Re: [jazzplusplus-devel] Starting jackd on Mandriva

[D.B. M. <db...@ho...>]

Greetings,

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> Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 10:20:47 -0700

> Subject: Re: [jazzplusplus-devel] Starting jackd on Mandriva
> 
> PS = Pete Stieber
> PS>> Jazz++ is playing MIDI files on my Mandriva 2008.0 box.
> 
> KC = Kevin Cosgrove
> KC> Thanks for pushing on that.  Do you have any recipe
> KC> for that which you might share in brief form so that
> KC> it could make it into the docs?
> 
> I loaded (using the Mandriva installation program) and used the 
> following packages...
> 
> QjackCtl  http://qjackctl.sourceforge.net/
> Qsynth    http://qsynth.sourceforge.net/qsynth-index.html
> 
> I believe Donald had this documented on the web page, but the plan is to 
> put this in the online documents

Yes, this is correct.  Plan is to have all the current documentation
for Jazz++ inside jazz.tex and this -is- the definitive file for generating
both the Jazz++ user manual (in one or another formats) and this 
output forms content of the website as well, via links.. This'll save so much
time later,  because any changes needed to the documentation  in that 
happy future, need only be incorporated in jazz.tex, once, and this action
not only updates the user manual, but the website as well... 

> 
> Is it there already Donald?  I couldn't find it.  Just curious.
> 
Being curious is something I always reward -- it will look like
this (and why)....

There will be a 'QuickStart' section about this.

Quickstart infers list of  'distro-specific' files and packages needed
to be installed to get qsynth & co up and running as easily and
quickly as possible. This'll work for you if you have a good out-of-the
package experience here, but we already know there are linux
distro-centric differences which can make some people's journey
here a little rougher than others.

If QuickStart fails, in the online manual, the text will inform the
reader to look in the user manual Appendix (WIP) for possible
known issues and/or fixes with any particular OS/platform/linux 
distro.  The website will link out to this same Appendix content.
The FAQ section (of the website) will be for the most part, be
links back into this (and other) sections of the online manual.

The idea is to turn the website into it's own little automated
background thang you can turn your back on, and it's content
and structure looks after itself. Then one can get on with the
far more important tasks at hand..(like this ;-)


> Kevin, did you get you build working?
> 
> Hope you are having fun with the kids?
> Pete
> 

Regards,

Donald B 
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