Maybe there could be a menu item that toggles between a) making pasted objects dangle from the mouse (similar to what happens when hitting ctrl-1), or b) shifting 10x10 for the same window and leaving everything as is for different windows.
(Hopefully I didn't double post this...) -Jonathan --- On Sat, 1/31/09, Hans-Christoph Steiner <h...@eds.org> wrote: > From: Hans-Christoph Steiner <h...@eds.org> > Subject: Re: [PD] Pd-list Digest, Vol 46, Issue 108 > To: "Ingo Scherzinger" <i...@miamiwave.com> > Cc: pd-list@iem.at > Date: Saturday, January 31, 2009, 10:16 PM > Yeah, I thought some people might do that. As it is now, > newbies get > really annoyed and frustrated, as well as some experienced > users. I > figure it is easy enough for someone in your position to > hit shift- > left-arrow, then shift-up-arrow and it'll be back to > the original > position. That's much easier than recovering from > pasting a copy > right on top of itself. > > Maybe someone can come up with an even better idea that > solves both > issues. > > .hc > > On Jan 31, 2009, at 5:34 AM, Ingo Scherzinger wrote: > > > I agree with pasting to the same window the cursor > position would be > > the > > best solution. But please leave it the way it is for > different > > windows. > > I always copy objects that have been changed to almost > identical > > windows and > > they are right in the spot where they belong. Changing > this > > behaviour would > > be very annoying if you're doing things like this. > > > > Ingo > > > > > >> well, the current behavior is helpful when pasting > into a different > >> window > >> if it has similar dimensions, but if we are > copying a piece of a > >> patch > >> which > >> was way down in a window into a new window, then > the pasted code > >> ends up > >> in > >> the same place too and one has to go look for it. > This also happens > >> because > >> the window doesn't focus in the pasted > section, but keeps the 0,0 > >> coordinates. > >> I think in general, (or when pasting to the same > window) it would > >> be nice > >> to > >> paste into the last clicked coordinate. > >> > >> In any case I am so used to it by now that I can > survive in these > >> conditions. > >> > >> J > >> > >> On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 4:03 PM, Miller Puckette > >> <mpuck...@imusic1.ucsd.edu>wrote: > >> > >>> I think if pasting to the same window this > would be reasonable - but > >> I've > >>> always had in mind, instead, to paste the > objects to a new place > >> determined > >>> by current cursor position, which would be far > better. Just haven't > >> been > >>> able to think it through and do it. > >>> > >>> M > >>> On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 06:53:22PM -0500, > Hans-Christoph Steiner > >>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Hey all, > >>>> > >>>> I was thinking that it would be nice if > copy-paste had the same > >>>> response and duplicate, i.e. shifting the > position over by 10 > >>>> pixels > >>>> in x and y, then pasting. I can't see > a good reason why paste > >>>> doesn't > >>>> do that. Anyone know of any? Newbies get > very frustrated by the > >>>> current behavior. Regular users get used > to the Duplicate command, > >>>> but I don't know of any other programs > where you can't just copy- > >>>> paste > >>>> and you need a special function. > >>>> > >>>> .hc > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Pd-list@iem.at mailing list > > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > > > _______________________________________________ > Pd-list@iem.at mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list _______________________________________________ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list