Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] some thoughts about Linux audio software documentation
From: jjbenham_AT_chicagoguitar.com
Date: Fri Aug 13 2004 - 02:18:30 EEST
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> From: Dave Phillips [mailto:dlphilp_AT_bright.net]
> Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 01:13 PM
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I always wanted to write documentation for audio projects. The problem is I cannot figure out how to do that. I don't know how to learn a certain aspect of a program without reading through the source code. jcsound is an example. It compiles smoothly. I run it with the orc and sco included. I have been reading through the source for days trying to figure out what is going wrong. I am learning more alot about c programming and the csound api in the process. For me at the moment jcsound will load csound as an alsa seq client. I write to the port using aplaymidi --port 128:0 and I connect the jack client to alsa_playblack blah blah. I just don't get any sound.
I experienced the same kind of thing when I was trying to learn how to apply the ladspa plugins. The only one I was able to get to work with applypluggin was the one you documented in the orielly article Delay_5s. Once I get more experience at c++ I will check it out again. I noticed most ladspa plugins were written in c++. Of course all these plugins work in a host program like snd or ardour etc ...
Is there any other way to learn how to use a program other than just reading through all the code? I could ask the developers to explain it to me but after that the might as well have wrote the docs themselves.
Jeremiah
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