Aloe VST PlugView

Aloe VST PlugView is a Rust crate providing an interface implementation for VST (Virtual Studio Technology) plugins' graphical user interface (GUI) management. This crate offers a comprehensive suite of traits and structures facilitating VST plugins' view handling and interaction with the host environment.

Features

• Plugin View Management: Implement IPlugView to manage plugin GUI representation, including attaching and detaching views, handling keyboard inputs, and resizing.
• Host Interaction: Utilize IPlugFrame to enable plugins to prompt host window resizing and other interactions.
• Linux Run Loop Management: IRunLoop allows handling of file descriptor events and timer registrations on Linux, where a global event loop is absent.
• Parameter Lookup: IParameterFinder facilitates parameter identification based on cursor position, crucial for supporting advanced UI controls.
• Content Scaling: IPlugViewContentScaleSupport helps adjust view dimensions based on host-provided scale factors, contributing to responsive design on diverse display setups.

Technical Overview

Aloe VST PlugView interfaces with various VST GUI subsystems, extending from view size management to event handling and scaling adjustments. It encompasses sophisticated implementations that ensure seamless operation within VST plugin host environments, meeting the mandatory requirements of Steinberg's VST3 specifications.

Usage

Implement necessary traits in your plugin's GUI code, and leverage provided structures like CPluginView and ViewRect for efficient GUI rendering and interaction.

Important Considerations

• Size management within IPlugView ensures proper synchrony between host and plugin GUI dimensions.
• Direct platform UI interaction for key events should be bypassed in favor of host-mediated event transmission, adhering to IPlugView guidelines.
• Linux-specific operations are supported via the IRunLoop trait, providing essential utilities in the absence of a unified event loop.

For further details, including contributing and usage documentation, visit the GitHub repository.

This README.md was generated by an AI model and may not be 100% accurate; however, it should be pretty good.

This crate is a translation of the JUCE module.

JUCE is a c++ software framework for developing high performance audio applications.

Usage falls under the GPLv3 as well as the JUCE commercial license.

See github.com/juce-framework/JUCE and the JUCE license page for details.

This crate is in the process of being translated from c++ to rust. For progress updates, please see the workspacer rust project. designed specifically for rust projects.