Re: [fluid-dev] Config files ?

[David Henningsson]

On 2014-08-24 16:34, Stefan Kost wrote:
> Am 24.08.2014 05:42, schrieb Peter Billam:
> > Greetings,
> >
> > I keep wishing there was some little config file, maybe:
> >    ~> cat ~/.fluidsynth/config
> >    audio:
> >      alsa
> >    soundfonts:
> >      /home/soundfonts/MyGM.sf2
> >      /home/soundfonts/ReallyGoodPiano.sf2
> >
> > something like that.
> > (In fact it would almost fit in an environment variable)
> >
> > Has any other fluidsynth app adopted a config file format
> > (or environment variable) that I could adopt/reuse/share ?

In general, the fluidsynth settings system could use some 
thinking/overhaul, as some things you want to do is done by using 
settings, other things can be done from the shell, and some can be done 
from both.

> I posted this previously. Having a specification where an application should
> look for soundfonts would be nice. This could be a fallback-path and an
> environment variable (e.g. SF2_PATH). Right now I am have a heuristic in my 
> code:
> https://github.com/Buzztrax/gst-buzztrax/blob/master/src/fluidsynth/fluidsynth.c#L729
> https://github.com/Buzztrax/gst-buzztrax/blob/master/src/fluidsynth/fluidsynth.c#L293

In latest git head, there is a "synth.default-soundfont" option.

The fluidsynth executable uses it if you have not specified a midi file 
but not a soundfont on the command line.

You can also read the default value in your application by creating a 
settings object and then use fluid_settings_getstr().

// David