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Mention a workaround for plugin->host DnD #33
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@@ -426,6 +426,18 @@ include:
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instances of the same plugin plugins have to be hosted within a single process
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for that functionality to work. See the [plugin groups](#plugin-groups)
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section for instructions on how to set this up.
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- **Drag-and-drop** from applications running under Wine to X11 does not yet
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work, so you won't be able to drag samples and MIDI files from a plugin to the
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host. At least, not directly. Because Windows applications have to create
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actual files on the disk for drag-and-drop to work, you can keep a file
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explorer open and manually drag the generated files into your DAW as a
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workaround. To find out where in `~/.wine` the plugin is creating its files,
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you can use the following command to monitor the Wine prefix for any newly
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created files:
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```shell
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inotifywait -mre CLOSE_WRITE --format '%w%f' ~/.wine/drive_c
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```
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Aside from that, these are some known caveats:
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@@ -449,10 +461,6 @@ Aside from that, these are some known caveats:
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Bitwig will wait patiently for them to finish. It would be possible to modify
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yabridge to work around this limitation of Bitwig, but I'm very hesitant to
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add hacks to yabridge unless absolutely necessary.
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- Drag-and-drop from plugins to the host does not work. This is sadly not yet
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implemented in Wine, although in theory it would be possible to create a small
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utility that supports both Wine <-> Wine and X11 <-> X11 drag-and-drop to act
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as a bridge.
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There are also some VST2.X extension features that have not been implemented yet
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because I haven't needed them myself. Let me know if you need any of these
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