### para_write ###
A modular audio stream writer. It supports a simple file writer
-output plug-in and optional WAV/raw players for ALSA (Linux) and for
-coreaudio (Mac OS). para_write can also be used as a stand-alone WAV
-or raw audio player.
+output plug-in and optional WAV/raw players for ALSA (Linux) and OSS.
+para_write can also be used as a stand-alone WAV or raw audio player.
### para_play ###
also limited. For example only one application can open the device
at any time. The OSS writer is activated by default on BSD Systems.
-- *OSX*. Mac OS X has yet another API called CoreAudio. The OSX writer
-for this API is only compiled in on such systems and is of course
-the default there.
-
- *FILE*. The file writer allows to capture the audio stream and
write the PCM data to a file on the file system rather than playing
it through a sound device. It is supported on all platforms and is
Development
===========
+Contributing
+------------
+
+Paraslash is an open source project and contributions are
+welcome. Here's a list of things you can do to help the project:
+
+- Report problems with building, installing or running the software.
+ In particular, test the experimental git branches ("next" and "pu").
+ This helps to identify and fix problems before the code gets merged
+ and thus keeps the master branch as stable as possible.
+- Proofread the documentation (manual, web pages, man pages, source
+ code documentation) and point out unclear or poorly written parts. If
+ you are a native English speaker you will easily find a lot of text
+ that could be improved.
+- Run analysis tools (coverity, afl, sparse, etc.) and report issues
+ found by those tools.
+- Suggest new features you would like to see implemented.
+- Compile and test on your favorite architecture or operating
+ system. The code is tested only on a limited set of systems, so you
+ will probably encounter problems when building on different systems.
+- Post about about paraslash on your blog or on social networks.
+- Build and maintain Debian/RPM packages for your favorite distribution.
+
+Note that there is no mailing list, no bug tracker and no discussion
+forum for paraslash. If you'd like to contribute, or have questions
+about contributing, send email to Andre Noll <maan@tuebingen.mpg.de>.
+
Tools
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The preferred coding style for paraslash coincides more or less
with the style of the Linux kernel. So rather than repeating what is
-written [there](http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/CodingStyle),
+written [there](http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst),
here are the most important points.
- Burn the GNU coding standards.