[PD] "get" method for Pd
Hans-Christoph Steiner
hans at at.or.at
Fri Nov 18 03:18:27 CET 2011
On Nov 17, 2011, at 8:43 PM, Chris McCormick wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 12:45:57PM -0800, Jonathan Wilkes wrote:
>> Hm, how about this:
>>
>> [info symbol]
>>
>> where symbol is "pd" for pd, an array name, subpatch or abstraction name, the receive symbol of an iemgui,
>>
>> or no args for "this canvas"
>>
>>
>> the only inlet takes:
>> "get attribute" to output an "attribute value(s)" message
>> "get" to get a sequence of all "attribute value(s)" messages
>>
>> "symbol receive-symbol" to set a new receive symbol
>> pointer to set it to query a scalarpointer-to-head-of-list to query a particular canvas
>>
>> It might be too complex with that many disparate classes, but it sure would
>> simplify the process of getting pure data :)
>
> I think DesireData had a facility for receiving error messages back into the patch. While we are thinking about this type of thing, what about [info errors] or [info console] which outputs everything that goes to console or all errors generated by Pd?
This should really just be a standalone object, something like [stdout] and [stderr] with an outlet.
.hc
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