Contributions to MIKMIDI are most welcome!
There are a few guidelines to follow to make it easier to integrate your contributions.
The goal of MIKMIDI is to make MIDI programming in a Mac or iOS app much easier than it otherwise would be. It should be simple enough for complete beginners to get up and running quickly without a lot of overhead or required knowledge. As such, the public API must be kept as simple as possible without sacrificing usability.
Contributions which enhance MIKMIDI or fix bugs are very much appreciated. However, please note that I can't promise that all contributions will be accepted. Many suggestions will be rejected to preserve simplicity. For this reason, it's a good idea to discuss major changes beforehand.
If you're capable of implementing the feature or bug fix yourself, please open a pull request rather than opening an issue.
If you're not able to make the change yourself, please open an issue after checking to be sure there's not already an existing open issue.
Contributions must be submitted using Github. Contributions sent as code dumps via email are difficult to merge in, don't promote discussion and iteration, and don't leave a good "paper trail" explaining the change. If you're new to contributing via GitHub, feel free to email me and I'll be happy to help you get started.
MIKMIDI doesn't currently have a style guide document, but its style should be easy to infer by reading the existing code. If you’re interested in contributing code, please try to match this style closely.
Thanks!
Andrew Madsen
Mixed In Key