5 Mar
2004
5 Mar
'04
12:11 p.m.
On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 04:11:35PM +0100, Matthias Nagorni wrote:
On Fri, 5 Mar 2004, Steve Harris wrote:
Provided the scale points for a continuous control correspond to the integer
values, then we could use HINT_ENUMERATED without HINT_INTEGER. There would
be a string for each integer value in the port range. Some could be NULL
if required.
--
Fons
OK, thats a reasonable definition for
enumerations, but its missing the
non-ionteger eqivalent, "scale points" or whatever you want to callthem,
eg in ringmod_2i1o(1188) "Modulation depth (0=none, 1=AM, 2=RM)" input,
control, 0 to 2, default 0. its not an integer control, its a continuous
valued control with specific meanings at specific points. Another example
is an oscilator control knob in LFO modules with contiunous varition
through sine, tri, saw, square.
I'l grant you that this case is less common, but its still one of the
"neccesary" control types.
First: In general I don't understand why the difficulties to fix problem 2
(continuos controls with certain meanings) should prevent us from solving
problem 1 (the enumerations) where Fons already suggested a perfect solution.
Moreover, as you already granted, problem 2 is less severe.
Usually the meaning of certain points is displayed in the port name (as in
the examples you mentioned). I don't know of any plugin where there are
more than 3 defined points, so the string won't be too long for this and
using just a slider control seems fine.