If you start <shortname> directly it will present you with a dialog to choose your session directory.
You can also start <shortname> from a terminal (or create a starter script).
`<shortname> --save DIRECTORY`
Uses the given directory to save. The dir will be created or loaded from if already present. Use
the applications file menu to save (Ctrl+s).
You can use this to load and save the files from an existing NSM session. If you create a new
directory you can copy it manually to an NSM session directory, but that requires renaming the
directory to append the unique ID provided by NSM.
Sending SIGUSR1 to the program in this mode will trigger a save.
Closing through your window manager in this mode will actually quit the application without a
prompt to save changes.
## From source directory
You can run <name> after extracting the release archive or cloning from git, without installation.
### Calfbox
"Calfbox" is the name of our internal realtime midi/audio python module.
* You can either choose to install the module systemwide, which will make running all Laborejo Software Suite programs more convenient (when run from the source dir). Please consult https://github.com/kfoltman/calfbox
* Or you just run `./configure` and `make calfbox` without subsequent install, which creates a `site-packages` directory in the source dir.
* A third option is `<shortname> --mute` which runs without sound at all and does not need calfbox.
### From source directory with NSM
The developer uses this way to develop and use the software, so it will always be as stable as the
compiled version. But it is a bit less performant than building and installing it.
After extracting the release archive create a symlink from `<shortname>` into your PATH. e.g. /usr/bin
or ~/bin, if that exists on your system.
If you compiled without installing you can also symlink to `./<shortname>.bin`
### From source dir without NSM
Use `./<shortname> --save` (see above). If you compiled without installing you can also run `./<shortname>.bin`
### No NSM, no Make, No Sound
Combining the above options you can start the program directly after unpacking or cloning from git:
`./<shortname> --save /tmp --mute`
Or even shorter:
`./<shortname> -s /tmp -m`
This is the minimal run mode which is only useful for testing and development. But if you only want
to look at the GUI and are not in the mood to install anything -including dependencies-, go ahead.
