On Sat, 2004-03-13 at 04:20, Steve Harris wrote: > On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 08:09:14 -0800, Russell Hanaghan wrote: > > I start the gui based apps from a console so I can run them as root. The > > functions such as the midi port connections in the sequence of opening > > apps is the issue. I'm also green in this area. Have never written any > > scripts before...wouldn't know where to start. > > A shell script is simply a text file starting with #!, and made executable > by setting the x bit (eg. chmod a+x myscript.sh) > > eg. > > #! > ardour mysession > otherprogram /path/to/saved/file In doing this...(I went to work on figuring some of this out and realised a shell script is kinda like a batch file on steroids) If I placed Qjackctl then Another app like AMS in the same script, the interface for Qjack would freeze until I terminated AMS. Is there a function argument or such that separates individual app calls? > > Last time I look though I couldn't find a way to pass a saved file to AMS, > thats was a while ago, and someonme might have fixed it since then. Got this working...use 'ams --jack --preset /home/me/filename'. works no worries! > > LASH (n?e LADCCA) is probably a better longtem solution to this problem > (http://lash-audio-session-handler.org/), but not many apps support it > yet. > > - Steve
