[linux-audio-dev] LADSPA proposal for named values

[Bob Ham]

On Sat, 2003-01-04 at 08:51, Pascal Haakmat wrote:
> Therefore (if such a thing does not already exist) I propose to extend
> the LADSPA specification with a convention: if a PortName matches the
> following regular expression: .+ \((\d+=.+,)*(\d+=.+)+\) (in words:
> any sequence of characters following by a '(', followed by one or more
> comma-separated 'value'='name' pairs, followed by a ')'), then the
> host may assume that the given values map onto the given names and
> display them as such. In addition, the host may suppress displaying 
> the '(...)' part of the PortName.
> 
> This proposal follows current best practices, requires no 
> modifications to the LADSPA protocol or data structures, is easy to
> implement, and highly unlikely to adversely affect any existing
> plugins/hosts.
> 
> Any comments?

Gets my vote

Bob