Re: [Jsynthlib-devel] Nomenclature

[Hiroo H. <hir...@co...>]

Hi Joe,

When I joined this project, there was no description about Device class
in programming.html.  I guess Device class was added after a term `synth
driver' was introduced.

I tried to use the following terminology when I updated programming.html.
If you see CVS log of the file, you will find most of changes are done
by non-native English writers.  Please clean up it.

Joe>  - The thing we write which subclasses Device?
   Device [class]

Joe>  - The things we write which subclass Driver and/or Editor?
   single Driver [class] and/or single editor
   bank Driver [class] and/or bank editor

Joe>  - The set of the previous two? ("synthdriver"?)
   synth driver

Joe>  - The actual hardware devices that JSL talks to? ("synths"? Even though 
Joe> it doesn't just talk to synths anymore?)
   MIDI device

Thanks.

On Sun, 03 Apr 2005 15:04:30 -0700
Joe Emenaker <jo...@em...> wrote:

Joe> (Sorry to throw all of the messages to the list at once. I've been 
Joe> wondering about some of them for a while, and I just got around to 
Joe> posting them all to the list. This is the last one....)
Joe> 
Joe> Is there a standard nomenclature to use when we're discussing things on 
Joe> the list?
Joe> 
Joe> For example, even though the main piece of a synthdriver package is 
Joe> something which subclasses "Device", I think some people refer to it as 
Joe> a "Driver", which could cause people to confuse it with things which 
Joe> sub-class Driver.
Joe> 
Joe> So, to clarify, what do we call:
Joe>  - The thing we write which subclasses Device?
Joe>  - The things we write which subclass Driver and/or Editor?
Joe>  - The set of the previous two? ("synthdriver"?)
Joe>  - The actual hardware devices that JSL talks to? ("synths"? Even though 
Joe> it doesn't just talk to synths anymore?)
Joe> 
Joe> - Joe
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Hiroo Hayashi