Continuing the rephrasing

[ardour-manual] / include / osc58-querying-ardour.html

diff --git a/include/osc58-querying-ardour.html b/include/osc58-querying-ardour.html
index fed62f370f8b9bef6bb9202def3a99846339e694..d112a2f6ad45ea61e6f42c84364495c59815ba89 100644 (file)
--- a/include/osc58-querying-ardour.html
+++ b/include/osc58-querying-ardour.html
@@ -21,8 +21,10 @@
   <td>Asks for a list of tracks that have sends to the strip <em>ssid</em> points to</td></tr>
   <tr><th><kbd class="osc">/strip/plugin/list <em>ssid</em></kbd></th>
   <td>Asks for a list of plug-ins for strip <em>ssid.</em></td></tr>
-  <tr><th><kbd class="osc">/plugin/descriptor <em>ssid</em> <em>piid</em></kbd></th>
+  <tr><th><kbd class="osc">/strip/plugin/descriptor <em>ssid</em> <em>piid</em></kbd></th>
   <td>Asks for a list of descriptors for plug-in <em>piid</em> on strip <em>ssid</em></td></tr>
+  <tr><th><kbd class="osc">/set_surface</kbd></th>
+  <td>Ask for the current surface setting. Reply is in the same form as setting the surface would be.</td></tr>
 </table>
 
 <h3>A list of strips</h3>
@@ -32,14 +34,22 @@
   current session has. Ardour replies with a message for each
   strip with the following information:
   <ul>
-    <li>Strip type</li>
+    <li>Strip type - One of:</li>
+    <ul>
+               <li>AT - Audio Track</li>
+               <li>MT - MIDI Track</li>
+               <li>B - Audio Bus</li>
+               <li>MB - MIDI bus</li>
+               <li>AX - Aux bus</li>
+               <li>V - VCA</li>
+    </ul>
     <li>Strip name</li>
     <li>Number of inputs</li>
     <li>Number of outputs</li>
-    <li>Muted (bool)</li>
-    <li>Soloed (bool)</li>
+    <li>Muted</li>
+    <li>Soloed</li>
     <li>Ssid (strip number)</li>
-    <li>Record enabled (bool)</li>
+    <li>Record enabled</li>
   </ul>
   After all the strip messages have been sent, one final message is
   sent with:
@@ -47,8 +57,21 @@
     <li>The text <code>end_route_list</code></li>
     <li>The session frame rate</li>
     <li>The last frame number of the session</li>
+    <li>Monitor section present</li>
   </ul>
 </p>
+<p class="note">
+       The <code>/set_surface</code> should be set before this is called. That way
+       The right set of strips will be sent in return (though the default is good
+       for most uses) and feedback will start correctly.
+</p>
+<p>
+  If the surface is using <code>/strip/list</code>, the surface needs to know
+  if the strips have changed. This would be true if a strip gets moved, created or
+  deleted. When this happens Ardour sends <code>/strip/list</code> to the surfaces
+  that have previously requested a <code>/strip/list</code>. This lets the
+  surface know that it's list of strips is no longer valid.
+</p>
 <p class="note">A bus will not have a record enable and so a bus message
   will have one less parameter than a track. It is the controllers
   responsability to deal with this.
@@ -145,6 +168,8 @@
 </p>
 <p>
        While this seems complex, it is really not that bad. Minimum,
-       maximum and value will in most cases give you all you need.
+       maximum and value will in most cases give you all you need. For simpler
+       access to plug-ins, the /select/plugin/ set of commands will handle most
+       needs.
 </p>