>On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 03:06:32 -0500, Paul Davis wrote: >> >> there is, however, a really tricky problem with doing this in LADSPA: >> there is no support for string variables, so there is no way to set >> the filename to be used. > >You could set it in the environment.
not very easily. you'd have to set it specifically before instantiating each instance of the plugin. each one may need a different filename. >Not that I think this is a good idea, but its the only way I've been able >to think of. i used an even worse hack in Quasimodo to allow passing strings via floats. you don't want to know. >Personally I think that letting the OS cache the data is a cleaner idea. me too, except that a LADSPA solution to this would be a very useful, modular solution for many different contexts. --p
