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+% dtas-env(7) dtas user manual
+%
+
+# NAME
+
+dtas-env - environment variables used through DTAS
+
+# DESCRIPTION
+
+As dtas uses Bourne shell and exposes it to users, dtas should have
+a cohesive set of common environment variables across its audio
+production and playback environments.  This attempts to document
+them.  Most of these environments are set and managed by dtas
+itself, but users editing commands (e.g. via dtas-sourcedit(1)
+should be aware of them.
+
+# ENVIRONMENT
+
+ECAFMT - an snippet of command-line switches for ecasound describing
+audio format parameters (such as word length, channels, sample rate),
+see dtas-player_protocol(7) for more info. (e.g. "-fs32_le,2,44100")
+
+INFILE - the primary input file for playback or processing.
+(e.g. "/path/to/ex.flac")
+
+RGFX - the sox effect used for applying ReplayGain compensation.
+Only used during playback in dtas-player.  (e.g. "vol -6.0dB").
+Removing this prevents ReplayGain from working and may damage
+playback equipment with loudly mastered music.
+
+SOXFMT - an snippet of command-line switches for sox describing
+audio format parameters (such as word length, channels, sample rate),
+see dtas-player_protocol(7) for more info. (e.g. "-ts32 -c2 -r44100")
+
+TRIMFX - the sox effect used for seeking during playback with dtas-player
+and track offsets for dtas-splitfx.  (e.g. "trim 36000s")
+
+Additionally, dtas-splitfx(1) documents more environment variables
+which are not used elsewhere.
+
+# ENVIRONMENT FOR OTHER EXECUTABLES
+
+By virtue of running other programs, dtas indirectly uses many
+commonly-accepted environment variables such as EDITOR / VISUAL for
+selecting a text editor, and SOX_OPTS, AUDIODEV, AUDIODRIVER for sox(1)
+and play(1) commands and LADSPA_PATH for anything using LADSPA plugins
+(including sox).  The TMPDIR environment variable controls where
+temporary files are placed for most programs.
+
+# CONTACT
+
+All feedback welcome via plain-text mail to <dtas-all@nongnu.org>\
+Mailing list archives available at <ftp://lists.gnu.org/dtas-all/>
+and <http://80x24.org/dtas-all/>\
+No subscription is necessary to post to the mailing list.
+
+# COPYRIGHT
+
+Copyright 2015, all contributors <dtas-all@nongnu.org>.\
+License: GPLv3 or later <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt>