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kmetronome(1)


NAME

   kmetronome - MIDI metronome using ALSA sequencer and KDE user interface

SYNOPSIS

   kmetronome [Standard options...]

DESCRIPTION

   KMetronome is a MIDI metronome with KDE interface based on the ALSA
   sequencer. It is a tool for musicians and music students to keep the
   rhythm while playing musical instruments. It uses MIDI for sound
   generation instead of digital audio, allowing low CPU usage, and very
   accurate timing thanks to the ALSA sequencer.

OPTIONS

   Generic options:

   --help
       Show help about options

   --help-qt
       Show Qt(TM) specific options

   --help-kde
       Show KDE specific options

   --help-all
       Show all options

   --author
       Show author information

   -v,--version
       Show version information

   --license
       Show license information

   KDE options:

   --caption caption
       Use caption as name in the titlebar.

   --icon icon
       Use icon as the application icon.

   --config filename
       Use the alternative configuration filename

   --nocrashhandler
       Disable the crash handler, to get core dumps.

   --waitforwm
       Waits for a WM_NET compatible windowmanager.

   --style style
       Sets the application GUI style.

   --geometry geometry
       Sets the client geometry of the main widget.

   Qt(TM) options:

   --display displayname
       Use the X-server display displayname.

   --session sessionId
       Restore the application for the given sessionId.

   --cmap
       Causes the application to install a private color map on an 8-bit
       display.

   --ncols count
       Limits the number of colors allocated in the color cube on an 8-bit
       display, if the application is using the QApplication::ManyColor
       color specification.

   --nograb
       Tells Qt(TM) to never grab the mouse or the keyboard.

   --dograb
       Running under a debugger can cause an implicit --nograb, use
       --dograb to override.

   --sync
       Switches to synchronous mode for debugging.

   --fn,--font fontname
       Defines the application font.

   --bg,--background color
       Sets the default background color and an application palette (light
       and dark shades are calculated).

   --fg,--foreground color
       Sets the default foreground color

   --btn,--button color
       Sets the default button color.

   --name name
       Sets the application name.

   --title title
       Sets the application title (caption).

   --visual TrueColor
       Forces the application to use a TrueColor visual on an 8-bit
       display.

   --inputstyle inputstyle
       Sets XIM (X Input Method) input style. Possible values are
       onthespot, overthespot, offthespot and root.

   --im XIM server
       Set XIM server.

   --noxim
       Disable XIM

   --reverse
       mirrors the whole layout of widgets

   --stylesheet file.qss
       applies the Qt(TM) stylesheet to the application widgets

LICENSE

   This manual page was written by Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas
   <plcl@users.sourceforge.net> Permission is granted to copy, distribute
   and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public
   License, Version 2 or any later version published by the Free Software
   Foundation; considering as source code all the file that enable the
   production of this manpage.

AUTHOR

   Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas <plcl@users.sourceforge.net>
       Author.



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