From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:53859) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ioQEu-0004sh-NE for guix-patches@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Jan 2020 06:08:05 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ioQEt-00069e-FQ for guix-patches@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Jan 2020 06:08:04 -0500 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:39218) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ioQEt-00069Y-Cb for guix-patches@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Jan 2020 06:08:03 -0500 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ioQEt-00077p-7N for guix-patches@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Jan 2020 06:08:03 -0500 Subject: [bug#38980] [PATCH] gnu: sdl-mixer: Describe runtime configuration. Resent-Message-ID: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:53793) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ioQEh-0004g8-Jc for guix-patches@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Jan 2020 06:07:52 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ioQEg-00064G-Cs for guix-patches@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Jan 2020 06:07:51 -0500 Received: from araneo.si ([90.157.193.204]:41262) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ioQEf-00062w-Qj for guix-patches@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Jan 2020 06:07:50 -0500 Received: from araneo.si (localhost.lan [127.0.0.1]) by araneo.si (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id da11255d for ; Mon, 6 Jan 2020 11:07:46 +0000 (UTC) From: Timotej Lazar Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2020 12:06:51 +0100 Message-Id: <20200106110651.3375-1-timotej.lazar@araneo.si> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-patches-bounces+kyle=kyleam.com@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-patches" To: 38980@debbugs.gnu.org Cc: Timotej Lazar * gnu/packages/sdl.scm (sdl-mixer)[description]: Add information about runtime MIDI playback options. --- gnu/packages/sdl.scm | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/gnu/packages/sdl.scm b/gnu/packages/sdl.scm index 80725561fb..727a276dc5 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/sdl.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/sdl.scm @@ -281,8 +281,14 @@ WEBP, XCF, XPM, and XV.") (synopsis "SDL multi-channel audio mixer library") (description "SDL_mixer is a multi-channel audio mixer library for SDL. It supports any number of simultaneously playing channels of 16 bit stereo -audio, plus a single channel of music. Supported format include FLAC, MOD, -MIDI, Ogg Vorbis, and MP3.") +audio, plus a single channel of music. Supported formats include FLAC, MOD, +MIDI, Ogg Vorbis, and MP3. + +This package supports two MIDI backends, selectable at runtime. To use the +newer @code{fluidsynth} library, install a soundfont such as @code{fluid-3} +and specify it using the @code{SDL_SOUNDFONTS} environment variable. For the +legacy @code{timidity} backend, install a patch set such as @code{freepats} +and set the path to the configuration file with @code{TIMIDITY_CFG}.") (home-page "https://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_mixer/") (license zlib))) -- 2.24.1