[LAU] Maintaining MIDI Connections

Ok, I have a two part question. First, is there a tool like jack.plumbing to maintain MIDI connections. If there's not, I'd be happy to help in the development of one. I would use QJackCtl's patchbay feature but I need to set up and maintain these connections quickly and would prefer to use a simple text file for connections rules and have a daemon that maintains them. Secondly, what is the difference between the JACK midi and the ALSA midi. So far, I haven't seen many applications that support the JACK MIDI. Can I communicate between ALSA MIDI applications and JACK midi ones? If not, what is the point of adding MIDI capabilities to JACK? Thanks in advance, Miguel -- My Website: http://eckz.zapto.org/eckz/