[gmpi] Topic 8 breakdown (time to focus)
- From: Tim Hockin <thockin@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (GMPI Mailing list)
- Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 09:55:05 -0700 (PDT)
Here is the summary of issues I see for topic 8 from this past week's
discussion. Please add on to this, if I missed anything.
I'd like to get this list complete before we delve too deeply into the
topics, so we're all clear on the scope of the questions - some are not quite
crystal clear.
Lastly, I'd like to propose that we call the things to which I think we are
all referring 'controls' instead of 'parameters'. To my mind, anyway, it is
much easier to imagine most of these 'parameters' as knobs and switches on a
piece of hardware. 'Parameters' is a very abstract word, and is also
overloaded. If these things are not behaviorally the same as 'parameters'
in other plugin systems, let's clarify that.
Tim
Topic 8: Parameter Representation
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8.1) What is a 'parameter'?
8.2) How do parameters fit into saving and restoring of a plugin's state?
8.3) What data types can be used for parameters?
8.3) How are parameters identified within a plugin? (e.g. by index,
by name, etc.)
8.4) How are a plugin's parameters discovered by the host?
-- maybe this is too low level?
8.5) How are properties of a parameter discovered by the host? (e.g. type,
range, etc.)
-- maybe this is too low level?
8.6) Do parameters use normalized or natural ranges?
8.7) Is there a heirarchy of parameters, or is there a single per-plugin
namespace?
8.8) Can the parameter list change dynamically? How?
8.9) Are parameters the things that the user automates? Are all parameters
automatable?
8.10) Is there a distinction between a time-varying parameter and a
non-time-varying parameter? Is this a fixed characteristic, or can it
be changed?
-- I still don't understand this question - can we get clarification?
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