MCPDISP(1)

📦 version 0.1.2, in ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

✨ MCPDISP ✨

okay bestie, welcome to mcpdisp — a whole General Commands Manual moment, and honestly? it's giving "your MIDI controller finally has a screen" 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

mcpdisp — provide a mackie control display panel 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

mcpdisp [-hmtsV] [-x x] [-y y]

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so mcpdisp is the Mackie Control Protocol Display Program. no cap, that's literally what it does. ✨

what happens is: mcpdisp puts up a jack midi port that will accept mackie control protocol display messages — yk, the ones that would normally show up on the surface's "scribble strip" — and it shows them on your screen instead. iconic behaviour honestly. 👑

and the strip LEDs and meters? yeah, those get displayed too. 🎚️✨ not just the text, the whole vibe check.

on top of all that, mcpdisp also hands you a through midi port so you can connect back to the controller. this is so handy for devices like the BCF2000 or midikb that have no display of their own — like, they're out here with no screen and mcpdisp is the friend who lets them borrow theirs. 🫶

💀 heads up though: a jack server must be running before mcpdisp is started, or mcpdisp will fail. not "might", not "probably" — it will. so start jack first, bestie, fr fr. 😭

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • -h, --help — show usage text. the classic "help me help you" button. 🙈
  • -m, --master — show the master portion of the display. main character energy only. 👑
  • -s, --small — makes it smaller, for low resolution screens. for when your screen is tiny and you still want the whole look. 🧚
  • -t, --time — show the clock 🕐. this shows the time code or beats and bars information. important: it only works with master enabled, so don't come crying to me if you forgot -m. ⭐
  • -V, --version — show the version od mcpdisp and exit. (yes, "od" — we're keeping the typo, it's part of the lore 💀) and then it dips. ✌️
  • -xX-POSITION — number of pixels from the left to place mcpdisp. 📍
  • -yY-POSITION — number of pixels from the top to place mcpdisp. 📍

💜 AUTHOR 💜

Len Ovens <len at ovenwerks dot net> — the legend, the moment, the whole reason we're here. 🫶🌸

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🎉 written up in the General Commands Manual, under the name MCPDISP(1) — go forth and slay your scribble strip 💅✨

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