Check out IOhannes' iemguts library, he is working on making it possible to do everything with abstractions, including properties panels.
.hc On Jan 29, 2009, at 7:20 PM, Matt Barber wrote: > I also hereby clamor for this as well, although conservatively. =o) > > I have always wondered -- does [namecanvas] have any historical use > besides dynamic patching? It is necessary for the kind of dynamic > patching you have in mind, since it's the name of the instance of the > abstraction which needs to be sent messages, not the name of the > abstraction class's patch. > > Also, is there currently a way to dynamically delete individual patch > objects without using mouse and keyboard events (and without > [clear(-ing the whole patch)? > > > Thanks, > > Matt > > > > > On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 12:27 PM, dmotd <[email protected]> wrote: >> hello folks, >> >> it's been a couple of years since IOhannes submitted his patch for >> constructor/destructor routines.. as far as i know only pd-extended >> has picked >> up the patch. could miller please consider this for inclusion into >> his stable >> branch? >> >> without the [initbang] / [closebang] objects, pd is crippled to a >> static >> application of the abstraction philosophy, making it impossible to >> dynamically >> create inlets/outlets based on an abstractions arguments. this is >> really a >> silly limitation that has already been solved and should be put >> into regular >> practice where ever possible. >> >> while i understand that miller has been hesitant to include such >> functionality, i would prefer it to be an included but undocumented >> feature >> (much like the role that [namecanvas] presently takes) than not >> included at >> all. >> >> anyhow, there's a chance this will fall on deaf ears, but i would >> just like to >> register my vote for permanent inclusion. >> >> many thanks as always, >> >> dmotd >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pd-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-dev >> > > _______________________________________________ > Pd-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-dev ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mistrust authority - promote decentralization. - the hacker ethic _______________________________________________ Pd-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-dev
