[LV2] lv2 state#Dirty

[Hanspeter Portner]

On 13.10.2016 16:42, Robin Gareus wrote:
> Hi LV2ers,
> 
> If an LV2 plugin has an internal state and that state changes, a host is
> non the wiser. The host cannot mark the session as dirty (modified,
> needs save).
> 
> e.g. Save the session or plugin-preset (marked "clean") then load a new
> sample into a synth (using a custom plugin GUI). On the outside nothing
> changes. Now close the session, quit the host: The changes are lost
> (same for presets or any state that needs saving).
> 
> I propose http://lv2plug.in/ns/ext/state/#Dirty which allows a plugin
> that has a state interface to notify the host about state changes using
> an Atom message:
> 
> state:Dirty
> 
> 
>   a rdfs:Class ;
>   rdfs:label "State modified message" .

Sounds great and very useful indeed.

How does this event look like?
Is it a new atom type or set via the patch extension?

e.g.

[]
  a patch:Set ;
  patch:property <http://lvplug.in/ns/ext/state#Dirty> ;
  patch:value true .