xcd(1X)xcd(1X)NAMExcd - Motif based CD player control panel
SYNOPSISxcd [-options]
OPTIONS
Specifies the raw device name of the CD hardware. If this option is
not specified xcd uses the device name specified by your CDROM environ‐
ment variable. Print the current xcd version number Specifies the
color of the window's border (color displays only). The default is
specified by means of the Session Manager's Customize Window dialog
box. Specifies the color of the window's background (color displays
only). The default is specified by means of the Session Manager's Cus‐
tomize Window dialog box. Specifies the display screen on which xcd
displays its window. If the display option is not specified, xcd uses
the display screen specified by your DISPLAY environment variable. The
display option has the format hostname:number. Using two colons (::)
instead of one (:) indicates that DECnet is to be used for transport.
The default is :0. For more information, see X(1X). This option is
the same as the -d option. Specifies the color of the text (color dis‐
plays only). The default is specified by means of the Session Manager's
Customize Window dialog box. Specifies the font for all of the xcd
menus. This option is overridden by the file.
DESCRIPTION
The xcd command displays a graphical representation of a compact disk
player's control panel using X-based Motif windows. The display
includes a main key pad with keys for PLAY, STOP, PAUSE, EJECT, NEXT
TRACK, PREVIOUS TRACK, DISK ACCESS LOCK, REPEAT MODES, SHUFFLE MODE,
and QUIT. A status window displays track and time information. A set
of selection buttons, one for each track of an inserted CD, allow you
to directly select a track to be played. The selection buttons double
as a display of the play sequence with track now playing highlighted.
A volume slider adjusts output volume across a scale of 0-100. The
volume control on the CD drive itself should be set to full.
To use this program you need a workstation with a Compact Disk drive.
The xcd program is not supported.
Most of the buttons on the control panel are self-explanatory. One,
however, may not be obvious. The padlock button may be used to disable
the eject button on the front of the CD drive. This can be used to
discourage someone from ripping off your CD.
You can customize some aspects of xcd's appearance by specifying xcd
resources in your ~/.Xdefaults file. Use the Xcd file as a template.
This file is found in the /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/ directory.
xcd will attempt to find the cd player on your machine. If you have
multiple CD-ROM players on your machine, it will use the first one
found. The method it uses is to start scanning the bus using CAM from
low to high, so the lowest numbered CD-ROM on the lowest numbered bus
will be the selected device. To override this selection, set the envi‐
ronment variable CDROM or the -cd option which will override this mech‐
anism. For the automatic location of the CD device to work you must
have read permission on the /dev/cam device. As superuser you should:
# chmod 644 /dev/cam
You will need to have the permissions of your CD-ROM device changed to
allow proper operation. In our example we will use /dev/rrz4c. As
superuser you should: # chmod 666 /dev/rdisk/dsk4c
You can tell xcd where the CD-ROM drive is. You can do this by either
setting the environment variable CDROM to the device, or by starting
xcd with the -cd option. For example:
# using the environment variable (csh) % setenv CDROM
/dev/rdisk/dsk4c % xcd
# using the '-cd' option % xcd-cd /dev/rdisk/dsk4c
Or you can let xcd figure out where the CD-ROM is.
FILES
~/.Xdefaults
/usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/Xcd
/usr/lib/X11/uid/xcd.uid
SEE ALSOX(1X)xcd(1X)
