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+.\" Hey, EMACS: -*- nroff -*-
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+.\" other parameters are allowed: see man(7), man(1)
+.TH LSMI-KEYHACK 1 "May 15, 2012"
+.\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage.
+.\"
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+.SH NAME
+
+lsmi-keyhack \- Linux Pseudo MIDI Input -- Keyboard Hack
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B lsmi-keyhack
+.RI [ options ] " files" ...
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+
+This driver is for a hacked AT / PS/2 keyboard functioning as a MIDI
+controller.
+
+It is somewhat specific to the author's own hardware, but, since it relies a learning
+capability rather than a fixed keymap, it should be equally useful for
+others wishing to build their own fake MIDI keyboard. Of course, such a
+keyboard will not be velocity sensitive, but this project is a good way to
+salvage both an old QWERTY keyboard and a manual from a decrepit analog
+organ or cheap PCM noise-maker.
+
+The driver supports up to 88 musical keys, three footswitches, and several
+additional buttons for control and data entry. It has the rather unfortunate
+side-effect of rendering the console useless, unless, of course you have
+another (USB) keyboard to type on.
+
+.SH USAGE
+
+Distribution specific init scripts are not included. The drivers may be
+started from init, your .bashrc, by qjackctl, etc. In order to be run by a
+non-root user the drivers must have access to the device files in /dev/input.
+This may be accomplished by adding a group 'input', adding desired users to
+this group, and configuring udev to assign the appropriate ownership to files
+in /dev/input. It should be perfectly safe to run the drivers as root,
+however.
+
+For realtime scheduling (the \-R option), either use set_rlimits, or set the
+appropriate POSIX capabilities on the executable:
+.P
+/sbin/setcap cap_ipc_lock,cap_sys_nice=ep /usr/bin/lsmi-joystick
+.P
+The lsmi.SlackBuild script already includes RT scheduling support.
+
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+.B \-h, \-\-help
+Show summary of options.
+.TP
+.B \-d, \-\-device specialfile
+Event device to use (instead of event0).
+.TP
+.B \-R, \-\-realtime rtprio
+Use realtime priority 'rtprio' (requires privs).
+.TP
+.B \-v, \-\-verbose
+Be verbose (show note events).
+.TP
+.B \-c, \-\-channel n
+Initial MIDI channel.
+.TP
+.B \-p, \-\-port client:port
+Connect to ALSA Sequencer client on startup.
+.TP
+.B \-k, \-\-keydata file
+Name file to read/write key mappings (instead of ~/.keydb).
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR lsmi-joystick (1),
+.BR lsmi-monterey (1),
+.BR lsmi-mouse (1).
+.br
+.SH AUTHOR
+lsmi was written by Jonathan Moore Liles.
+.PP
+This manual page was written by Ariel Errera <ariel@musix.org.ar>,
+for the Debian project (but may be used by others). It was then modified
+by B. Watson for the SlackBuilds.org project.