[Jackit-devel] Re: [PlanetCCRMA] qjackctl (was: xmms-jack 0.7)

[Fernando Pablo Lopez-Lezcano]

> >> > BTW, as I have you "online", I have a suggestion (I bet you have
> >> > tons) for qjackctl. Would it be possible to have something you
> >> > could use like this:
> >> >
> >> >    qjackctl ardour
> >> >
> >> > If qjackctl (and jack inside it) is already running just exec
> >> > ardour, if> not start qjackctl and the jack server and _then_
> >> > exec ardour :-)
> [MUNCH]
> OK. This command-line feature is now commited on CVS (qjackctl 0.2.4.2).
> Therefore it will come included on next release, along with the new prompt
> for not terminating the jackd server on qjackctl exit.
> 
> However some tests would be appreciated, if one finds the time and
> patience ;) Almost every jack app gets started alright when invoked as a
> qjackctl command-line argument. However there's one failing
> systematically: hydrogen. Dunno why :(

I just tried 2.4.2.91 and it seems to be working nicely. Magic!! :-)

Even Hydrogen starts up in my case (RH9 + current Planet CCRMA). I have
not done much testing (ardour, synaddsubfx, freqtweak, hydrogen)... Just
when you may think qjackctl could not be even more useful, it is :-)

Thanks....
-- Fernando