1 - right. You can't fix this without refactoring the canvas_motion stuff in
g_editor.c. I'm still not sure why these events are handled in c and not with
tk bindings.
2 - There isn't a key combination that will delete it (and doesn't
cmd-Backspace just delete the previous word anyway?). The best would be to
have <ctrl-a> select all text, then you could just do <ctrl-a> and backspace.
3 - Hm, I never thought about that one. Btw- you also can't connect an
object's outlet to one of its inlets with the mouse (though you can do it in
other ways).
4 - Nope. There are lots of ways this could be improved. (Shift-drag for
bounding box around wires instead of boxes, then Backspace, would be one way--
off the top of my head.) Elegant patch editing is not currently a part of Pd--
even the "Autopatch" feature in the "Edit" menu assumes that all objects only
have a single inlet and a signal outlet.
5 - click in runmode (but there isn't any visual feedback).
6 - I guess you could add a key binding, but right-click and choose "Help"
seems perfectly fine to me.
-Jonathan
>________________________________
>From: Stephen Lavelle <[email protected]>
>To: [email protected]
>Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 8:16 AM
>Subject: [PD] notes/questions from a beginner
>
>
>I've tried getting into around with pd a couple of times before, this is my
>first concerted time. I've worked with a bunch of flow-charty programming
>environments in the past (Unreal Engine's kismet is the slickest I've come
>across - http://odedge.com/forums/ut3_kismet_04.jpg ) - pure data is taking a
>bit of getting used to (most of this is due to the fact that it does special
>things, some things feel a bit more avoidable, other things feel frivolously
>subjective :P ). Here're some of the things that stuck out for me (some might
>be due to ignorance on my part, I'd love to have things cleared up :) ):
>
>1 - Inlets/outlets too small for me to accurately click on (touchpad) -
>checking on pd-dev, they can be visually reskinned, but their actual clickable
>size can't be changed. [ so I guess this one has been responded to, but might
>as well repeat it ]
>2 - If I have an object selected (that's to say pressing buttons to edit text
>in it) I can't find any key-combination that will delete it - I have to
>deselect it, then press the mouse down on it, then, while holding the mouse
>button down, press backspace? (this is an uncomfortable manipulation on a
>laptop w/ touchpad) - on OSX at least, a shortcut like cmd+backspace would be
>quite idiomatic for this.
>3 - I can drag lines from outlets to inlets, but not from inlets to outlets.
>4 - is there a shortcut for deleting connections? something like ctrl+click
>would save me a lot of time.
>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.
>6 - shortcut for opening help of selected item would be...convenient for me
>
>
>
>I'm still working through the tutorials, and am enjoying the experience
>overall :)
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