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.TH ORCA 1
.SH NAME
orca \- an esoteric programming language designed to quickly create procedural sequencers
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B games/orca
[
.I -i
] [
.I -p
] [
.I -bpm bpm
] [
.I -s WxH
] [
.I -r random_seed
] [
.I -c cursor
] [
.I file
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Orca
is not a synthesizer, but a flexible livecoding
environment capable of sending MIDI, OSC & UDP to your audio/visual
interfaces.
.PP
Every letter of the alphabet is an operation, where lowercase letters
operate on bang, uppercase letters operate each frame.
.PP
There are a number of options:
.TP
.B -i
By default Orca uses "dark" theme.
Use
.B -i
to invert the colors.
.TP
.B -s
Sets the initial dimensions of the grid to
.IR W
x
.IR H .
.TP
.B -p
Starts
.I Orca
in a paused state.
.TP
.B -r
Starts with a specific random seed.
.TP
.B -b
Sets initial "beats per minute" value.
.TP
.B -c
Set the cursor character.
.PP
.EE
Extensive documentation and examples are available on the project's
GitHub web page.
.EE
.SH SOURCE
https://github.com/Hundredrabbits/Orca