
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77       AUDIOSERVER
78               This  variable specifies the default audio server to contact if
79               -audio is not specified on the command line.
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81       DISPLAY If AUDIOSERVER is not set, this variable is  examined  to  find
82               the name of the corresponding X Window System display.
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SEE ALSO

85       nas(1)
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88       Copyright 1993, 1994 Network Computing Devices, Inc.
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AUTHOR

91       Dave Lemke, Network Computing Devices, Inc.
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