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Re: Show HN: Cynthia – Reliably play MIDI music files – MIT / Portable / Windows

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Post by 6581 »

ale42 wrote: post #4
tosti wrote: post #2

Calling a program portable by virtue of wine being a thing defies logic. That said, nice work. Midi instrument input is on my wishlist.

Maybe it's "portable" in the sense that it's just an executable to launch, with no installation needed? I don't think they claim it is multi-platform.

"* Also runs on Linux/Mac (including apple silicon) via Wine *"

Re: Show HN: Cynthia – Reliably play MIDI music files – MIT / Portable / Windows

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Post by SergiusHN »

tosti wrote: post #2

Calling a program portable by virtue of wine being a thing defies logic. That said, nice work. Midi instrument input is on my wishlist.

Portable and cross-platform are not synonymous. Being developed with the Wine in mind and being a standalone app are two unrelated features.

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Re: Show HN: Cynthia – Reliably play MIDI music files – MIT / Portable / Windows

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Post by ksherlock »

tosti wrote: post #2

Calling a program portable by virtue of wine being a thing defies logic. That said, nice work. Midi instrument input is on my wishlist.

I'd guess approximately nobody does it, but with winelib you can do a native compile and link.

Re: Show HN: Cynthia – Reliably play MIDI music files – MIT / Portable / Windows

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Post by Krssst »

6581 wrote: post #12
ale42 wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe it's "portable" in the sense that it's just an executable to launch, with no installation needed? I don't think they claim it is multi-platform.

"* Also runs on Linux/Mac (including apple silicon) via Wine *"

Their website makes their definition of portable very clear in "What makes a portable app special?".

It's quite clear they mean more a (much) stricter variation of the "no installation" definition than the "easily buildable on other OS" definition. Though they do mention execution under translation environments as a requirement.

Re: Show HN: Cynthia – Reliably play MIDI music files – MIT / Portable / Windows

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Post by internet2000 »

tosti wrote: post #2

Calling a program portable by virtue of wine being a thing defies logic. That said, nice work. Midi instrument input is on my wishlist.

Yeah, very nice app, but it's weird to target Windows as the primary OS.
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