[squeak-dev] Writing a MIDI file?

Hannes Hirzel hannes.hirzel at gmail.com
Tue May 4 11:56:12 UTC 2010


On 5/4/10, Squeak List <squeaklist at yahoo.com> wrote:
> actually,
>
> the class comment for MIDIFileWriter actually works - not very extensive,
> but is nearly infinitely more useful/interesting than NO comment :) an
> example of helpful documentation,
+1

and cheers indeed for code created around
> 10 ago...AND still working in 4.1 update:10112 !!!
>
> thank you Lushi (AKA Yisrael Lowenstein).
>
> my original MIDI interest was to be able to convert "scores" with the
> same/similar format found in the AbstractSound bachFugue examples: to create
> a MIDI file from scratch - not exactly like the MIDIFileWriter example...
>
> Stéphane pointed out a way to do that in his Mu0 environment... and i am
> working on my own version fine-tuned to what i want to do in the way that
> makes most sense to me in the environment which i am creating :)
>
> i also agree that it (Class MIDIFileWriter) should be in the base image, if
> possible.
+1
or than easily accessible as something like SoundAddons on
Squeaksource together with a reference in the 'Extending the System'
workspace.

> ken
>
>
> PS: this brief sort of documentation is very helpful to me.
>
> a great example imo is the class comment for: KeyboardMorphForInput.
>
> KeyboardMorphForInput commentStamp:'nice 3/24/2010 07:37' prior:0...
>
> i do not know who goes by the initials of  'nice' - but whoever it is did a
> rather decent job. actually extremely well done imo...
> and hopefully "someone" could tell me how to search the image for
> commentStamps created by 'nice'... that would be....
>
Nice = Nicolas Cellier

--Hannes



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