Restoring plugin state from parameter snapshot is OK, if it is understood that a parameter can be a blob (which could be XML, text, or binary data serializing state). =========================================== Michael Gogins gogins at pipeline period com Irreducible Productions Silence, a language for programming music and sound Available at http://www.csounds.com =========================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frederic Vanmol" <frederic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 3:29 PM Subject: [gmpi] Re: Topic 8: Parameters > > * The set of exported parameters are a snapshot of the current state of a > > plugin. > > > > * Saving and restoring a full set of parameters is sufficient to resotre > > the state of a plugin 'patch'. > > > > I disagree with these two. It's too limiting to have the entire state of a > plugin be defined by its parameters (when it comes to saving and loading that > state). > > Frederic > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Generalized Music Plugin Interface (GMPI) public discussion list > Participation in this list is contingent upon your abiding by the > following rules: Please stay on topic. You are responsible for your own > words. Please respect your fellow subscribers. Please do not > redistribute anyone else's words without their permission. > > Archive: //www.freelists.org/archives/gmpi > Email gmpi-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx w/ subject "unsubscribe" to unsubscribe > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Generalized Music Plugin Interface (GMPI) public discussion list Participation in this list is contingent upon your abiding by the following rules: Please stay on topic. You are responsible for your own words. Please respect your fellow subscribers. Please do not redistribute anyone else's words without their permission. Archive: //www.freelists.org/archives/gmpi Email gmpi-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx w/ subject "unsubscribe" to unsubscribe