Re: [jazzplusplus-devel] Jazz++ Development Revival

[Pete S. <pst...@ve...>]

PS = Pete Stieber
PS>> I would like to start a Jazz++ development revival.
PS>> I am particularly interested in a Windows version
PS>> of Jazz++ that uses a recent version of wxWidgets.
PS>> I have extensive C++/wxWidgets/Visual Studio/Linux
PS>> development experience.
PS>>
PS>> I have contacted Patrick Earl and he was open to
PS>> the idea.
PS>>
PS>> Are any of the other Jazz++ team members (Kevin
PS>> Cosgrove, Joakim Verona, Dave Fancella, Mark
PS>> Constable, and/or Matt Kelly) still out their
PS>> monitoring this list?
PS>>
PS>> I would love to get their feedback.

KC = Kevin Cosgrove
KC> Here's one!  My coding skills aren't right to get
KC> into the source.  But, I can build, package and
KS> test.  Mostly right now I use Rosegarden for MIDI,
KC> Ardour for recording, and Audacity for editing.
KC> I *really* miss the harmony browser in Jazz++ for
KC> writing.  :-(

I use Audacity on Windows and Linux for recording.  I generate sheet 
music using lilypond on both Linux and Windows.  I would love to use 
Linux exclusively, but my place of work primarily uses Windows and I 
have an M-Audio Delta 1010 that only has Windows and MAC drivers so 
that's why I'm interested in the Windows Jazz++ port.

By day I'm an electrical engineer with the title "Chief Scientist - 
Software".  The company I work for, and have been with for about fifteen 
years, uses wxWidgets to develop GIS and aerospace simulation and 
algorithm software using C++.  When I first started with the company, I 
was one of the only employees with a solid software background, so I had 
to do a lot of the administrative leg work.  I introduced the company to 
C++.  I setup a CVS server in the late 1990's.  I introduced the company 
to wxWidgets during an IRAD effort that required cross-platform 
development.  I generated internal mailing lists using mailman and 
bugtracking/feature requests using bugzilla on Red Hat then Fedora Linux 
boxes.  In 2005 I switched our version control over to Subversion.

My hobby is drumming.  I took private lessons as a kid and a few years 
ago my family made the mistake of buying me a drum kit for Christmas ;-) 
  Since that time I purchased a Roland TD-20 kit.  I have it hooked up 
to my Windows box using an M-Audio UNO device.  I want to use Jazz++ as 
a sequencer to record what I play, then use lilypond's MIDI to lilypond 
utility to generate sheet music.

In a private email I indicated the progress I have made with Jazz++ to 
Patrick Earl...

<Private email to Patrick Earl>
I attempted to generate a Visual Studio .NET 2005 solution and project 
file for Jazz++ using the current stable release of wxWidgets (2.8.7). 
The code currently in CVS uses a lot of wx features that have been 
removed from wxWidgets.

I didn't have an executable so I had no idea of how the program was 
supposed to work.  I found an installable version (jazz++ 3.2i - May 6, 
1999) on the internet.  I installed it, and it looked like an app that 
would be worth working on.  This was an old commercial version and was a 
30-day trial evaluation.

Next, I needed to get a version compiling on windows so I could start 
porting the code.  I really need to see what the dialog boxes and 
windows look like so I could attempt to recreate the functionality 
without studying outdated wx code.

I googled and found an old source tar ball (jazz-src-4.1.3.tar.gz).  It 
had a Visual Studio 5 project file in it.  I dredged up the old 
wxWindows version (1.68E) that it was compiled with and converted the 
tar ball provided Jazz++ project to Visual Studio 6 (I still have that 
old compiler loaded) and built the old wxWindows distribution using VC6. 
  It took a while because I had to fix some wx code and get compiler 
setting to match between the projects, but I'm happy to say I have 
version 4.1.3 built using VC6.

I removed the commercial binary from my machine and am looking at the 
VC6 - Jazz++ 4.1.3 - wx 1.68E code to start the port to current 
wxWidgets code.

Do you think it would be a good idea to commit a branch of the old code 
I'm looking at for reference?

We could also generate a zip file for the old wxWindows code it compiles 
with under Visual Studio 6 and put it up on SourceForge for archival 
purposes.
</Private email to Patrick Earl>

I'm looking to get CVS commit access so I can help with development. 
I've written Patrick with respect to this and am waiting for a reply.

Pete