[LAD] [EPAMP] an effect plugin API for media players: anyone interested?

[Stefano D'Angelo]

HI Arnold,

2008/6/2 Arnold Krille <arnold at arnoldarts.de>:
> Am Montag, 2. Juni 2008 schrieb Stefano D'Angelo:
>> Then I see this in LV2:
>> The environment variable LV2_PATH, if present, should
>>  * contain a colon-separated path indicating directories (containing
>>  * plugin bundle subdirectories) that should be searched (in order)
>>  * for plugins.
>> Doesn't it sound a bit UNIX-centered? (colon separated on Windows for
>> example?)
>
> Why not? Just because you haven't seen this on windows doesn't mean that it
> wouldn't work. Its just a variable which can have anything as content. Why
> not a string with colons?
> It all depends on the app to handle the variables. And there the LV2 will do
> the trick.

Ok, so it could look like this:

set LV2_PATH="C:\Program Files\LV2:D::E:"

Understandable, but IIRC the "unwritten convention" for Windows is to
use semicolons.

Then I read that on Mac OS classic, colons are path separators (I
don't know, never used it).

> Just because it comes from unix doesn't mean its unix-centered. For example
> every windows user uses unix-like paths when browsing.

Of course.

Stefano