Power Tab Editor

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You can get the latest releases from our downloads page.
You can report bugs or suggest features on our issue tracker, or discuss ideas on the discussions forum
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Development help is very welcome! If you're interested in contributing, the issue tracker has a list of good first issues that are easier to dive into!
Feel free to ask development-related questions on the discussions page or on Discord
See below for instructions on how to compile and run the project:

Install Git - see https://help.github.com/articles/set-up-git
Install vcpkg and run vcpkg install --triplet x64-windows boost-algorithm boost-date-time boost-endian boost-functional boost-iostreams boost-range boost-rational boost-signals2 boost-stacktrace doctest minizip nlohmann-json pugixml to install dependencies.
Install Qt by running vcpkg install --triplet x64-windows qt5-base qt5-tools (this may take a while), or install a binary release from the Qt website or https://github.com/miurahr/aqtinstall.
Open the project folder in Visual Studio and build.
- If running CMake manually, set CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE to [vcpkg root]\scripts\buildsystems\vcpkg.cmake).

These instructions assume a recent Ubuntu/Debian-based system, but the package names should be similar for other package managers.
Install dependencies:
- sudo apt update
- sudo apt install cmake qtbase5-dev qttools5-dev libboost-dev libboost-date-time-dev libboost-iostreams-dev nlohmann-json3-dev libasound2-dev librtmidi-dev libpugixml-dev libminizip-dev doctest-dev
- sudo apt-get install timidity-daemon - timidity is not required for building, but is a good sequencer for MIDI playback.
- Optionally, use Ninja instead of make (sudo apt install ninja-build)
Build:
- mkdir build && cd build
- cmake ..
  - Add -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/some/path to customize the install directory.
  - Add -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug for a debug build instead of a Release build.
  - Add -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++ to compile with Clang.
  - Add -G Ninja to generate Ninja build files.
- make -j8 or ninja
Run:
- ./bin/powertabeditor
- ./bin/pte_tests to run the unit tests.
Install:
- make install or ninja install

Install Xcode along with its Command Line Tools.
Install dependencies:
- brew install boost cmake doctest minizip ninja nlohmann-json pugixml qt5 pugixml rtmidi
Build:
- mkdir build && cd build
- cmake -G Ninja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/usr/local/opt/qt5/lib/cmake ..
  - To generate an Xcode project, switch to -G Xcode and then open and build build/powertabeditor.xcodeproj
- ninja
Run:
- open ./bin/Power\ Tab\ Editor.app
- ./bin/pte_tests to run the unit tests.
- For Xcode, select Product/Scheme/powertabeditor and then Product/Run.

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