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 +====== Jack-Session v2.0 - brainstorm ======
  
 +===== jack-session v1.0 =====
  
-====== Jack-Session v2.0 - brainstorm ======+Links and references to the current 1.0 API.
  
-\\+  * [[http://trac.jackaudio.org/wiki/WalkThrough/Dev/JackSession|Developer Walk-through]] - the JACK-Session API 
 +  * [[http://trac.jackaudio.org/wiki/WalkThrough/User/jack_session|Basic Usage info]] 
 +  * [[http://hochstrom.endofinternet.org/files/pyjacksm-cast01.ogv|Example-usage Screencast]] 
 +  * [[http://jackaudio.org/files/docs/html/session_8h.html|Session API documentation]] - doxygen 
 +  * [[http://jackaudio.org/files/docs/html/group__SessionClientFunctions.html|Session Client Function API]] - doxygen 
 +  * [[http://tangostudio.tuxfamily.org/jacksession?lang=en|End-User documentation]] by TangoStudio. 
 + 
 +===== Brainstorm =====
  
 Be welcome, to add your opinion and idea below. Be welcome, to add your opinion and idea below.
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 +\\
 +
 +===== (Multi) Session Handling ===== 
 +\\
 +
 +\\
 +Can multi-session handling work reliably ? \\
 +Is it too complicated ? \\
 +Can a single-session be open multiple times ? \\
 +\\
 +The current behavior, to me, feels strange and unexpected:
 +Opening a running session (twice) opens another set of windows.
 +What's that ? Do I have a "doubled" session now ?
 +It is very opaque, unclear, which window belongs to which session. 
 +Is that how it should be, is that what we'd want ?
 +\\
 +\\
 +An idea:\\
 +Add a sessionID. \\
 +The client would allow selecting the session it belongs to (with a drop-down-box). This would allow multiple sessions to be open.
 +Every session should have an associated color (light, water-color) and a short description string (user-assigned), the applications can use to visualize dependency to a particular session.\\
 +\\
 +For example I could have a "light-green" session with hydrogen and qsynth and a "light-orange" session with audacity and lv2host running at the same time. \\
 +\\
 +In qjackctl, there would be an option "create new session" with a dialog, where I would be able to select a color, enter a string, for a new session.
 +
 +\\
 +\\
 +**Store connections:**
 +\\
 +  * Every saved sessions stores all connections currently active (when hitting save).
 +\\
 +**Restoration of connections** in a multi-session environment.
 +\\
 +  * Start with no connections, nothing connected (keep existing connections ? rather not - they could conflict ?)
 +  * Load first session    => connections of __applications belonging to__ that particular session __are restored__ (only)
 +  * Load a second session => the same
 +  * __Restore additionally__ saved connections __if the user requests__, from an already loaded session.
 +\\
 +Every app has a drop-down-box, where one of the loaded sessions can be selected, i.o. to become a member.
 +\\
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   * don't use single character parameters in the command_line  ==>  bad:\\ params -a=yes and -A=no is the same on some platforms, rather --autoconnect=yes, --artefacts=no   * don't use single character parameters in the command_line  ==>  bad:\\ params -a=yes and -A=no is the same on some platforms, rather --autoconnect=yes, --artefacts=no
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-  *  apps are not allowed to auto-connect jack-ports+  * with the session, applications should **restore their window position** and state (maximized, curled up, minimized, etc.) 
 \\ \\
   * apps are not allowed to auto-connect jack-ports, when using jack-session (user option)   * apps are not allowed to auto-connect jack-ports, when using jack-session (user option)
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