Re: [Linuxsampler-devel] Re: LinuxSampler API

[Christian S. <chr...@ep...>]

Es geschah am Dienstag, 30. Dezember 2003 14:21 als be...@ga... schrieb:
> > Would it then be better to provide the socket protocol and only
> > provide a C API example implementation?
>
> Yes, basically define a simple communication protocol
> (write sort of RFC for it)
> (I'd opt for something that is HTTP-like, eg. client sends command
> server exectures command and sends response (or sends only back
>  internal status data)).
> The protocol will be used by the GUI plus we can make a few small
> C examples that show you how to communicate with the engine.
> That way anyone can write their own frontends, scripts etc that
> communicate with LinuxSampler.

Ok, seems the majority here votes for a protocol. Then I will start to write a 
RFC today as an initial draft for the protocol. I hope to post it tomorrow 
here on the list.

Rui, if you still insist on a C based API, then implement it yourself right 
after we agreed about a final version of the protocol. But I definitely think 
it would be much better, easier and more convenient for you to implement the 
communication by using the Qt facilities (qsocket AFAIK). I don't really see 
much sense for you to write a C API and to bind that in your C++ GUI code.

CU
Christian