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diff --git a/doc/README.html.in b/doc/README.html.in index 296d4506..4972c194 100644 --- a/doc/README.html.in +++ b/doc/README.html.in @@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.</p> <h2><a name="news">News</a></h2> +<div class="news-date">Fri Aug 20 2004: </div> <p class="news-text"><a +href="@PACKAGE_URL@polypaudio-0.2.tar.gz">Version 0.2</a> released; +changes include: added sample cache, introspection API, client API +documentation, module autoloading, glib support, a module for intercepting X11 bell events, and much more.</p> <div class="news-date">Sat Jul 17 2004: </div> <p class="news-text"><a href="@PACKAGE_URL@polypaudio-0.1.tar.gz">Version 0.1</a> released</p> @@ -56,7 +60,7 @@ Daemon</a> (ESOUND). In addition to the features ESOUND provides <tt>polypaudio</tt> has:</p> <ul> - <li>Extensible plugin architecture (<tt>dlopen()</tt>)</li> + <li>Extensible plugin architecture (by loading dynamic loadable modules with <tt>dlopen()</tt>)</li> <li>Support for more than one sink/source</li> <li>Better low latency behaviour</li> <li>Embedabble into other software (the core is available as C library)</li> @@ -64,6 +68,7 @@ Daemon</a> (ESOUND). In addition to the features ESOUND provides <li>Simple command line interface for reconfiguring the daemon while running</li> <li>Flexible, implicit sample type conversion and resampling</li> <li>"Zero-Copy" architecture</li> + <li>Module autoloading</li> </ul> <p>Both the core and the client API are completely asynchronous making @@ -74,31 +79,27 @@ available through <tt>polyplib</tt> is quite difficult to use there is a simplified synchronous API wrapper <tt>polyplib-simple</tt> available. A simple main loop implementation is available as well.</p> -<p><tt>polypaudio</tt> is the successor of my previous, ill-fated attempt to write a sound server <a href="http://asd.sf.net/">asd</a>.</p> +<p><tt>polypaudio</tt> is the successor of my previous, ill-fated +attempt to write a sound server <a +href="http://asd.sf.net/">asd</a>.</p> + +<p>A GTK GUI manager application for polypaudio is the <a +href="http://0pointer.de/projects/paman/">Polypaudio Manager</a>.</p> <h2><a name="status">Status</a></h2> -<p>Version @PACKAGE_VERSION@ is quite usable. <tt>polypaudio</tt> does -not yet match all ESOUND features: currently a sample cache and -automatic releasing of unused sound drivers are missing. Have a look -on the more extensive <a -href="http://0pointer.de/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/trunk/doc/todo?view=markup">TODO -list</a>.</p> +<p>Version @PACKAGE_VERSION@ is quite usable. It matches and supersedes ESOUND's feature set in nearly all areas.</p> <h2><a name="documentation">Documentation</a></h2> -<p>There is some prelimenary documentation available: <a +<p>There is some preliminary documentation available: <a href="modules.html"><tt>modules.html</tt></a>, <a href="cli.html"><tt>cli.html</tt></a>, <a -href="daemon.html"><tt>daemeon.html</tt></a>.</p> +href="daemon.html"><tt>daemon.html</tt></a>.</p> -<p>Documentation for developing with <tt>polypaudio</tt> is not yet -available. Read the source, Luke! There are some example application -available: for the <a -href="http://0pointer.de/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/trunk/polyp/pacat.c?view=markup">asynchronous -API</a> and for the <a -href="http://0pointer.de/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/trunk/polyp/pacat-simple.c?view=markup">simple, -synchronous API</a>.</p> +<p>You may browser the <a href="http://www.doxygen.org/">Doxygen</a> generated <a +href="http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/polypaudio/doxygen/">programing +documentation</a> for the client API. (Run <tt>make doxygen</tt> to generate this documentation from the source tree)</p> <h3>First Steps</h3> @@ -131,7 +132,9 @@ GNU libtool for source code configuration and shared library management.</p> <p><tt>polypaudio</tt> needs <a -href="http://www.mega-nerd.com/SRC/">Secret Rabbit Code (aka <tt>libsamplerate</tt>)</a> and <a href="http://www.alsa-project.org/">alsa-lib</a>.</p> +href="http://www.mega-nerd.com/SRC/">Secret Rabbit Code (aka +<tt>libsamplerate</tt>)</a>, <a href="http://www.mega-nerd.com/SND"><tt>libsndfile</tt></a> and <a +href="http://www.alsa-project.org/">alsa-lib</a>.</p> <h2><a name="installation">Installation</a></h2> @@ -156,7 +159,7 @@ compilation and <tt>make install</tt> (as root) for installation of <p>If you want to be notified whenever I release a new version of this software use the subscription feature of <a href="http://freshmeat.net/projects/polypaudio/">Freshmeat</a>.</p> <hr/> -<address class="grey">Lennart Poettering <@PACKAGE_BUGREPORT@>, July 2004</address> +<address class="grey">Lennart Poettering <@PACKAGE_BUGREPORT@>, August 2004</address> <div class="grey"><i>$Id$</i></div> </body> |