[haiku-bugs] Re: [Haiku] #9920: BSynth upgrade
- From: "Pete" <trac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2014 00:46:58 -0000
#9920: BSynth upgrade
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Reporter: Pete | Owner: korli
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: R1
Component: Kits/Midi Kit | Version: R1/alpha4.1
Resolution: | Keywords:
Blocked By: | Blocking:
Has a Patch: 1 | Platform: All
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Comment (by Pete):
Sorry I wasn't around during your earlier postings, but there are still a
few points arising.
I think the time to retire big_synth.sy is ''now''. It is a horribly
inappropriate name now that we're using soundfonts rather than Headspace
files. And with /boot/system/data/synth being PM, the only way it could
appear there is via the current timgmsoundfont.hpkg. That can be updated
in a hurry. I suppose big_synth.sy could be left there just in case
anybody is using the current package, but the synth should first look for
/boot/system/data/synth/synth.sf2. I'd prefer to dump it right now, and
let affected users install a revised package.
I would somewhat prefer to have a subdirectory 'synth' in settings, as I
think it's clearer to the user. Also it would provide a home for any
future settings we might think of. Maybe "synth.sf2" is specific enough,
though.
Why do you prefer B_USER_SETTINGS_DIRECTORY over
B_SYSTEM_SETTINGS_DIRECTORY? I rather considered the system default
soundfont to belong in the latter. Would be good, actually, to have both,
I guess (thinking ahead to multi-user, or even if the user wanted to
replace the default temporarily, without messing with the system link).
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