> > It looks so nice on the Mac...! ;o) >> It's a pity it looks way less 21th Century here on Hardy... >> > > Well, at least Carmen's peak-meters made it into a mainstream branch. (I > didn't actually check that they are the same, maybe they aren't...) > >> fyi I have attached the screenshot. >> > > I have attached another screenshot that has the original visual peak-meters > from Carmen. Note how they were put on the same row to save space (usually > i'd rather group them the other way, but here the point was to save some > space). >
Nice. However, I don't feel I need so much to save space above the Console. Maybe on some limited resolutions? Btw I can see it's a snapshot of 2009/09/06. Do I understand right that 1) dd is being actively developed these days 2) some code from it gets its way to pd? Midi In/Out switches are an interesting concept. How did you think of that? > Do you understand why those switches were never added to Pd and no-one > seemed to ever suggest them? (as far as I recall...) > ;o) Yes I think I understand... so far it seems I am one of the very few midi-intensive folks out these days. On the other hand, pd's GUI has been pretty much simplistic so far, what I mean is that not many thing seem to have been suggested and added over the years. Console hiding looks like a neat idea, but somehow, I never want it, because > it's important to watch the console all of the time, to figure out what's > going on. > You're right. If I suddenly get console-phobia however, I have so many ways to hide it. Resizing is one of them. > > - I would omit the IN/OUT meter switch. Can we? Or is this a CPU-hog? >> > > Depends... I suppose it was more of a hog back when the switch was > introduced. Computers are so much faster now. But it would be better to > measure it than to speculate. Cool. Unfortunately I've never done TCL and my C is somewhat archaic... that's why I cannot volunteer to do these. > > In my graphics they are just simple switches but I'm not sure it is >> possible to 'blink' those switches. >> > > All switches are blinkable in the Linux version, and perhaps on all > platforms, but it's not a good idea because the default looks of those > switches are different from platform to platform and now they can vary > according to theme. On Windows, the box is white and stays white, but on > Linux, it defaults to the overall background colour, and turning it on makes > it either dark grey or red. Given that, it's hard to also make it an > indicator of something else at the same time, with colours that will be > meaningful for everybody, etc. > > But what would the indicator actually indicate? They would blink on MIDI IN/OUT activity. The switches would enable/disable MIDI input/output. > > If not, then we could have separate switches and LEDs. - A LOAD meter. Is >> this a CPU hog? >> > > Probably not any more than the peak meters, but this would have to be > measured too. > > If not, can we have it on the Pd window? (It is quite hidden under the >> Media menu, imho also because Media is a quite fuzzy name.) >> > > As you can see, I have removed the Media menu. The options in it have gone > into "Preferences" in the File menu (or Apple menu); otoh the test-audio and > load-meter patches are now accessible from the Help menu. > Cool! While I think I completely understand the advantages of having an independent development (namely DesireData) I will be personally happy to see you positively engaging in pd GUI development as well. (I hope you take it right!) Thanks, Andras
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