> Just to clarify, I'm proposing to separate them completely. So there > would be "autotips" in edit-mode that follow the mouse and that the user > can only turn on or off[1]. There would additionally be a "canvas tip" which > the user can already write to using the "tip" method (which could be > renamed > if that causes confusion).
I see. > > As far as the canvas tips, I'm thinking just use the current syntax for the > current behavior: > tip 1 foo <-- show "foo" in canvas tip > tip 0 <-- hide canvas tip It might be a good idea then to also extend it to reference a specific canvas (or level up kind of like window_name and patch_name and likely others do), so you could show a tip from a subpatch on the parent patch. E.g. tip 1 0 foo (0 would refer to this canvas) tip 1 2 foo (2 would be two levels above this one) _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
