>On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 09:36:09 -0500, Taybin wrote: >> Why have both? Couldn't the absence of one imply the presence of the >> other? And if there are both, it also implies that there are third and >> forth states of both and neither. > >I think there is meter and/or text (ie. both if ou support both) makes >sense, and neither, ie. this isn;t menat to be rendered.
i don't think that both makes sense. i agree with taybin that just "meter" or "value" as a flag will do. the underlying difference, i suspect, will be between output control ports that are computing "meter-like" values internally, and those that just show some kind of state.
