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diff --git a/man/1/mux b/man/1/mux new file mode 100644 index 00000000..4fc8c85f --- /dev/null +++ b/man/1/mux @@ -0,0 +1,149 @@ +.TH MUX 1 +.SH NAME +mux \- interactive television demo +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B mux/mux +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Mux +is a standalone application environment run from the Inferno console +in +.IR emu (1) +or started +automatically by +.IR init (8) +in a native environment. +It directly uses the +.IR draw (3) +device and either keyboard or Infrared, +and cannot be run under +.IR wm (1). +It is included in this release only as an example of the use of the Prefab graphics +module described by +.IR prefab-intro (2). +The simpler style of graphics and interaction provided by Prefab and +demonstrated by +.I mux +might be more appropriate than Tk +on devices that use infrared remote control +for interaction, such as televisions, +or devices with limited screen space, such as pocket devices or portable telephones. +.SS Configuration +.I Mux +produces a menu derived from the configuration file +.BR /services/basic . +Each line in the file has three fields, separated by +.BR : , +of the following form: +.IP +.IB icon : app : label +.PP +The +.I icon +is the name of a bitmap file to displayed in the menu alongside the textual +.I label +(which is the rest of the line). +When the item is selected, as described below, +.I mux +runs the Dis file +.IP +.BI /dis/mux/ app .dis +.SS Applications +The following applications are available: +.TF audioctl +.TP +.B fnn +Financial reports: +a scrolling `ticker tape' along the bottom of the screen. +.TP +.B movie +Movies: select a film from a menu of categories +.TP +.B news +Today's Newspaper: on-screen newspapers +.TP +.B tv +Television +.TP +.B tvlist +TV Timetable +.TP +.B pizza +Order Pizza +.TP +.B email +Internet mail +.TP +.B web +Internet Web Browser: simplistic web browser +.TP +.B register +Register with a service provider +.TP +.B ovid +Presentations +.TP +.B audioctl +Audio Control +.PD +.PP +.SS Interaction +.I Mux +can be controlled using an infrared device, but for demonstration purposes +under +.IR emu (1) +the infrared is emulated using the keyboard (see +.IR ir (2)). +The following are the common controls: +.TF newline +.TP +.B r +channel up +.TP +.B c +channel down +.TP +.B t +volume up +.TP +.B v +volume down +.TP +.B i +cursor up +.TP +.B m +cursor down +.TP +.B j +cursor left; rewind +.TP +.B k +cursor right; fast forward +.TP +.B x +return to main menu leaving application running; recall +.TP +.B newline +select item +.TP +.B space +exit and return to the previous screen or menu +.SH FILES +.B /services/basic +.br +.B /icons/*.bit +.SH SOURCE +.B /appl/mux +.SH SEE ALSO +.IR wm (1), +.IR ir (2), +.IR prefab-intro (2), +.IR virgil (2), +.IR manufacture (8), +.IR register (8), +.IR signer (8), +.IR virgild (8) +.SH BUGS +The video demonstrations currently work only on native machines with specific hardware. +.br +For copyright reasons, some databases are not distributed, or have randomly-generated content. |