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NAME

Suil -

Detailed Description

Suil is a library for loading and wrapping LV2 plugin UIs.

With Suil, a host written in one supported toolkit can embed a plugin UI written in a different supported toolkit. Suil insulates hosts from toolkit libraries used by plugin UIs. For example, a Gtk host can embed a Qt UI without linking against Qt at compile time.

Visit http://drobilla.net/software/suil for more information.

Typedefs


typedef struct SuilHostImpl SuilHost

typedef struct SuilInstanceImpl SuilInstance

typedef void * SuilHandle

typedef void * SuilWidget

typedef void * SuilController

typedef void(* SuilPortWriteFunc )(SuilController controller, uint32_t port_index, uint32_t buffer_size, uint32_t protocol, void const *buffer)

typedef uint32_t(* SuilPortIndexFunc )(SuilController controller, const char *port_symbol)

typedef uint32_t(* SuilPortSubscribeFunc )(SuilController controller, uint32_t port_index, uint32_t protocol, const LV2_Feature *const *features)

typedef uint32_t(* SuilPortUnsubscribeFunc )(SuilController controller, uint32_t port_index, uint32_t protocol, const LV2_Feature *const *features)

typedef void(* SuilTouchFunc )(SuilController controller, uint32_t port_index, bool grabbed)

Functions


SuilHost * suil_host_new (SuilPortWriteFunc write_func, SuilPortIndexFunc index_func, SuilPortSubscribeFunc subscribe_func, SuilPortUnsubscribeFunc unsubscribe_func)

void suil_host_set_touch_func (SuilHost *host, SuilTouchFunc touch_func)

void suil_host_free (SuilHost *host)

unsigned suil_ui_supported (const char *host_type_uri, const char *ui_type_uri)

SuilInstance * suil_instance_new (SuilHost *host, SuilController controller, const char *container_type_uri, const char *plugin_uri, const char *ui_uri, const char *ui_type_uri, const char *ui_bundle_path, const char *ui_binary_path, const LV2_Feature *const *features)

void suil_instance_free (SuilInstance *instance)

SuilHandle suil_instance_get_handle (SuilInstance *instance)

SuilWidget suil_instance_get_widget (SuilInstance *instance)

void suil_instance_port_event (SuilInstance *instance, uint32_t port_index, uint32_t buffer_size, uint32_t format, const void *buffer)

const void * suil_instance_extension_data (SuilInstance *instance, const char *uri)

Typedef Documentation

typedef struct SuilHostImpl SuilHost

UI host descriptor. This contains the various functions that a plugin UI may use to communicate with the plugin. It is passed to suil_instance_new() to provide these functions to the UI.

typedef struct SuilInstanceImpl SuilInstance

An instance of an LV2 plugin UI.

typedef void* SuilHandle

Opaque pointer to a UI handle.

typedef void* SuilWidget

Opaque pointer to a UI widget.

typedef void* SuilController

UI controller. This is an opaque pointer passed by the user which is passed to the various UI control functions (e.g. SuilPortWriteFunc). It is typically used to pass a pointer to some controller object the host uses to communicate with plugins.

typedef void(* SuilPortWriteFunc)(SuilController controller, uint32_t port_index, uint32_t buffer_size, uint32_t protocol, void const *buffer)

Function to write/send a value to a port.

typedef uint32_t(* SuilPortIndexFunc)(SuilController controller, const char *port_symbol)

Function to return the index for a port by symbol.

typedef uint32_t(* SuilPortSubscribeFunc)(SuilController controller, uint32_t port_index, uint32_t protocol, const LV2_Feature *const *features)

Function to subscribe to notifications for a port.

typedef uint32_t(* SuilPortUnsubscribeFunc)(SuilController controller, uint32_t port_index, uint32_t protocol, const LV2_Feature *const *features)

Function to unsubscribe from notifications for a port.

typedef void(* SuilTouchFunc)(SuilController controller, uint32_t port_index, bool grabbed)

Function called when a control is grabbed or released.

Function Documentation

SuilHost* suil_host_new (SuilPortWriteFuncwrite_func, SuilPortIndexFuncindex_func, SuilPortSubscribeFuncsubscribe_func, SuilPortUnsubscribeFuncunsubscribe_func)

Create a new UI host descriptor.

Parameters:

write_func Function to send a value to a plugin port.
index_func Function to get the index for a port by symbol.
subscribe_func Function to subscribe to port updates.
unsubscribe_func Function to unsubscribe from port updates.

void suil_host_set_touch_func (SuilHost *host, SuilTouchFunctouch_func)

Set a touch function for a host descriptor. Note this function will only be called if the UI supports it.

void suil_host_free (SuilHost *host)

Free host.

unsigned suil_ui_supported (const char *host_type_uri, const char *ui_type_uri)

Check if suil can wrap a UI type.

Parameters:

host_type_uri The URI of the desired widget type of the host, corresponding to the type_uri parameter of suil_instance_new().
ui_type_uri The URI of the UI widget type.

Returns:

0 if wrapping is unsupported, otherwise the quality of the wrapping where 1 is the highest quality (direct native embedding with no wrapping) and increasing values are of a progressively lower quality and/or stability.

SuilInstance* suil_instance_new (SuilHost *host, SuilControllercontroller, const char *container_type_uri, const char *plugin_uri, const char *ui_uri, const char *ui_type_uri, const char *ui_bundle_path, const char *ui_binary_path, const LV2_Feature *const *features)

Instantiate a UI for an LV2 plugin. This funcion may load a suil module to adapt the UI to the desired toolkit. Suil is configured at compile time to load modules from the appropriate place, but this can be changed at run-time via the environment variable SUIL_MODULE_DIR. This makes it possible to bundle suil with an application.

Note that some situations (Gtk in Qt, Windows in Gtk) require a parent container to be passed as a feature with URI LV2_UI__parent (http://lv2plug.in/ns/extensions/ui#ui) in order to work correctly. The data must point to a single child container of the host widget set.

Parameters:

host Host descriptor.
controller Opaque host controller pointer.
container_type_uri URI of the desired host container widget type.
plugin_uri URI of the plugin to instantiate this UI for.
ui_uri URI of the specifically desired UI.
ui_type_uri URI of the actual UI widget type.
ui_bundle_path Path of the UI bundle.
ui_binary_path Path of the UI binary.
features NULL-terminated array of supported features, or NULL.

Returns:

A new UI instance, or NULL if instantiation failed.

void suil_instance_free (SuilInstance *instance)

Free a plugin UI instance. The caller must ensure all references to the UI have been dropped before calling this function (e.g. it has been removed from its parent).

SuilHandle suil_instance_get_handle (SuilInstance *instance)

Get the handle for a UI instance. Returns the handle to the UI instance. The returned handle has opaque type to insulate the Suil API from LV2 extensions, but in pactice it is currently of type LV2UI_Handle. This should not normally be needed.

The returned handle is shared and must not be deleted.

SuilWidget suil_instance_get_widget (SuilInstance *instance)

Get the widget for a UI instance. Returns an opaque pointer to a widget, the type of which matches the container_type_uri parameter of suil_instance_new(). Note this may be a wrapper widget created by Suil, and not necessarily the widget directly implemented by the UI.

void suil_instance_port_event (SuilInstance *instance, uint32_tport_index, uint32_tbuffer_size, uint32_tformat, const void *buffer)

Notify the UI about a change in a plugin port.

Parameters:

instance UI instance.
port_index Index of the port which has changed.
buffer_size Size of buffer in bytes.
format Format of buffer (mapped URI, or 0 for float).
buffer Change data, e.g. the new port value.

This function can be used to notify the UI about any port change, but in the simplest case is used to set the value of lv2:ControlPort ports. For simplicity, this is a special case where format is 0, buffer_size is 4, and buffer should point to a single float.

The buffer must be valid only for the duration of this call, the UI must not keep a reference to it.

const void* suil_instance_extension_data (SuilInstance *instance, const char *uri)

Return a data structure defined by some LV2 extension URI.

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