Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] ladspa xml gui
From: Richard C. Burnett (burnett_AT_tality.com)
Date: Fri Dec 08 2000 - 00:45:17 EET
The problem with vectors though is you loose the pixmap stuff, unless you
scaled the pixmaps like xmms (yuck). One thing I was wondering, a while
back there was lots of experimentation with fractals on images where they
were originally blocky because of upsizing. Anyone seen anything on
this. The examples I saw were great.
I don't like the idea of multiple interfaces, but what about parameter
sets. You could group parameters into named groups, and then within the
plugin GUI can select which sets you want to see. For instance, the
default being 'standard' then have other portions that can be turned on
or off like 'advanced' 'experimental' that way things can be organized in
some way. There way already be stuff for this, but I like control groups
for organizational purposes. Maybe I am missing the point altogether :)
Can someone explaing how XML is used? Is it like HTML where the developer
of the plugin writes .XML code to describe a basic interface and then the
application loads the plugin and uses the XML info to make a GUI for it?
Thanks,
Rick
On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Erik Steffl wrote:
> Paul Barton-Davis wrote:
> ...
> > >If it could be generalised so that you could offer multiple interfaces to
> > >the same plugin I would vote for it. My chorus for example is a right
> > >bugger to tune if you don't know what you're doing, and offering one
> > >iterface where all the tricky parameters are chosen by the plugin would
> > >be good. I guess you would need to bind a hidden parameter to each
> > >interface, and the nthe plugin could ignore the parameters that it knows
> > >weren't set on that page.
> >
> > I don't like the complication of "multiple interfaces". If you want
> > that, create two versions of the plugin with two different XML specs.
>
> and call them skins...
>
> > >I was actually going to go for a large window and small knobs. I
> > >think you loose lots of the benfit of plugins if you have to change
> > >"pages" to edit the thing.
> >
> > But a "large" window may be very intrusive if you've got many other
> > plugin GUIs not to mention the host already visible.
>
> I would love to have everything resizeable, I just hate apps like xmms
> that is basically unviewable on my monitor (1280x1024, 15 inch), when I
> double the size it looks ugly...
>
> it would be nice to have most of the default gui elements resizeable
> (vectors instead of pixmaps) - buttons, knobs, scroll bars & sliders
> etc...
>
> erik
>
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