[gmpi] Re: wrap up 3.8 - gesture start/end

  • From: Steve Harris <S.W.Harris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 10:03:24 +0000

On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 01:58:06 +0100, David Olofson wrote:
> > Please read up on what DirectX automation does for parameter
> > capture/release.  (That's the terminology used there,
> > capture/release like a mouse, rather than gestures which can easily
> > be confused with musical performance gestures.)
> 
> I vote for borrowing that terminology. It makes sense, whether we're 
> talking about GUI widgets, physical controllers or weird event 
> processors that might want to (ab)use the feature.

Agreed.
 
> What you describe sounds to me *exactly* like what we've been 
> discussing, except that it appears to be using function calls rather 
> than events. (And no IDs, but that's additional information, and 
> doesn't really change the logic behind the capture/release feature.)

I think the point is that the plugin has to request reception of
capture/release events from the host. Sounds like a good idea to me, one
less thing to process.

- Steve 

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