On Mon, Jun 26, 2006 at 09:07:11AM +0100, Steve Harris wrote: > On Sun, Jun 25, 2006 at 04:30:40 -0400, Dave Robillard wrote: > > > Plus, it's completely useless for GUIs in a separate process, while LV2 > > is not (it's just a data file, anything can load it, it's not even > > architechture dependent). > > > > Just my two cents, but definitely not the right thing. > > That's possibly a bit harsh. I think it's reasonable to say that based on > our experiences of LADSPA we know that's not the best way to go.
If the GUI is in a separate process and connected by e.g. OSC, it could as well be on a machine that doesn't have the plugin files. Or that has a different version of them (for perfectly good reasons). To ensure consistency the GUI should get its plugin descriptions from the host anyway. This works even with POL (Plain Old Ladspa). -- FA Follie! Follie! Delirio vano e' questo!