I think this would be a useful feature.
On Wednesday 06 December 2000 19:41, you wrote:
> > I am the packager of KDE2 for Conectiva Linux and found a problem with
> sound recorders. Since aRts SimpleSoundServer does not implement sound
> recording yet, the recorder application (e.g. KRecord) should have some
> method to make aRts suspend the use of /dev/dsp, so the user does not have
> to wait 'n' seconds to use the sound device.
>
> It could even be used as an option for artsdsp for those applications that
> can't cope with the LD_PRELOAD hack (e.g. RealPlayer can play with
> artsdsp, but can't seek or pause, it just SIGABRTs.)
>
> What do you think about that ?
>
> Follows the patches for aRts and krecord (as an example of use). BTW I
> would like to congratulate you for the great work in aRts and the IDL
> framework (you create a new method and automagically it gets available both
> in client and server ends, no need of extending the protocol etc. etc.)
