[PD] edit or play mode information

[robbert van hulzen]

dear all,
i'm attempting to build an abs to control whether or not hitting a key has
an effect: i'd like the space bar to do a number of things when in play mode
but not in edit mode. i came up with the patch below, however, working on
several open patches will screw it up as it works with a counter that keeps
track of the number of times command-e has been hit (resulting in 1 or 0
which controls a spigot). i'd like to replace this 'relative' control with
an 'absolute' one, in other words i'm wondering whether i can retrieve the
mode status of the patch somewhere so i can have that control the spigot.
any ideas would be much appreciated.
cheers, robbert

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Pd-0.39.2-extended-test5
mac osx 10.4.8, 15" G4 PB 1.67 GHz, 1 GB ram

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