[gmpi] Re: Decision Time: 8.3

On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 02:44:39PM -0700, Chris Grigg wrote:
> >That's been my understanding.  Parameters are the things a host/user
> >can change.
> 
> But also things whose change events a plug could emit on its own, for 
> recording by the host... right?

Fair enough.  They are the exposed bits of a plugin that can change.

> >I think yes - all parameters should have enough information so that a
> >reasonable UI could be drawn without plugin-specific UI support.  That might
> >include valid ranges, normalized vs. non-normalized hints, units, etc.
> 
> I think this is the idea, and the only exception would be blobs since 
> they'd be too cumbersome to support generically.

Of course, blobs being opaque,can only be passed around, never examined.

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