On Mar 31, 2008, at 12:03 PM, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote: > sorry to chime in so late, but: > > Chuckk Hubbard wrote: >> >> I have just a minor suggestion for an improvement. >> What if it were possible to edit a Pd patch as text from within Pd? >> I often open a patch in a text editor in order to mass copy sends and >> receives or GUI elements or whatever. The syntax is straightforward >> enough that sometimes this is quicker than clicking, for a whole >> bunch >> of items. It would be cool if I could do that from within Pd, >> without >> closing the patch... > > wouldn't it be way cooler to be able to copy a (part of a) pd-patch > (Ctrl-A Ctrl-C) and paste it into your favourite text-editor? > and then do the reverse to get the patch back into pd? > > any text-editor widget i could imagine would never be as powerful as a > _real_ editor (like emacs or vi)... > > i think desiredata has something like this (at least you could Ctrl-V > the text-form of a patch from an email into dd) > > > (of course you could copy the text from the "text-editor view" > within pd > to your favourite editor and vice-versa; which would give a fast (and > always available) editor (e.g. for simple edits); but it might be > easier > to implement just the global clipboard)
I think there is room for both, plus Kzrysztof already has a built-in editor implemented. I think the built-in editor would be good for quick, small edits. .hc ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- As we enjoy great advantages from inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours; and this we should do freely and generously. - Benjamin Franklin _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
