2011/8/23 Stephen Lavelle <analy...@gmail.com> > (sorry that you're getting this twice, IOhannes, I hit reply rather than > reply to all the first time) > > you can do that with a gui-plugin :-) >> however, your description is deliberatly awkward. >> e.g. there is no reason to explicitely "deselect" the object. >> you don't have to "press backspace while holding mouse down". >> >> it is enough to "select" the object (drag the lasso over it), and once >> it is selected, press backspace (with mouse up or down) >> > > Ah, I didn't know that there was a difference between clicking on and > drag-selecting. Enlightening! > > > 3 - I can drag lines from outlets to inlets, but not from inlets to >> outlets. >> >> i think this is actually a good thing. >> you can also not send data from inlets to outlets. >> > > I acknowledge that we have a difference of opinion here, and can't think of > a persuasive argument. Would be a good subject for user experience testing > :P >
It may be good for didactic reasons to have the patching consistent with the logic behind it in that way. But from a purely practical standpoint, it could save some cursor-miles if we could connect from outlets to inlets too. > i mean, i understand that it is more ergonomic to just hold "ctrl" and >> then click all those connections you want to delete rather than having >> to click-backspace every connection. >> you save a lot of clicks (well, keypresses), but i doubt that the >> _speedup_ would be significant. >> > It's slightly physically unpleasant - going between a touchpad and > backspace with my right hand is a little awkward. > > > 5 - is there a way to type numbers directly into a number box? >> > clicking+dragging, or pumping them in via a message, doesn't feel good >> to >> > me. >> >> click on the number box and type the numberbox. >> this is a runmode operation (that's why you probably missed it) >> > > Wow. Thanks for this. Possibly editmode, but also because there's no > indication that the box contents are editable by pressing keys (no caret, > &c.). Is there a reason it's disabled in editmode? > > Thanks for your responses :) > > S > > _______________________________________________ > Pd-list@iem.at mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > >
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