[PD] Reasoning behind PD opening multiple copies of the same patch

[Joe White]

Well, IMHO I guess making pd only open one instance at a time would be
default behaviour. If a user wished to open more abstractions then they
could use the 'many' library. It seems like both ways would be handled then.

I still don't know why multiple instances of a patch would be useful, or how
it would differ to having multiple abstractions within a patch. Abstractions
seem to be handled better when it comes to editing, saving an edited
abstraction closes all other duplicate windows and re-instantiates them.
Whereas sometimes I've run in problems editing a duplicate of a patch by
accident and lost work because of problems with saving both patches etc...

Cheers,
Joe

On 24 November 2010 18:01, Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at at.or.at> wrote:

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> Its often useful in Pd to open multiple instances of a patch.  For example,
> I just release the 'many' lib which lets you run many instances of a patch.
>  But yes, it is a bit weird when you are used to most apps where it only
> lets you have one instance of a file running.
>
> Any suggestions on how to handle it both ways?
>
> .hc
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> On Nov 24, 2010, at 11:01 AM, Joe White wrote:
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>  Hi,
>>
>>  I'm just wondering if there is reason behind PD opening another instance
>> of an already running patch instead of just pointing to it (on OSX anyway).
>>
>> To me there are a few undesirable consequences such as problems when
>> editing, duplicates of global sends/tables and sometimes not knowing you
>> have two open.
>>
>> Maybe I'm missing something?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Joe
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