[LAD] [ANN] IR: LV2 Convolution Reverb

[Fons Adriaensen]

On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 02:30:25PM -0500, David Robillard wrote:

> > I just did a simple test:
> > 
> > * added a few lines (< 10) of code to jaaa,
> > * started Ardour and opened its 'Locations' window,
> > * and had jaaa running within it in seconds.
> > 
> > And that's wihout any cooperation from Ardour. A plugin could use
> > whatever X11 toolkit it likes and with minimal support from the host
> > do the same. Apart from that it would need some cooperation to transfer
> > data between the dsp code and the GUI, but this can be made almost 
> > transparent to the host.
> 
> This is currently a possibility, but it throws away the ability to do
> things possible when the toolkits do match (notably embedding the GUI in
> another window, such as the presets/etc bar ardour adds to the top).

Embedding the GUI in whatever window you like (e.g. a channel strip)
is just the same thing. The changes I made to jaaa made it accept a
window ID instead of its own top level parent window. It could equally
well accept parameters that define a rectangle in a host's window. And
if the host doesn't trust the plugin not to go outside its assigned
area it can just create a window for the plugin to use and have peace.

> It is also not portable (depends on X11),

I don't care about any system that doesn't support X11. I don't even
care about some that do.

> assumes the concept of "window"  always makes sense(*),

If it doesn't you can create a window that makes sense, see above.

> and has other problems.

Such as ?

Ciao,

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FA