Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] ladspa xml gui
From: Steve Harris (S.W.Harris_AT_ecs.soton.ac.uk)
Date: Fri Dec 08 2000 - 02:34:49 EET
Sounds good. Not quite sure what you mean by transform functions though.
Doesn't sound very LADSPA ;)
Will it have a marker of some kind that can be dragged around on the
surface?
Mouse click problem may not matter, I have some ideas for Xinput and a
trackball + graphics tablet.
- Steve
On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 11:49:51AM -0500, Paul Barton-Davis wrote:
> about the xy-controller ...
>
> the problem, i think, is that immediately after you start using it, it
> will feel very obvious to want to attach transform functions to the
> coordinates. i think this would be cool, but rather complex. for the
> time being, i could add:
>
> <!ELEMENT xy-control EMPTY>
> <!ATTLIST xy-control
> port-x CDATA #REQUIRED
> port-y CDATA #REQUIRED
> width CDATA #REQUIRED
> height CDATA #REQUIRED
> >
>
> this would map x as a percentage of width onto the parameter range for
> port-x, and likewise for y/height/port-y.
>
> it would only be active when a button was pressed (i.e. click-drag)
> because otherwise there is no way to remove the mouse from the control
> without altering a (perhaps) perfect value.
>
> let me know what you think. even csound has this :)
>
> --p
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