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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Generalized Music Plugin Interface (GMPI) public discussion list Participation in this list is contingent upon your abiding by the following rules: Please stay on topic. You are responsible for your own words. Please respect your fellow subscribers. Please do not redistribute anyone else's words without their permission. Archive: //www.freelists.org/archives/gmpi Email gmpi-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx w/ subject "unsubscribe" to unsubscribe