On Dec 14, 2008, at 9:12 AM, Jamie Bullock wrote: > On Sun, 2008-12-14 at 13:47 +0100, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote: >> Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote: >>> Yeah, I think there should be more querying capabilities in Pd in >>> general. It allows for more dynamic behavior without resorting to >>> strange hacks. >> >> you mean, strange hacks like storing a value in a variable? >> >> anyhow, i agree that [tgl] is "special" (in a not very positive >> way) as >> it is the only gui-object (i can think of right now) that will change >> it's value when banged, rather than just output the current value. > > ... which was the exact reason I submitted the patch, but maybe the > 'correct' patch would be to 'fix' the behaviour of [tgl] and make it > output its current state on bang. I guess that's going to break (a lot > of) stuff though... > > Actually, it never occurred to me to do what Miller said and simply > store the current value of the toggle as it is set. This makes a > separation between UI and logic, which ultimately is probably better > design anyhow.
The iemguis have had their unique behavior for a very long time, so I think it is a bad idea to change them. The beauty of free software means that anyone can take all the iemguis and modify them however they want and make a new library out of them. .hc > > Jamie > > -- > www.postlude.co.uk > http://www.linkedin.com/in/jamiebullock > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- The arc of history bends towards justice. - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. _______________________________________________ Pd-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-dev
