>> How about a list of things that are special, and could be put into pd >> to make it more special? > >> - all objects based on "invisible cords" (sends- and receive-based >> objects) could have a shortcut to its counterparts like in max. I >> personally avoid these kinds of objects as much as possible, but in >> some situations they are the only viable solution. > > i though max/msp has send/receive too.
I meant what was commented after by Kyle. In max if you right-click (or something) on a send (or send~, receive~, or maybe also in catch~?), you'll get a list of the counterparts of that object. and if you click on them, the patch window will appear. (I haven't used max in a while, I think it was that way) >> - auto-setting size for objects? if you have a gate object with more >> than 4 outputs (or any other object), you'll need to make some garbage >> text or > > hmm; apart from the fact that [gate] does not exist as an object in Pd, > i also thought that it has only one output... it exists, I'm looking at one now. if not gate, then something else with more outputs as body. >> something in order to work with it. since it is quite logical that >> when the user needs outputs they should be acessible, an elegant >> solution would be to assign a minimal value to the gap between >> outputs. if the standard space of the object isn't big enough, the >> object will make itself bigger automatically. >> Although the stretching possibility in max is quite useful as well. > > afaik, max/msp has both: the object automatically resizes to a suitable > default, but the user can then resize the object to their likings. ah, ok. it would make sense to put it like that in pd as well. >> is there a place in the wiki or something to put suggestions like >> these? > > one place to put them would be the tracker at sourceforge (create a > bug-report and tag it as "wishlist" or "feature request"). > > btw, i like all of your ideas they're not all mine, most of this mail were from max itself. but they're good ideas anyway. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
