Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Plugin APIs (again)
From: David Olofson (david_AT_olofson.net)
Date: Mon Dec 09 2002 - 16:33:47 EET
On Monday 09 December 2002 15.16, Steve Harris wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 01:49:38PM +0100, David Olofson wrote:
> > > This sounds pretty complex. I'm not sure the hosts will be able
> > > to reliably implement this correctly.
> >
> > It doesn't have to, unless it actually cares. If you save a
> > preset with a "bad" value in some field, the plugin will just fix
> > it when you load the preset.
>
> If the hosts dont implement it, neither will the plugins... viscous
> circle.
Well, let's put it as simple as this:
If your plugin has controls that may refuse certain values
within the valid range, they *must* tell the host when this
happens. Otherwise, automation and preset save/restore will
most probably not function properly.
Now, whether *hosts* care to implement it is another matter, but I
would think that most hosts would, as you can't have preset
save/restore without it.
Either way, this might just be another thing that can be built into
the host SDK lib, maybe in the form of a default handler for
plugin->host events on Master Event Ports.
//David Olofson - Programmer, Composer, Open Source Advocate
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