Drumstick Metronome User's Manual

Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas plcl@users.sourceforge.net

2009-2014 Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas
2009-06-27
Drumstick Metronome
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kmetronome MIDI metronome using ALSA sequencer and &Qt; user interface
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## Description

Drumstick Metronome is a MIDI metronome with &Qt; interface based on the ALSA sequencer. It is a tool for musicians and music students to keep the rhythm while playing musical instruments. It uses MIDI for sound generation instead of digital audio, allowing low CPU usage, and very accurate timing thanks to the ALSA sequencer.

## Options

`--display` displayname

  Use the X-server display displayname.

`--session` sessionId

  Restore the application for the given sessionId.

`--cmap`

  Causes the application to install a private color map on an 8-bit display.

`--ncols` count

  Limits the number of colors allocated in the color cube on an 8-bit display, if the application is using the QApplication::ManyColor color specification.

`--nograb`

  Tells &Qt; to never grab the mouse or the keyboard.

`--dograb`

  Running under a debugger can cause an implicit `--nograb`, use `--dograb` to override.

`--sync`

  Switches to synchronous mode for debugging.

`--fn`,`--font` fontname

  Defines the application font.

`--bg`,`--background` color

  Sets the default background color and an application palette (light and dark shades are calculated).

`--fg`,`--foreground` color

  Sets the default foreground color

`--btn`,`--button` color

  Sets the default button color.

`--name` name

  Sets the application name.

`--title` title

  Sets the application title (caption).

`--visual` TrueColor

  Forces the application to use a TrueColor visual on an 8-bit display.

`--inputstyle` inputstyle

  Sets XIM (X Input Method) input style. Possible values are onthespot, overthespot, offthespot and root.

`--im` XIM server

  Set XIM server.

`--noxim`

  Disable XIM

`--reverse`

  mirrors the whole layout of widgets

`--stylesheet` file.qss

  applies the &Qt; stylesheet to the application widgets

## License

This manual page was written by Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas plcl@users.sourceforge.net Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; considering as source code all the file that enable the production of this manpage.