OOMidi - The Linux (Midi) Music Editor

3. Invoking OOMidi

3.1 Invoking OOMidi

OOMidi is invoked from the command line by typing in:
	oom
Optionally, you can use command line options of the form:
	oom <options> <midifile>
<options> : see section 3.2 below for details on options. <midifile> can be either a standard MIDI file or a OOMidi file (*.oom, *.oom.gz or *.oom.bz2).

3.2 Command Line Options

OOMidi accepts some options as listed below:

   -v  print version
   -d  debug mode: no threads
   -D  debug mode: enable some debug messages
   -m  debug mode: trace midi Input
   -M  debug mode: trace midi Output
   -s  debug mode: trace sync
   -R  enable real time scheduling

3.3 File Types Recognized by OOMidi

~/.OOMidiOOMidi Configuration File ("~" refers to your home directory)
.oomPrjHidden Project File; stores list of last projects
*.oomOOMidi song file; internal OOMidi format
*.oommidi file; can be imported
*.karkaraoke: midi file with additional information; some types can be imported

With adding the additional extensions .gz or .bz2 you can read or write compressed files.