[gmpi] Re: Requirements

  • From: Steve Harris <S.W.Harris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 09:45:47 +0000

On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 10:38:36 +0100, Vincent Burel wrote:
> 1.3 : definition of "Control" !?
> personnally i would prefer to talk about different PIN type or PORT or
> interface if you prefer (that we would define later) attached to a specific
> protocole
> - PIN for audio stream.
> - PIN for automated parameter
> - PIN for MIDI
> - PIN for GUI communication
> - PIN for Persistence (put the "persistence" in the  lexic)
> (no PIN are mandatory except maybe the persistence one)

This is a petty point, but I really dislike the term "pin", it smacks of a
hardware analogy, and not a particularly good one at that.

Port seems more reasonable when you need a term to describe the superclass
of "controls/parameters/data" and "audio streams".

- Steve

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