Subject: RE: [linux-audio-dev] FW: LADPSA Freeverb - update?
From: David Benson (daveb_AT_idealab.com)
Date: Wed May 24 2000 - 17:13:03 EEST
> I appreciate that there are very different approaches to this possible. I'm
> a little reluctant about the XML approach as skins will look different in
> different hosts which somewhat defeats the look-and-feel/marketing angle
> (Strategy issue B). But I'm not an XML expert so this is probably a
> misconception of mine.
I am also not an xml expert, but I know that xml will
support both modes. Basically, we should specify
a standard which describes a pixel-by-pixel representation
of the plugin. For example:
<skin plugin_name="gain">
<pixmap src="foo.xpm" x="0" y="0" width="200" height="30"/>
<scrollbar bauble="bauble.xpm" x1="10" y1="15" x2="190" y2="15"
min_value="0" max_value="1"
bauble_offset_x="5" bauble_offset_y="5">
<control port="0"/>
</scrollbar>
</skin>
This example is obviously flawed in many ways, but
I think it beats trying to design our own widget toolkit.
I'd like to point out that a lightweight widget toolkit
suffers from the same "looks different in different hosts"
problem. That's ok, most've us have become accustomed to this
mode of operation (thanks html).
- Dave
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