jalv.select

A little gtkmm GUI to select lv2 plugins from a list and run them with jalv.

Features:

• select jalv interpreter from combo box,
• select LV2 plugin from list,
• select preset to load from menu,
• search plugins by regex or plugin class,
• reload lilv world to catch new installed plugins or presets,
• load plugin with selected preset,
• minimize app to systray (global Hotkey SHIFT+ESCAPE),
• wake up app from systray (global Hotkey SHIFT+ESCAPE):
  • left mouse click on systray to show or hide app
  • right mouse click to show quit menu item

Usage

• select jalv interpreter from combo box (Gtk, Gtk3, Qt, ...)
• select LV2 plugin from list (click on name or press space)
• select plugin configuration to load (click or press space)
  • jalv should start and run the selected plugin

Command-line options

start-up

    -s, --systray       start minimized in systray
    -H, --high=HEIGHT   start with given window height in pixels

runtime

    echo 'quit' > /tmp/jalv.select.fifo$UID
    echo 'show' > /tmp/jalv.select.fifo$UID
    echo 'hide' > /tmp/jalv.select.fifo$UID
    echo 'systray action' > /tmp/jalv.select.fifo$UID

Keyboard shortcuts

Command		Action
ALT+q or CTRL+q	==	quit
ALT+r or CTRL+r	==	refresh plugin list
ESCAPE	==	deselect preset menu
CTRL+c or RMB	==	copy plugin URI to clipboard
CTRL+w	==	hide (minimize to systray icon)
ENTER or SPACE	==	select
UP, DOWN	==	select plugin in list
PG_UP, PG_DOWN	==	scroll plugin list

Install

depends

• lilv
• gtkmm-3.0
• Xlib
• gettext

. . . of course, you need jalv

Debian installation

• make deb --> requir dh-make
• dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -uc -us -b

other platforms

• make
• (sudo) make install
• see makefile for more options