From 34cc847ff5e4ed75b5f31f00e609c5eebd06474c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dmitriy <pereguda.da@medsigroup.ru>
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2023 17:59:46 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add information about functional keycodes to readme of
 volume widget

---
 volume-widget/README.md | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/volume-widget/README.md b/volume-widget/README.md
index a1df845..82d88e7 100644
--- a/volume-widget/README.md
+++ b/volume-widget/README.md
@@ -56,6 +56,15 @@ awful.key({ modkey }, "[", function() volume_widget:dec(5) end),
 awful.key({ modkey }, "\\", function() volume_widget:toggle() end),
 ```
 
+You also can use Functional keycodes instead of symbols, e.g. `XF86AudioRaiseVolume` instead of `"]"`.
+
+```lua
+awful.key({}, "XF86AudioRaiseVolume", function() volume_widget.inc() end),
+awful.key({}, "XF86AudioLowerVolume", function() volume_widget.dec() end),
+awful.key({}, "XF86AudioMute", function() volume_widget.toggle() end),
+```
+If you don't know the name of the key, you can use `xev` to find it out.
+
 ## Customization
 
 It is possible to customize the widget by providing a table with all or some of the following config parameters:

From bae3f4f806911cf3b43a964275d7fdae9af7e7ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dmitriy <pereguda.da@medsigroup.ru>
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2023 10:49:46 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] add information about amixer and playerctl to readme of
 volume widget

---
 volume-widget/README.md | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/volume-widget/README.md b/volume-widget/README.md
index 82d88e7..7a5c94d 100644
--- a/volume-widget/README.md
+++ b/volume-widget/README.md
@@ -64,6 +64,23 @@ awful.key({}, "XF86AudioLowerVolume", function() volume_widget.dec() end),
 awful.key({}, "XF86AudioMute", function() volume_widget.toggle() end),
 ```
 If you don't know the name of the key, you can use `xev` to find it out.
+Or you can use `amixer` and `playerctl` to control the volume and media players.
+
+```lua
+awful.key({}, "XF86AudioLowerVolume", function ()
+    awful.util.spawn("amixer -q -D pulse sset Master 5%-", false) end),
+awful.key({}, "XF86AudioRaiseVolume", function ()
+    awful.util.spawn("amixer -q -D pulse sset Master 5%+", false) end),
+awful.key({}, "XF86AudioMute", function ()
+    awful.util.spawn("amixer -D pulse set Master 1+ toggle", false) end),
+-- Media Keys
+awful.key({}, "XF86AudioPlay", function()
+    awful.util.spawn("playerctl play-pause", false) end),
+awful.key({}, "XF86AudioNext", function()
+    awful.util.spawn("playerctl next", false) end),
+awful.key({}, "XF86AudioPrev", function()
+    awful.util.spawn("playerctl previous", false) end),
+```
 
 ## Customization