Messages in this thread | | | From | alex.buell@tahallah ... | Date | Fri, 23 Apr 1999 10:13:34 +0100 (BST) | Subject | Re: README no longer mentions symlinks for includes |
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On Fri, 23 Apr 1999, Philip Blundell wrote:
> >#include <soundcard.h> > > > > no such file: /usr/include/soundcard.h ... > > If you want soundcard support for user programs (and it's something > that would be generally useful) consider sending a patch to the libc > developers.
Bad idea, there are a load of user-space libraries for this purpose - for example ESD, OSS, ALSA and so forth.
There's no real need to include sound with the libc library, that's not its function; its function is to provide us with a safe interface to the kernel's syscalls that's POSIX compliant.
Perhaps the POSIX boys might like to define standards for a multimedia library for UNIX use though - that at least, WOULD guarantee that code and multimedia stuff will be able to work on different platforms (i.e *BSD, Linux, Solaris & BeOS).
Something like libmedia.[so|a] and corresponding includes.
(Yes I know - if I am deaf, why am I talking about this? 8)
Cheers, Alex -- "A mind opened by new ideas cannot return to its original limits"
http://www.tahallah.demon.co.uk
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