[specimen] adding several port to Specimen

[Philipp]

Excerpts from Dubphil's message of 2010-04-02 16:03:36 +0200:
> Here is the currently change I have done :
> 
> http://mercurial.migratis.net/specimen/rev/a72b1f187ed9#l1
> 
> is there still someone reading this list ?
> 
> I'm somehow begining to believe that I'm talking to me ;)
> 
> Best.
> 
> Philippe
> 
> Dubphil a écrit , Le 01.04.2010 15:26:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm currently learning C++ by adding to specimen the ability to create 
> > several jack port and give the possibility to connect each patch to 
> > the desired left and right ports.
> > This is what I have already do :
> >
> > 1 - running specimen with the new parameter -p 4 launch specimen with 
> > 4 stereo channels  (4 lefts and 4 rights = 8 jack ports).
> > 2 - in the audio settings I have added a SpinButton that sets the 
> > number of  stereo channel from 1 to 16, the registering of the ports 
> > to jack is made when we hit "Reconnect". Unfortunately this parameter 
> > is not saved somewhere and is not populated yet by the -p param
> > 3 - in the SMP tab of the patch, I have added a new section called  
> > "Outputs" where I have added two dropdown menus for respectively the 
> > jack left and right outputs. Setting this parametter is well saved in 
> > the bank and well recalled when a bank is open.
> >
> > This is what I need to do to finish the implementation :
> >
> > 1 - populate the outputs drop down menu of the SMP tab of the patch 
> > with the left and the right registered jack ports, I have already try 
> > something, it compiles but when I run specimen i get a "segmentation 
> > fault" immediatly
> >      I have included the jack lib in the src/gui/sampletab.c and use 
> > jeack_get_ports() method, can I do this here ?
> >
> > 2 - routing the audio of the patch to the good left and right jack 
> > port as configured in the SMP patch tab (here I'm very very lost and 
> > need some help)
> >
> > Hope there will be someone still interested by this small jewel app 
> > and able to help me.
> >
> > Best regards
> >
> > Philippe
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You're certainly not the only one reading the list, but everyone
involved in development seems to be absent.
Recent development was only from outside contributors, the jack session
patch from Torben and your improvements.