Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: LADSPA GUI [was: New LADSPA Version - Issues Resolved?]

[David Olofson]

On Thu, 09 Mar 2000, Paul Barton-Davis wrote:
> >On the other hand, providing a basic set GUI functions has also
> >some advantages
> >- unified look & feel
> >- memory footage
> >- compatibility issues (and possible crossplatformness)
> 
> Definitely, but this should be done in a library, that can be
> dynamically linked to by the plugin. It has no place in the host.

Just a reminder: The plugin still has to be split into two binary
files not to generate unnecessary problems. Plugins that don't need
to do non-RT safe stuff shouldn't be made incapable of running in
kernel space hard RT engines and the like just because of the GUI -
which mustn't run in the engine thread anyway...!


//David


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