Installation and Startup
For Windows there is an install utility (run setup.exe) which
mostly automates the installation process.
For Linux there is a shell script install-jazz in the
distribution. You must be logged in as root when running the installation
script. As a default JAZZ++ will be installed to /usr/local/jazz,
this may be changed by editing install-jazz. Also you
must set the environment variable JAZZ to point the jazz directory by
adding the line:
export JAZZ=/usr/local/home
to your .profile or .bashrc. Please refer to the file
install.txt which contains up-to-date instructions.
On startup JAZZ++ looks for its configuration files
- in the current directory
- in the home directory (where the environment variable HOME points to)
- in the directory where the environment variable JAZZ points to
- in the directory from where JAZZ++ itself was started.
The main configuration file is named jazz.cfg.
This file also contains pointers to other configuration files (*.jzi)
present in the same directory.
Then JAZZ++ searches for a song named jazz.mid in the current directory
and loads it - if found. This song may contain default settings for your
midi equipment.
Command line options (Unix only)
Command line options (Unix only)
Command line options (in any order):
- jazz -h -- Print help text
- jazz -v -- Print help text
- jazz -f filename -- Input midi file
- jazz -trackwin xpos ypos [width height] -- Position/size of main window
- jazz -pianowin xpos ypos [width height] -- Position/size of piano roll window