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diff --git a/audio/lsmi/man/lsmi-keyhack.1 b/audio/lsmi/man/lsmi-keyhack.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..17a932c4bb --- /dev/null +++ b/audio/lsmi/man/lsmi-keyhack.1 @@ -0,0 +1,90 @@ +.\" Hey, EMACS: -*- nroff -*- +.\" First parameter, NAME, should be all caps +.\" Second parameter, SECTION, should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection +.\" other parameters are allowed: see man(7), man(1) +.TH LSMI-KEYHACK 1 "May 15, 2012" +.\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage. +.\" +.\" Some roff macros, for reference: +.\" .nh disable hyphenation +.\" .hy enable hyphenation +.\" .ad l left justify +.\" .ad b justify to both left and right margins +.\" .nf disable filling +.\" .fi enable filling +.\" .br insert line break +.\" .sp <n> insert n+1 empty lines +.\" for manpage-specific macros, see man(7) +.SH NAME + +lsmi-keyhack \- Linux Pseudo MIDI Input -- Keyboard Hack +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B lsmi-keyhack +.RI [ options ] " files" ... +.SH DESCRIPTION + +This driver is for a hacked AT / PS/2 keyboard functioning as a MIDI +controller. + +It is somewhat specific to the author's own hardware, but, since it relies a learning +capability rather than a fixed keymap, it should be equally useful for +others wishing to build their own fake MIDI keyboard. Of course, such a +keyboard will not be velocity sensitive, but this project is a good way to +salvage both an old QWERTY keyboard and a manual from a decrepit analog +organ or cheap PCM noise-maker. + +The driver supports up to 88 musical keys, three footswitches, and several +additional buttons for control and data entry. It has the rather unfortunate +side-effect of rendering the console useless, unless, of course you have +another (USB) keyboard to type on. + +.SH USAGE + +Distribution specific init scripts are not included. The drivers may be +started from init, your .bashrc, by qjackctl, etc. In order to be run by a +non-root user the drivers must have access to the device files in /dev/input. +This may be accomplished by adding a group 'input', adding desired users to +this group, and configuring udev to assign the appropriate ownership to files +in /dev/input. It should be perfectly safe to run the drivers as root, +however. + +For realtime scheduling (the \-R option), either use set_rlimits, or set the +appropriate POSIX capabilities on the executable: +.P +/sbin/setcap cap_ipc_lock,cap_sys_nice=ep /usr/bin/lsmi-joystick +.P +The lsmi.SlackBuild script already includes RT scheduling support. + +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +.B \-h, \-\-help +Show summary of options. +.TP +.B \-d, \-\-device specialfile +Event device to use (instead of event0). +.TP +.B \-R, \-\-realtime rtprio +Use realtime priority 'rtprio' (requires privs). +.TP +.B \-v, \-\-verbose +Be verbose (show note events). +.TP +.B \-c, \-\-channel n +Initial MIDI channel. +.TP +.B \-p, \-\-port client:port +Connect to ALSA Sequencer client on startup. +.TP +.B \-k, \-\-keydata file +Name file to read/write key mappings (instead of ~/.keydb). +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR lsmi-joystick (1), +.BR lsmi-monterey (1), +.BR lsmi-mouse (1). +.br +.SH AUTHOR +lsmi was written by Jonathan Moore Liles. +.PP +This manual page was written by Ariel Errera <ariel@musix.org.ar>, +for the Debian project (but may be used by others). It was then modified +by B. Watson for the SlackBuilds.org project. |