I wouldn't use [init]. The same functionality is available using [loadbang]
connected to a storage object ([float], [list], message box, etc.). And
[loadbang] is available in all versions of Pd, so your patch will be more
portable.
The [init] object's args make patching _slightly_ easier. The inlet makes it
more expressive, but a subtle feature of [loadbang] is that it's easier to spot
because it's always at the top of a chain. Also "init" as class name is
problematic-- [float 6] "inits" to 6, after all, but does not output a message
upon initialising. I suppose the idea is to be consistent with iemgui "init",
which itself is obscure and requires the user to bring up a dialog window to
understand how the patch works. (Not to mention it clashes with [initbang],
where "init" has a different meaning altogether.)
The only other potential advantage is that if you have [init] fanning out to
several objects, you can test your patch by simply by connecting [bng] to the
inlet of [init]. With [loadbang] you would have to create a [bng] and then
connect it to every object that [loadbang] connects to. But at least in
Pd-l2ork you can either:
a) click [loadbang] with the mouse to output a bang. (This is how Max/MSP
solves this problem, too.)
b) select all the objects to which you'd like to connect, then draw a
connection from [bng] to one of them. In Pd-l2ork this will make a connection
from the outlet to all of the selected objects.
-Jonathan
On Monday, March 31, 2014 10:23 AM, "pured...@11h11.com" <pured...@11h11.com>
wrote:
init_class = class_new(gensym("init"), (t_newmethod)init_new,
(t_method)init_free, sizeof(t_init), 0, A_GIMME, 0);
class_addcreator((t_newmethod)init_new, gensym("ii"), A_GIMME, 0);
Will continue to test Pd-L2Ork (I had some difference with pd-extended
regarding -path (not all my abstractions were found)). Will report back.
BTW, I never used the PPA thing on LaunchPad, but it would be nice for
installing / updating Pd-L2Ork.
à+
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