[linux-audio-dev] Project: modular synth editor

[Steve Harris]

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