[gmpi] Re: 3.14 UIs

  • From: Steve Harris <S.W.Harris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 07:16:58 +0100

On Sun, May 30, 2004 at 11:53:55 +1200, Jeff McClintock wrote:
> > For the out of process comms OSC seems like a good candidate.
> 
> Yeah, no need to reinvent OSC.
> 
> In fact why not retain the OSC syntax for in-process GUIs too.  Replace TCP
> with something more direct, like simple function calls into the host.  That
> way both remote and local GUIs become essentially the same thing (with
> different 'transport' mechanisms).
>   Running a GUI remotely then becomes a case of inserting a TCP wrapper
> between GUI and Host.  The plugin dosn't need to know.

Except that the UI and plugin dont share address space if thier remote. If
in the inprocess case the UI isn't allowed to assume it shares address
space with the plugin then theres not much point having an inprocess mode
AFAICT.

- Steve 

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