On Sun, Dec 07, 2008 at 03:39:43PM +0100, IOhannes m zmölnig wrote: > hi ed. > > Ed Kelly wrote: > > Hi chaps, > > > > I've come up against something I can't solve without a deeper > > understanding of pd's internal structure, I wonder if anyone can help. > > > > I'm trying to build patches that know about each instance of themselves > > when called as an abstraction, without the specification of creation > > arguments to identify multiple instances of the same patch. > > > > Basically I want to read the list of the ultimate parent from memory, > > like you would if you read the pd patch into a text editor such as > > emacs. I often edit patches in such an editor,and I find it allows > > access to information about the patch in a sequential form that is hard > > to get in PD (how many obj(ects) there are and in what order, what they > > are etc.) and now I am trying to build patches that extend themselves in > > realtime, I need to be able to read the patch I'm in. > > you probably want to have a look at the iemguts, which i just presented > here at piksel. > > one of the basic goals of this libs is to add some kind of "self > awareness" of abstractions.
I think the proper name for this is 'introspection', unless I misunderstood. Chris. ------------------- http://mccormick.cx _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
