Re: Project - Emacs mode extensions for LilyPond

[Aaron]

On Fri, 2003-08-01 at 04:18, Francois Pinard wrote:
> [Ferenc Wagner]
> 
> > 2. Lots of people use sly, which has a different input format and is
> > also worth supporting.
> 
> Aaron also mentioned `sly' very recently.  What is `sly'?
> 
> > 1. Instead of ALSA you could target something more general, like Jack
> > for instance.
> 
> I recently noticed Jack (the name) while installing SuSE 8.2, but without
> knowing what it is.  It seemed to me that whenever Jack is needed, Jmax
> seems to be a possible replacement.  I'm giving the `rpm -qi' output for
> both, below.
> 
> 
> Would someone have some experience about these two?  Does Jack run on top
> of ALSA, or OSS, or something else?  What generality are we seeking here?
> Is it theoretical?  I mean, what would be the practical advantages of
> using Jack over ALSA?
> Jack is not instead of Alsa look at planet CCRMA for a good explaination of 
> Jack and 
Alsa.

Aaron