For program version 2.0
+1. Introduction
+Laborejo (Esperanto: Workshop) is a MIDI sequencer based on classical music notation. +Its main purpose is to compose and produce "traditional" music, such as instrumental pieces, +soundtracks and other music normally played back by samplers.
+Unlike other notation editors Laborejo is not meant primarily to print out sheets of notation but +to create music for your computer: You get all the tools you know from other midi sequencers for +maximum fine control to get exactly the music you want!
+Working in Laborejo is very fast and efficient by using a combination of midi input and typing.
+2. Usage
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3. Installation and Start
+Laborejo is exclusive for Linux. The best way to install is to use your package manager. +If it is not there, or only in an outdated version, please ask your Linux distribution to provide a recent version.
+If available in the package repository, please continue reading directly at "Start laborejo from Non Session Manager". +If not, you can build Laborejo yourself.
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Please check the supplied README.md for dependencies.
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You can download a release or clone the git version
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Download the latest version from https://www.laborejo.org/downloads and extract it.
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+git clone https://laborejo.org/laborejo.git
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Change into the new directory and use these commands:
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+./configure --prefix=/usr++-
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Run
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Press the
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Press the
+Add Client to Sessionbutton, enterlaborejohere, in lower case.
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Add Client again, this time
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Add any compatible programs, e.g. synthesizers.
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See the list of NSM compatible programs: http://non.tuxfamily.org/wiki/ApplicationsSupportingNsm
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And the NSM manual: http://non.tuxfamily.org/nsm/
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Please read README.md for other ways of starting laborejo, which are impractical for actual use but can +be helpful for testing and development.
+4. Help and Development
+You can help Laborejo in several ways: Testing and reporting errors, translating, marketing, support, programming and more.
+4.1. Testing and Reporting Errors
+If you find a bug in the program (or it runs too slow) please contact us in a way that suits you best. +We are thankful for any help.
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Website: https://www.laborejo.org
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E-Mail: info@laborejo.org
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IRC: #laborejo on server irc.freenode.org
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If you see the opportunity and know that a developer will read it also forums, social media etc..
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4.2. Programming
+If you want to do some programming and don’t know where to start please get in contact with us directly. +The short version is: clone the git, change the code, create a git patch or point me to your public git.
+4.3. Translations
+Laborejo is very easy to translate with the help of the Qt-Toolchain, without any need for programming. +The easiest way is to contact the developers and they will setup the new language.
+However, here are the complete instructions for doing a translation completely on your own and integrating it into the program. +The program is split in two parts. A shared "template" between the Laborejo Software Suite and the actual program.
+The process is the same for both parts, but needs to be done in different directories:
+template/qtgui and plain /qtgui, relative to the root directory, where the laborejo executable is.
Everytime you see "template/qtgui" below you can substitute that with just "qtgui" to translate the other part of Laborejo.
+You can add a new language like this:
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Open a terminal and navigate to template/qtgui/resources/translations
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Edit the file
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Append the name of your language in the last line, in the form
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Make sure to leave a space between the individual languages entries.
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The program has now generated a new
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Start Qt Linguist with
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Select your "Target Language" and use the program to create a translation
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Send us the
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You can also incorporate the translation into Laborejo for testing purposes. This requires rudimentary Python knowledge.
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Run the "Release" option in QtLinguists "File" menu. It creates a
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+template/qtgui/resources/resources.qrcand duplicate the line<file>translations/de.qm</file>but change it to your new .qm file.
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To find out your language string (German, Esperanto etc.) open the
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+from PyQt5 import QtCore;QtCore.QLocale().languageToString(QtCore.QLocale().language())
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To test the new translation you can either run the program normally, if your system is set to that language. Alternatively start laborejo via the terminal:
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+LANGUAGE=de_DE.UTF-8 ./laborejo -V --save /dev/null
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