[gmpi] Re: 3.15 MIDI (goals)

  • From: Steve Harris <S.W.Harris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 00:10:49 +0100

On Sun, Jun 20, 2004 at 02:58:32 -0700, Chris Grigg wrote:
> The other fork is whether all host styles need undo, or whether some 
> do not.  I assert some do not, and repeat the proposal that plugs 
> identify themselves as 'Total Undo Capable' or not.  Then plugs that 
> are not are allowed in the GMPI universe, and they can do whatever 
> they want, including talk MIDI if that's what they in their judgement 
> choose to do, and hosts that demand total undo can easily exclude 
> those plugs.  Everybody happy.

Right, but in the case that some parameters are undoable and some not, you
can still undo the undoable parameters. That may well be better than
nothing.

I suspect that "undo" is a degenerate case of automation, and a plugin
is only automatable if its undoable.

- Steve

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