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

[Dave Robillard]

On Sun, 2004-01-18 at 06:31, Steve Harris wrote:
> 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

For the record, the idea of hosts automagically connecting things seems
a little sketchy to me...

-Dave