On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 10:06:50PM +0900, Patrick Shirkey wrote: > [...] > All opinions will be considered so don't hold back ;-] > its good you are doing this Patrick - thanks... some suggestions re the 'soundcard details' pages: in order to counteract the misconception that alsa is complicated perhaps the 'information overload' could be reduced somewhat. Is it only me that considers the 'module options' to be unneeded by most people? Consider linking to a separate page, or put it lower down the page in the modules.conf section. They certainly shouldnt be listed before the Introduction :-) 'quick install': is it true to say that this is irrelevant to 90% of people? As a mandrake and gentoo user, i have no intention of ever going through the described process. Perhaps more of an overview of installation would be beneficial, with as much distro specific info as poss. Consider moving the compiling from tarball instructions to a separate page. re this paragraph: "Native Devices After the main multiplexer is loaded, its code requests top level sound card module. String snd-card-%i is requested for native devices where %i is sound card number from zero to seven. String sound-slot-%i is requested for native devices where %i is slot number for ALSA owner this means sound card number. The options line allows you to set various config options before the module is loaded. String snd_id lets you set the name of the card which is returned in the /proc/asound/cards file..." -the word 'multiplexer' is not self explanatory in this context. Either explain it or drop the word. -i think for proper english grammer it should be "*the* top level...", "is *the* sound card number", "is *the* slot number" -"for ALSA owner this means sound card number" I have no idea what this means:-) -strings should be quoted, preferably using html tags to make them stand out,eg <code>snd-card-%i</code>. dont know if this is useful. I have more comments if needed:-) cheers -- Tim Orford
