---
name: "rosegarden"
section: "1x"
platform: "linux"
package: "rosegarden"
version: "2.1pl2-1"
release: "Debian 2.2 (Potato)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/rosegarden/1x"
---

# rosegarden(1x)

integrated music notation editor and midi sequencer for X

## NAME

rosegarden - integrated music notation editor and midi sequencer for X

## SYNOPSIS

**/usr/X11R6/bin/rosegarden**

## DESCRIPTION

Rosegarden is a an integrated music notation editor and MIDI sequencer for Xwindows.  Extensive on-line help is provided.

Note that  **/usr/X11R6/bin/rosegarden** is actually a shell-script which sets environment variables and then starts the program.

## OPTIONS

None.

## RESOURCES

Rosegarden understands standard X11 and Xaw toolkit options,  and uses a few of its own.

- **editorName**

  Gives the full path to the Rosegarden notation editor.

- **sequencerName**

  Gives the full path to the Rosegarden midi sequencer.

- **helpFile**

  Gives the full path to the Rosegarden help file.

- **midiFmPatchFile**

  Gives the full path to the default midi patch file to be used in FM synthesis mode.

- **midiFMDrumPFile**

  Gives the full path the the default midi patch file to be used for Drum sounds in FM synthesis mode.

- **filtersDirectory**

  Gives the full path to the directory containing filters for the Rosegarden Petal scripting language.  $HOME/.rosepetal-filters is also searched by default

- **musicDirectory**

  The default directory to use when trying to open Rosegarden music files.

- **midiPort**

  The default midi port to be used for MIDI I/O.

## ENVIRONMENT

Rosegarden uses the environment variable \`\`TCLLIBPATH'' to locate the *tclmidi* scripting language.  This environment variable is correctly set up by the initialization script.

## BUGS

Support for most music output formats (MusicTex/PMX) is shoddy at best.

## AUTHOR

This manpage was written for the Rosegarden 2.1 Debian Gnu/Linux package by Will Lowe \<lowe@debian.org\>.