[linux-audio-dev] Linux Audio Hardware Selection

David Olofson david at olofson.net
Fri Jan 24 12:52:00 UTC 2003


On Friday 24 January 2003 18.22, Paul Davis wrote:
> >> >(btw, why jackd doesn't read /etc/jackrc or ~/.jackrc ?)
> >>
> >> because that means we have a config file, which means we need a
> >> config file parser, which means we need to replicate a bunch of
> >> code or link against another library. if jackd was a commonly
> >> executed command for users, i could justify that. as it is, i
> >> can't.
> >
> >Seems like it would be useful for the "no jackd" case, though. (Or
> >you'd have to force code changes upon applications anyway.)
> >
> >For Kobo Deluxe, I just hacked a simple integrated command line
> > and config file parser. Inherit the parser class, add your
> > argument
>
> there are plenty of decent config file parsers floating around.
> the goal is to avoid JACK requiring other libraries, as much as
> possible.

Yeah. The point is that it's just two files you throw into your 
project. Not incredibly sexy, but it works for tiny things that 
evolve very slowly or not at all.


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