Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Project: modular synth editor
From: Steve Harris (S.W.Harris_AT_ecs.soton.ac.uk)
Date: Sun Jan 18 2004 - 13:31:22 EET
On Sun, Jan 18, 2004 at 08:07:21 +0000, Mike Rawes wrote:
> > Yes, but "well-known" port labels are very ladspa-y. eg. the latency
> > control out port, its not in the spec and it doesnt hurt any apps, but
> > it is a useful convention.
> >
> > We could define a meta-convention - something like: if the port label
> > begines with an _ then it should not generally be shown to users
> > (unless the app knows what its for and wants to expose it) as they
> > wont be able to do anything useful with it.
>
> Nice idea (having certain ports hidden from user) - but wouldn't it be
> better as a hint, for consistency with the rest of LADSPA?
Er, yes! Good catch, wasnt thinking straight.
A useful extension to this could be that too adjacent 'hidden' ports with
the same name should be connected.
Eg. if you have a plugin with a hidden 'sync' port output connected to a
plugin with a hidden 'sync' input port they should be connected by the
host.
- Steve
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