[SDL] ALSA midi support in SDL_mixer?

[Ryan C. Gordon]

> Since ALSA seems to be the way forward for sound in Linux, has anyone 
> ever attempted this?  Is it worth my time to investigate this, or will 
> SDL_mixer be replaced soon by SDL 1.3??

SDL 1.3 won't add midi support in the base library. It's really a dying 
standard in a post-mp3 world, and mostly it's needed for legacy titles 
anyhow.

SDL_mixer could certainly add ALSA-specific midi support, though, in the 
same way that we have win32-specific midi support too, if someone were 
to step up and submit a patch.

Timidity is generally "good enough" for most cases--and there aren't 
many cases in the first place--so there's not a great deal of urgency on 
the issue, I guess.

--ryan.