On Thu, Sep 04, 2008 at 10:06:10AM +0200, _ langagemachine wrote: > Just a hint at how this is done in an other patching environment > (Plogue Bidule):
Patchage looks a bit like PB actually... > holding down 'Ctrl' key while connecting two ports will also connect > as many adjacent ports as possible. 'As many adjacent ports as possible' would be *completely* counterproductive here and even dangerous. I would definitely *not* use any app that can do this unless it can be permanently disabled. Such behaviour could be useful if it is limited to iteration over the last component of a structured port name. I will start using structured port names in all new releases and new software, using two styles, e.g. aaa/bbb/c_1 aaa/bbb/c_2 aaa/bbb/c_3 aaa/bbb/c_4 if you would expect each port to be usable separately, or aaa/bbb.W aaa/bbb.X aaa/bbb.Y aaa/bbb.Z otherwise, for example for an Ambisonic set. In the latter case I'd expect the connection manager app to present these four ports as one, and only allow connection to a similar set. It should still be possible to expand such a 'structured port' into its components, but only if requested manually. Ciao, -- FA Laboratorio di Acustica ed Elettroacustica Parma, Italia O tu, che porte, correndo si ? E guerra e morte ! _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-dev
