[gmpi] Re: 3.15 MIDI (goals)
- From: Steve Harris <S.W.Harris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 10:36:30 +0100
On Sat, Jun 19, 2004 at 12:49:51 -0700, Tim Hockin wrote:
> > Per other thread, I agree notes and sysex have no meaningful undo
> > semantic, short of save/restore all the plug's private memory (which
> > I'm scoffing at, not recommending).
>
> We should discourage SysEx for new GMPI plugs, and special case it for old
> plugs that need it. That's really all there is to do with it. It might
> not even want to be a blob, since it is not really undoable. In fact, two
> SysEx messages are not guaranteed to be doing remotely the same
> thing, right? So it's not state, it's a command (which is different from
> both data and control)
Blobs cant be undone either, thier opaque.
- Steve
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