ref: 7c62730484a8cfa0aed8ba80e0e6f9f33511ed75
parent: 5f97fe3e3508a84481376c0e7470a19c7596e5e3
author: Sigrid Solveig Haflínudóttir <sigrid@ftrv.se>
date: Wed Oct 2 18:30:09 EDT 2024
drawterm: mention padsp and wayland backend for audio
--- a/drawterm.md
+++ b/drawterm.md
@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@
## Linux
-For audio to work under Linux without `/dev/dsp`, one can use `sndio`.
-Install it with your favorite package manager, run `sndiod`, modify `Make.unix`:
-change `AUDIO=unix` to `AUDIO=sndio` and add `-lsndio` to `LDADD`. Run `make CONF=unix`.
-Sound should work now.
+Wayland backend (`make CONF=linux`) supports audio playback via
+pipewire out of the box. For other cases one can run `padsp drawterm
+...` to get `/dev/dsp` emulated. Another variant is using `sndio`.
+Install it with your favorite package manager, run `sndiod`, modify
+`Make.unix`: change `AUDIO=unix` to `AUDIO=sndio` and add `-lsndio` to
+`LDADD`. Run `make CONF=unix`. Sound should work now.
Since 9front is supposed to be used with three-button mouse, sometimes X11 (or Wayland)
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