[This README exists to satisfy ftp.x.org's .README requirement] INTRODUCTION ------------ WorkMan is a graphical tool for playing audio compact discs on a CD-ROM drive. It has most of the features available on standalone CD players, such as a shuffle mode, programmable playlists, and elapsed/remaining timers. But it also has extra features, foremost of which is the ability to store information about CDs in a database, then automatically extract that information when the CD is inserted later. WorkMan stores the artist's name, the disc title, the names of individual tracks, and even remembers which tracks you don't want to hear! All in an easy-to-use, attractive OPEN LOOK graphical interface. WHAT NOW? --------- Much of WorkMan's documentation, including the installation instructions, is in HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) format, suitable for viewing with your favorite WWW browser. The files are all in the "HTML" subdirectory. If you're using Netscape, for instance, type netscape file:`pwd`/HTML/index.html (those are backquotes, not regular single quotes!) to get to the main menu, or open the index document in a browser that's already running. You shouldn't have to put the docs on an HTTP server; the "file:" URL lets you get at files on the local filesystem. You might have to put "//localhost" before the local path, just after the colon. If you don't have a Web browser handy, text-only copies of the HTML files are in the "DOCS" directory. See "install" and the "notes" file for your specific platform for installation instructions. The manual page (workman.man) contains a brief description of the user interface, though for the most part you should be able to start using the tool right away without reading the docs. The workmandb.man manual page describes the database file format. Steven Grimm koreth@midwinter.com June 4, 1995 WorkMan is currently maintained by Dirk Foersterling milliByte@DeathsDoor.com See DOCS/CONTACT (in the WorkMan package) for contacting details. SPECIAL NOTES ON WORKMAN 1.3a (re-release) ------------------------------------------ The package you have is WorkMan 1.3 hacked for smoother working with several drives under Linux. The changes in the code are enabled with HACK = -DSBPCD-HACK in Makefile.linux. In this distribution, this is the default. If you use one of the following drives, workman sould now work more correctly: - Any drive handled through the sbpcd driver - Any drive handled through the mcdx driver "work more correctly" includes the following: - Autodetection of inserted CDs is working. (The correct data is displayed, not old data from the previous disc. "-C" no longer needed). - disc and track repeat are working at the cost of some unplayed frames. (No 'hanging' on the last second(s) of a track). I decided to make /dev/sbpcd the default device if the hack is enabled. To disable this hack, please comment out the define in Makefile.linux. After that, you have plain vanilla WorkMan 1.3a. For other platforms than Linux, *nothing* has changed in this version compared to WorkMan 1.3a. This version of WorkMan has been released to signal that maintaining WorkMan has been taken over by Dirk Foersterling milliByte@DeathsDoor.com Please see the file CONTACT in the DOCS directory for more information.