> 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
>