[linux-audio-user] suggested Window Manager good for audio?

Erik Steffl steffl at bigfoot.com
Sat Feb 21 10:01:37 EST 2004


LinuxMedia wrote:
>>> ...You can have *any* type of file can do *anything* you want it
>>> to do just by pressing ENTER on the file in mc. I even have played 
>>> multiple audio tracks by pressing ENTER on a ".ecs" file (ecasound 
>>> text file that will play all the tracks, effects, volumes and panning 
>>> listed in the file).
> 
> 
>> That's pretty cool. I should give mc another look, haven't tried it in 
>> years.
> 
> 
> I forget how I configured it, but I suggest you use the configuration 
> that allows for mc to "suspend" (reveals the shell console) until the 
> command is finished (exspecially useful for using ecasound in 
> "interactive mode" so you can use all the command line controls (fast 
> forward, rewind, setposition...). After you quit ecasound (or whatever 
> program) mc will return again (or you will see a message in your 
> console... "press any key to continue")... And you have mc back.

   that's what it always does (you can configure whether you see the 
message after the program ends)

   you can also get the mc panels out of the way by using ctrl-o

	erik



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