Re: gsoc2013 octave audio system

[Vytautas Jancauskas]

Maybe letting the user save that preference so that it would work when
they start octave the next time would be good as well.

On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 12:22 AM, Vytautas Jancauskas <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 12:20 AM, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso
> <address@hidden> wrote:
>> On 17 April 2013 17:16, Vytautas Jancauskas <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 12:11 AM, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso
>>
>>>> Is it impossible for an audio library to query the operating system at
>>>> runtime or build time to decide which audio infrastructure to use?
>>>> Will no other library do this?
>>>>
>>>
>>> It is not possible. For example my system has jack, pulseaudio, alsa
>>> and oss (I think) all working. Which one is the correct one? The
>>> answer depends on the circumstances.
>>
>> I see. Can a reasonable default choice be made at runtime? What about
>> on non-Linux systems? Our biggest userbase is probably Windows. Will
>> portaudio work there without making people pick the audio system to
>> use?
>>
>> - Jordi G. H.
>
> You can always make an educated guess depending on the system. And
> then let the user change it if they need something else.



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