On Sat, 2004-03-13 at 04:27, Emiliano Grilli wrote: > venerd?, 12 marzo 2004 alle 20:09:14, Russell Hanaghan ha scritto: > > 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. > > You have just to create a text file with this as the first line: > > #!/bin/bash > > and then put all the commands as if you were write them in the console. thn > save the file and give it the execute permission: > > $ chmod +x myscript.sh > > So you can launch it as "./myscript.sh" > > For automating MIDI connections you should use "aconnect" (man aconnect for > details) which is a text based program. You can use "aconnect -lio" to > find out what are the MIDI port names on your system (after all > the apps you need are started, in the correct order). The patchbay fuctions in Qjackctl worked great for this actually. For both midi and audio. > > > R > > HTH ciao