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diff --git a/midicsv-1.1/midicsv.1 b/midicsv-1.1/midicsv.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d367430 --- /dev/null +++ b/midicsv-1.1/midicsv.1 @@ -0,0 +1,82 @@ +'\" t +.TH MIDICSV 1 "9 FEB 2004" +.UC 4 +.SH NAME +midicsv \- translate MIDI file to CSV +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B midicsv +[ +.B \-u +.B \-v +] [ +.I infile +[ +.I outfile +] ] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B midicsv +reads a standard MIDI file and decodes it into a +CSV (Comma-Separated Value) file which preserves all the +information in the MIDI file. The ASCII CSV file may be +loaded into a spreadsheet or database application, or processed +by a program to transform the MIDI data (for example, +to key transpose a composition or extract a track +from a multi-track sequence). A CSV file +in the format created by +.B midicsv +may be converted back into a standard MIDI file with the +.B csvmidi +program. +.SH OPTIONS +.TP 10 +.B \-u +Print how-to-call information. +.TP +.B \-v +Print verbose debugging information on standard +error. The MIDI file header is dumped, along +with the length of each track in the file. +.SH FILES +If no +.I infile +is specified or +.I infile +is +.RB `` \- '', +.B midicsv +reads its input from standard input; if no +.I outfile +is given or +.I outfile +is +.RB `` \- '', +CSV output is written to standard output. The input and +output are processed in a strictly serial manner; consequently +.B midicsv +may be used in pipelines without restrictions. +.SH BUGS +.PP +.B midicsv +assumes its input is a well-formed standard MIDI file; +while some error checking is performed, gross errors in +the input file may cause +.B midicsv +to crash. +.PP +Please report problems to +.BR bugs@fourmilab.ch . +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.PD +.BR csvmidi (1), +.BR midicsv (5) +.ne 10 +.SH AUTHOR +.ce 2 +John Walker +http://www.fourmilab.ch/ +.PP +This software is in the public domain. +Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its +documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, +without any conditions or restrictions. This software is provided ``as +is'' without express or implied warranty. |
