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.\"    Author: Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas <plcl@users.sourceforge.net>
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.\"      Date: 2009-06-27
.\"    Manual: Drumstick Metronome User's Manual
.\"    Source: Drumstick Metronome
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.TH "KMETRONOME" "1" "2009\-06\-27" "Drumstick Metronome" "Drumstick Metronome User's Man"
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.SH "NAME"
kmetronome \- MIDI metronome using ALSA sequencer and Qt5 user interface
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fB\fIkmetronome\fR\fR\ 'u
\fB\fIkmetronome\fR\fR [Standard\ options\&.\&.\&.]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Drumstick Metronome is a MIDI metronome with Qt5 interface based on the ALSA sequencer\&. It is a tool for musicians and music students to keep the rhythm while playing musical instruments\&. It uses MIDI for sound generation instead of digital audio, allowing low CPU usage, and very accurate timing thanks to the ALSA sequencer\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\fB\-\-display\fR \fIdisplayname\fR
.RS 4
Use the X\-server display
\fIdisplayname\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-session\fR \fIsessionId\fR
.RS 4
Restore the application for the given
\fIsessionId\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-cmap\fR
.RS 4
Causes the application to install a private color map on an 8\-bit display\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-ncols\fR \fIcount\fR
.RS 4
Limits the number of colors allocated in the color cube on an 8\-bit display, if the application is using the
QApplication::ManyColor
color specification\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-nograb\fR
.RS 4
Tells Qt5 to never grab the mouse or the keyboard\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-dograb\fR
.RS 4
Running under a debugger can cause an implicit
\fB\-\-nograb\fR, use
\fB\-\-dograb\fR
to override\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-sync\fR
.RS 4
Switches to synchronous mode for debugging\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-fn\fR,\fB\-\-font\fR \fIfontname\fR
.RS 4
Defines the application font\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-bg\fR,\fB\-\-background\fR \fIcolor\fR
.RS 4
Sets the default background color and an application palette (light and dark shades are calculated)\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-fg\fR,\fB\-\-foreground\fR \fIcolor\fR
.RS 4
Sets the default foreground color
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-btn\fR,\fB\-\-button\fR \fIcolor\fR
.RS 4
Sets the default button color\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-name\fR \fIname\fR
.RS 4
Sets the application name\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-title\fR \fItitle\fR
.RS 4
Sets the application title (caption)\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-visual\fR \fITrueColor\fR
.RS 4
Forces the application to use a
\fITrueColor\fR
visual on an 8\-bit display\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-inputstyle\fR \fIinputstyle\fR
.RS 4
Sets XIM (X Input Method) input style\&. Possible values are
\fIonthespot\fR,
\fIoverthespot\fR,
\fIoffthespot\fR
and
\fIroot\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-im\fR \fIXIM server\fR
.RS 4
Set XIM server\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-noxim\fR
.RS 4
Disable XIM
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-reverse\fR
.RS 4
mirrors the whole layout of widgets
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-stylesheet\fR \fIfile\&.qss\fR
.RS 4
applies the Qt5 stylesheet to the application widgets
.RE
.SH "LICENSE"
.PP
This manual page was written by
Pedro Lopez\-Cabanillas<plcl@users\&.sourceforge\&.net>
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the
GNU
General Public License, Version 2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; considering as source code all the file that enable the production of this manpage\&.
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
\fBPedro Lopez\-Cabanillas\fR <\&plcl@users\&.sourceforge\&.net\&>
.RS 4
.RE
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
.br
Copyright \(co 2009-2014 Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas
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