Module Name: src Committed By: uwe Date: Sun Jul 5 01:05:01 UTC 2020
Modified Files: src/share/man/man4: speaker.4 Log Message: Clarify initial state some more. Mention that the initial current octave is 4. Drop filler verbiage that octaves are "from C to B". To generate a diff of this commit: cvs rdiff -u -r1.28 -r1.29 src/share/man/man4/speaker.4 Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the copyright notices on the relevant files.
Modified files: Index: src/share/man/man4/speaker.4 diff -u src/share/man/man4/speaker.4:1.28 src/share/man/man4/speaker.4:1.29 --- src/share/man/man4/speaker.4:1.28 Sun Jul 5 00:38:23 2020 +++ src/share/man/man4/speaker.4 Sun Jul 5 01:05:01 2020 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $NetBSD: speaker.4,v 1.28 2020/07/05 00:38:23 uwe Exp $ +.\" $NetBSD: speaker.4,v 1.29 2020/07/05 01:05:01 uwe Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2016 Nathanial Sloss <nathanialsl...@yahoo.com.au> .\" All rights reserved. @@ -131,20 +131,24 @@ The .Ic MF and .Ic X -primitives of +commands of .Ic PLAY are not useful in a .Tn UNIX -environment and are omitted. +environment and are not implemented. The .Dq octave-tracking feature is also new. .Pp -There are 84 accessible notes numbered 1\(en84 in 7 octaves, each running from -C to B, numbered 0\(en6; the scale is equal-tempered A440 and octave\~2 starts -with middle C. -By default, the play function emits half-second notes with the -last 1/16th second being +There are 84 accessible notes numbered 1\(en84 in 7 octaves numbered 0\(en6; +octave\~2 starts with middle C. +The tuning is equal-tempered A440. +.Pp +In the initial state the current octave is 4, +the default note duration is quarter notes, +the tempo is 120 bpm, +and the articulation is non-legato or normal, +i.e. half-second notes with the last 1/16th second being .Dq rest time . .Pp Play strings are interpreted left to right as a series of play command groups.