MusE - The Linux (Midi) Music Editor

3. Invoking MusE

3.1 Invoking MusE

MusE is invoked from the command line by typing in:

	muse

Optionally, you can use command line options of the form:

	muse <options> <midifile>

<options> : see section 3.2 below for details on options. <midifile> can be either a standard MIDI file or a MusE file (*.med, *.med.gz or *.med.bz2).

3.2 Command Line Options

MusE 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 MusE

~/.MusE MusE Configuration File ("~" refers to your home directory)
.musePrj Hidden Project File; stores list of last projects
*.med MusE song file; internal MusE format
*.mid midi file; can be imported
*.kar karaoke: 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.

`~/.MusE`	MusE Configuration File ("~" refers to your home directory)
`.musePrj`	Hidden Project File; stores list of last projects
`*.med`	MusE song file; internal MusE format
`*.mid`	midi file; can be imported
`*.kar`	karaoke: midi file with additional information; some types can be imported