Re: [Jack-Devel] JackSession - feedback

On 05/19/2011 01:19 PM, Rui Nuno Capela wrote:
> On Thu, 19 May 2011 09:45:33 +0200, Adrian Knoth 
> <[hidden]> wrote:
>> On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 11:10:26PM +0100, Rui Nuno Capela wrote:
>>
>>>> Qjackctl:
>>>>
>>>> * I find it a bit strange that there is no option to quit the session,
>>>> like you have in jacksmtray. It's only possible to 'save and quit'.
>>>
>>> yes, that's been deliberate: qjackctl does not implement the just-quit
>>> jack-session option. what's the use case of it anyway, may i ask?
>>
>> From somebody who has never used jack-session:
>>
>>     1. Load an existing session
>>     2. Modify something
>>     3. Decide you want to discard all changes
>>
>> Isn't "quit-without-save" exactly this? If quitting always means
>> "overwrite my settings", how would you implement a rollback? (without
>> revision control in the file system?)
>>
>> Needless to say that many programs out there have separate "save" and
>> "quit" buttons. "You have unsaved changes. Do you really want to quit?"
>>
>
> pardon me, i must had my mind in another dimension when suggested 
> there's jack-session "just-quit" option. my bad.
>
> fact is, there's no "just-quit" option in the jack-session protocol 
> whatsoever--how pyjacksm implements it is beyond my comprehension and, 
> if confirmed, sure is crossing some "undefined behavior" border or else :)
Did you have time to figure out how pyjacksm does this? Would be nice if 
qjackctl has that stop session (without saving) option also.

Regards,
\r

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