[PD] -midiadddev

[Peter P.]

(follow-up to my own posting

* Peter P. <peterparker at fastmail.com> [2015-05-21 16:47]:
> Dear list,
> 
> I am wondering how to use the -midiadddev flags. What is the difference
> between -mididev and -midiadddev, and does this apply to midi on a linux
> system?

It appears to be for oss midi only, and once can say -midiadddev
/dev/midi1 instead of using -mididev 1

I think that is all.

> Furthermore, when using alsa-midi, is there a way to set the connections
> on the alsa patchbay from within vanilla Pd (sans using IOhannes'
> aconnect external nor aconnect from the command line after Pd has been
> started)?

With this question, I wonder if I could ask aconnect to connect to a
device (aka. port) by name, not by number (which could change).

cheers, P