[gmpi] Re: lost-n-found #5 - GUI windows

On Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 07:00:56PM +0100, Paul Kellett wrote:
> >Can a plugin GUI have multiple windows?
> 
> VST allows a plug-in to have multiple *windows* e.g. a
> main window and then open a subwindow to show some 
> additional controls. I doubt all VST hosts support this.
> 
> AU allows a plug-in to have multiple *editors* i.e. the
> same editor open twice, controlling the same plug-in.
> Again it depends on the host if this can happen or not.

So what should we require for GMPI?

> >>Perhaps it should also be allowed zero windows.
> 
> Yes, that's reasonable.  It should be possible to make
> a plug-in with no GUI, and also tell the host not to 
> show a generic GUI based on the parameter metadata.

Whats a use for this?

> >>Can the plugin dynamically resize it's window? (like 
> >>those VST plugins with two modes).
> 
> Can be very useful.  An improvement on VST would be if the
> host can request a new size, and the plug-in returns the
> closest size to that it can provide.

Sounds ok - what should be in the reqs?


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