ref: 95e8f3f47369a9aeda754bcd7eeeabcd06f4a4f5
parent: 34e2ecc25e933c01d2e2a086280b324539a97989
author: robs <robs>
date: Mon Jul 28 03:52:20 EDT 2008
tweak usage text
--- a/src/sox.c
+++ b/src/sox.c
@@ -1002,8 +1002,8 @@
static char const * lines[] = {"SPECIAL FILENAMES:",
"- stdin (infile) or stdout (outfile)",
-"-d use the default audio device (where applicable)",
-"-n use the null file handler; for use with e.g. synth & stat",
+"-d use the default audio device (where available)",
+"-n use the null file handler; e.g. with synth or stat effect",
"",
"GLOBAL OPTIONS (gopts) (can be specified at any point before the first effect):",
"--buffer BYTES set the size of all processing buffers (default 8192)",
@@ -1029,11 +1029,11 @@
" 4-6: increasing levels of debug messages",
"",
"FORMAT OPTIONS (fopts):",
-"Format options only need to be supplied for input files that are headerless,",
-"otherwise they are obtained automatically. Output files will default to the",
-"same format options as the input file unless otherwise specified.",
+"Input file format options need only be supplied for files that are headerless.",
+"Output files will have the same format as the input file where possible and not",
+"overriden by any of various means including providing output format options.",
"",
-"-c, --channels CHANNELS number of channels in audio data",
+"-c, --channels CHANNELS number of channels of audio data; e.g. 2 = stereo",
"-C, --compression FACTOR compression factor for output format",
"--add-comment TEXT Append output file comment",
"--comment TEXT Specify comment text for the output file",
@@ -1048,7 +1048,7 @@
"-s/-u/-U/-A/ sample encoding: signed/unsigned/u-law/A-law",
" -a/-i/-g/-f ADPCM/IMA ADPCM/GSM/floating point",
"-1/-2/-3/-4/-8 sample size in bytes",
-"-v, --volume FACTOR volume input file volume adjustment factor (real number)",
+"-v, --volume FACTOR input file volume adjustment factor (real number)",
""};
display_SoX_version(stdout);