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@mainpage liblscp |
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@section Intro |
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Hi all, |
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On the path to a GUI for linuxsampler, I've been taking some of my spare |
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time by writing an early implementation for the LSCP (the LinuxSampler |
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Control Protocol), as defined from the current available draft document |
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(http://www.linuxsampler.org/api/draft-linuxsampler-protocol.html). |
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My implementation, while still rather crude, is taking the form of a |
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programming library for plain conventional C, codenamed liblscp. |
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One of my objectives is that liblscp evolves as the implementation for a |
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linuxsampler API, while being a fair abstraction for the network and/or |
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IPC aspects of LSCP. |
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For the facts, liblscp is actually a wrapper for the LSCP specification, |
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taking all the TCP/UDP socket communication into it's main control, hiding |
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all or some of the protocol bureoucracy from the user and exposing a |
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simple and opaque C programming language interface, mainly by mapping |
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events to user function callback handlers. |
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The design of liblscp assumed that the programming interface provided is |
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useable and applicable either for server (linuxsampler itself) and/or |
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client (gui's) development. |
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Some design features (no rocket-sci here :) |
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- Multi-threaded or multiplexed server; clients block for synchronous |
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request calls. |
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- Multi-client; one server instance serves many clients, local and/or |
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remote. |
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- Server events broadcasted and delivered to client callbacks. |
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- Client requests processed on server supplied callback. |
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Please note that (as usual :) documentation is none at this stage but I'll |
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challenge you to look at the source code provided on the tarball below. A |
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barebones server and client test programs are included (lscp_server_test |
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and lscp_client_test). |
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@section Client |
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As a quick reference for the client programming, one links to liblscp to |
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create a client instance handle, just like this:<pre> |
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#include <lscp/@ref:client.h> |
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@ref lscp_client_t *client; |
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client = @ref lscp_client_create (server_host, server_port, |
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client_callback, client_data); |
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</pre>where server_host is the hostname of the server we wish to connect, and |
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server_port is the respective port number; client_callback is the client |
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supplied callback function that will handle every server notification |
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event; client_data is intended for client context and will be fed to |
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client_callback without intervention. |
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The client may issue a request to server by use of:<pre> |
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@ref lscp_client_query (client, query); |
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</pre>where you'll submit a single command to the server and wait for it's response. |
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The query string must be null terminated. The server response result maybe |
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retrieved by:<pre> |
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char *result; |
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result = @ref lscp_client_get_result(client); |
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</pre>and the eventual error status code:<pre> |
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int errno; |
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errno = @ref lscp_client_get_errno(client); |
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</pre>The client callback function must have the following prototype (@ref lscp_client_proc_t): |
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- @ref lscp_status_t <i>client_callback</i> ( @ref lscp_client_t *client, |
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@ref lscp_event_t event, const char *buf, int buflen, void *client_data ); |
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where event is the specific event type notification, buf will be a pointer to |
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the event text which is buflen bytes in length; client_data is exactly the same |
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value given on @ref lscp_client_create call. |
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This callback function is the place to handle all server notifications and |
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will be only called if the client is currently subscribed. No response |
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from the client is expected while processing an event within |
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client_callback. |
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A client subscribes to receive event notifications by calling:<pre> |
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@ref lscp_client_subscribe (client, events); |
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</pre>after which it will start receiving events by means of the supplied |
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client_callback function. To unsubscribe and stop this deliverance:<pre> |
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@ref lscp_client_unsubscribe (client, events); |
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</pre>Finally, when a client is about to quit, the proper terminator is in order:<pre> |
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@ref lscp_client_destroy (client); |
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</pre>As for the current protocol draft (11), the client interface already maps |
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the following functions defined in <lscp/@ref:client.h>, one for each corresponding |
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LSCP comand, and regarding the sampler channel space:<pre> |
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@ref lscp_get_available_engines (client); |
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@ref lscp_list_available_engines (client); |
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@ref lscp_get_engine_info (client, engine_name); |
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@ref lscp_get_channels (client); |
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@ref lscp_list_channels (client); |
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@ref lscp_add_channel (client); |
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@ref lscp_load_engine (client, engine_name, channel); |
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@ref lscp_set_channel_audio_device (client, channel, audio_device); |
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@ref lscp_set_channel_audio_type (client, channel, audio_type); |
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@ref lscp_set_channel_audio_channel (client, channel, audio_in, audio_out); |
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@ref lscp_set_channel_midi_device (client, channel, midi_device); |
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@ref lscp_set_channel_midi_type (client, channel, midi_type); |
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@ref lscp_set_channel_midi_port (client, channel, midi_port); |
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@ref lscp_set_channel_midi_channel (client, channel, midi_channel); |
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@ref lscp_set_channel_volume (client, channel, volume); |
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@ref lscp_load_instrument (client, file_name, instr_index, channel); |
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@ref lscp_load_instrument_non_modal (client, file_name, instr_index, channel); |
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@ref lscp_get_channel_info (client, channel); |
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@ref lscp_get_channel_voice_count (client, channel); |
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@ref lscp_get_channel_stream_count (client, channel); |
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@ref lscp_get_channel_buffer_fill (client, usage_type, channel); |
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@ref lscp_reset_channel (client, channel); |
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@ref lscp_remove_channel (client, channel); |
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@ref lscp_reset_sampler (client); |
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@ref lscp_get_server_info (client); |
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</pre>For the audio output and MIDI input device configuration interface, |
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the following functions are respectively defined in <lscp/@ref:device.h>:<pre> |
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@ref lscp_get_available_audio_drivers (client); |
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@ref lscp_list_available_audio_drivers (client); |
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@ref lscp_get_audio_driver_info (client, audio_driver); |
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@ref lscp_get_audio_driver_param_info (client, audio_driver, param_key, deplist); |
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@ref lscp_create_audio_device (client, audio_driver, params); |
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@ref lscp_destroy_audio_device (client, audio_device); |
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@ref lscp_get_audio_devices (client); |
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@ref lscp_list_audio_devices (client); |
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@ref lscp_get_audio_device_info (client, audio_device); |
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@ref lscp_set_audio_device_param (client, audio_device, param); |
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@ref lscp_get_audio_channel_info (client, audio_device, audio_channel); |
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@ref lscp_get_audio_channel_param_info (client, audio_device, audio_channel, param); |
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@ref lscp_set_audio_channel_param (client, audio_device, audio_channel, param); |
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@ref lscp_get_available_midi_drivers (client); |
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@ref lscp_list_available_midi_drivers (client); |
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@ref lscp_get_midi_driver_info (client, midi_driver); |
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@ref lscp_get_midi_driver_param_info (client, midi_driver, param_key, deplist); |
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@ref lscp_create_midi_device (client, midi_driver, params); |
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@ref lscp_destroy_midi_device (client, midi_device); |
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@ref lscp_get_midi_devices (client); |
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@ref lscp_list_midi_devices (client); |
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@ref lscp_get_midi_device_info (client, midi_device); |
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@ref lscp_set_midi_device_param (client, midi_device, param); |
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@ref lscp_get_midi_port_info (client, midi_device, midi_port); |
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@ref lscp_get_midi_port_param_info (client, midi_device, midi_port, param); |
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@ref lscp_set_midi_port_param (client, midi_device, midi_port, param); |
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</pre>Most of these functions are wrappers to @ref lscp_client_query, and some will handle |
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and change the result string accordingly. |
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@section Server |
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Likewise, and least important yet as for server programming, you create a server |
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instance handle just like that:<pre> |
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#include <lscp/@ref:server.h> |
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@ref lscp_server_t *server; |
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server = @ref lscp_server_create (server_port, server_callback, server_data); |
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</pre>where server_port is the port number where the server will be |
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listening for connections; server_callback is the server supplied |
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callback function that will handle every client request; server_data is |
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any reference to data that will be fed into server_callback without |
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modification. |
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The server callback function prototype is very similar to the client one |
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(@ref lscp_server_proc_t): |
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- @ref lscp_status_t <i>server_callback</i> ( @ref lscp_connect_t *conn, |
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const char *request, int reqlen, void *server_data ); |
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where conn is just a client connection handle, that shall be used for the |
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server responses; the request text which has a length of reqlen bytes; |
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server_data is the same value given on lscp_server_create. |
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There's two special server callback cases, flagged by a null request pointer |
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and described with reqlen as a boolean value: when zero it announces a new |
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client connection, otherwise it tells that a client connection has closed. |
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While handling each request the server must cook it's response and |
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eventually issue the following:<pre> |
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@ref lscp_server_result (conn, result, reslen); |
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</pre>where conn is the client handle, and result is a pointer to the server |
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response literal text of reslen bytes. Of course the response shall obey |
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to the protocol specification. |
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The server issues a broadcast to its subscribers by simply issuing:<pre> |
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@ref lscp_server_broadcast (server, buf, buflen); |
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</pre>which will trigger the client callback function, which will be fed with an |
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exact copy of buf/len; this is the intended way to deliver all |
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notifications to each subscribed client. |
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When its time to shutdown the server instance, just don't forget to call |
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the server destructor:<pre> |
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@ref lscp_server_destroy (server); |
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</pre>and we're done with the server. |
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@section Outro |
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Nuff said. If you care or dare, track the revolving under: |
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- http://www.rncbc.org/ls/ |
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Please note that the code is known to compile and run on Linux AND on |
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win32 (!). On Linux the main target is a shared library (liblscp.so) so |
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remember to set your LS_LIBRARY_PATH accordingly before running the test |
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programs. |
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A final disclaimer goes to the fact that I AM NOT a socket nor thread |
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programming guru, whatsoever. So fundamental mistakes may be lying around, |
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somewhere. Besides that ItJustWorks(tm:). |
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I'm eager to hear your feedback and comments. As usual, destructive |
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criticism will be sent to /dev/null ;) |
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Hope to be on the right track, and towards linuxsampler integration. |
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Otherwise sorry for the bandwidth waste. |
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Cheers. |
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rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela |
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rncbc@rncbc.org |
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@see http://www.linuxsampler.org |
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