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| -rw-r--r-- | extensions/ui.lv2/ui.ttl | 29 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/extensions/ui.lv2/ui.ttl b/extensions/ui.lv2/ui.ttl index 2aa7864..16b156f 100644 --- a/extensions/ui.lv2/ui.ttl +++ b/extensions/ui.lv2/ui.ttl @@ -128,28 +128,15 @@ and the host guarantees that the Gtk+ library has been initialised and the Glib main loop is running before an UI of this type is instantiated.""" . ui:makeSONameResident a lv2:Feature ; + owl:deprecated "true"^^xsd:boolean ; lv2:documentation """ -<p>This feature is ELF specific - it should only be used by UIs that -use the ELF file format for the UI shared object files (e.g. on Linux). -If it is required by an UI the UI should also list a number of SO names -(shared object names) for libraries that the UI shared object -depends on and that may not be unloaded during the lifetime of the host -process, using the predicate @c ui:residentSONames, like this:</p> -<pre> -<http://my.pluginui> ui:residentSONames "libgtkmm-2.4.so.1", "libfoo.so.0" -</pre> -<p>The host MUST then make sure that the shared libraries with the given ELF -SO names are not unloaded when the plugin UI is, but stay loaded during -the entire lifetime of the host process. On Linux this can be accomplished -by calling dlopen() on the shared library file with that SO name and never -calling a matching dlclose(). However, if a plugin UI requires the -@c ui:makeSONameResident feature, it MUST ALWAYS be safe for the host to -just never unload the shared object containing the UI implementation, i.e. -act as if the UI required the @c ui:makeResident feature instead. Thus -the host only needs to find the shared library files corresponding to the -given SO names if it wants to save RAM by unloading the UI shared object -file when it is no longer needed. The data pointer for the LV2_Feature for -this feature should always be set to NULL.</p> +<p>DEPRECATED</p> + +<p>This feature was intended to support UIs that link against toolkit +libraries which may not be unloaded during the lifetime of the host. +This is better achieved by using the appropriate flags when linking the +UI, e.g. <code>gcc -Wl,nodelete</code>. +</p> """ . ui:noUserResize a lv2:Feature ; |