[gmpi] Re: wrap up 3.8 - gesture start/end

  • From: Tim Hockin <thockin@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 16:08:07 -0800

On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 04:01:08PM -0800, Chris Grigg wrote:
> >host->get_gesture_id();
> 
> You probably just meant that as a shorthand, but just in case: How 
> exactly does a control surface call a host function?  So we might 
> want to structure that as a message-based transaction instead.  (Or 
> were you thinking that there'd be some kind of driver interface on 
> the host for control surfaces...?)

How does a control surface interact with the app?  By a driver.  The control
surface does not send GMPI events, it sends something that the computer can
turn into GMPI.  The software is what knows the mapping between the sliders
on the control surface and the virtual sliders.

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