On Sat, May 15, 2004 at 09:05:57AM +0100, Steve Harris wrote: > On Sat, May 15, 2004 at 01:12:13 +0200, Fons Adriaensen wrote: > > On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 10:50:31PM +0100, Steve Harris wrote: > > > > > I dont really see the avantage of this - control and description are > > > seperate tasks, and not even closely related. > > > > Very closely related if you consider that the ultimate purpose of a > > description is to control something. Why should there be any difference > > between > > > > A. a description of a plugin's interface, > > B. a set of commands that make a host accomodate the plugin ? > > It depends on the task the app is trying to achieve, if its trying to find > a plugin thats a "compressor" with stereo inputs then evaluating all the > instructions in the pile to try and find a match is not very convienient.
Just use a command that will add the necessary information to a database maintained by the host. Searching for a plugin and actually hosting it are two separate actions. -- FA
