[LAU] like "qjackctl", but trimmed of all fat

[alexander]

On 05/26/2010 02:23 PM, Aaron Krister Johnson wrote:
> Hi linux-audio peoples,
>
> I want to announce my new and fun and useful python script -- I call 
> it 'jackctl' -- it basically is a frontend to the jack tools 
> 'jack_lsp' and 'jack_connect'. It's like 'qjackctl' , but since it's 
> command line, no 'q' !!!
>
> get it here:
> http://www.akjmusic.com/software/jackctl20100526.py
>
> Why would I embark on writing such a script? Who would want to use this?
>
> You'll want to try this if one or any of the the following apply:
>
> 1) You don't want to have to install the entire QT toolkit for a 
> single program.
> 2) If you like the command line, use a console, but still use jack 
> often enough
> 3) You've used jack and 'jack_connect' through the command line 
> before, but hated having to type the full name of the jack ports.
> 4) You've noticed that 'qjackctl' introduces CPU overhead and xruns 
> you don't have when you use command-line jack, i.e. you are obsessed 
> with the lowest possible latency
> 5) You want a fast, simple interface to connect jack ports that is 
> even faster than a GUI---no need to point the mouse, just type two 
> numbers and go!
>
> It's very simple. All you need is Python (and who doesn't have that on 
> their machine). You put the script in your PATH, or link it/rename it, 
> making sure it's exectuable. When you run it, you'll see a list of 
> current numbered jack ports, and you can connect them by typing two 
> numbers separated by a space. You can disconnect them by typing 'd' 
> then the two numbers separated by a space. No hassles, and a nice 
> feature is that it will protect you from making ear-blasting feedback 
> connections. It's even quicker than qjackctl, b/c it takes more time 
> to point your mouse at the ports in the GUI and then click 'connect' 
> than it does to type two single-digit numbers and then hit return, yes?
>
> Let me know how you like it...I'm interested in reasonable feature 
> requests. One potential TODO would be to make this script have a 
> user-friendly way to start the jack daemon, but for now, I do that 
> manually....
>
> Enjoy, comments welcome!
>
Quite cool, seems simple enough. However, my usb keyboard doesn't show 
up, or anything else that normally shows up under the "alsa" tab in qjackctl