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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 04/14/2014 02:03 PM, Phil Stone
wrote:<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Or use the "Number2" number box, and
set its "init" attribute in properties. It will then init itself
with the last value that was in the box at the time the parent
patch was saved.<br>
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I try to avoid the iemgui "init" method because it isn't represented
in the Pd diagram.<br>
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I'd rather do this:<br>
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[loadbang]<br>
<br>
[42(<br>
|<br>
[numbox]<br>
<br>
Then you can see if you made a mistake. For example, I forgot to
connect [loadbang] to [42(. I can quickly scan all other places
where I use [loadbang] to see if I made a similar error.<br>
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But if you use the "init" method, you must right-click and choose
"Properties" on every single numbox to do error checking. The time
wasted isn't worth whatever it is you think you save by using
"init".<br>
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Digression-- consider a Properties dialog with the following button:<br>
[don't fire nukes]<br>
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Do you press it or not?<br>
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-Jonathan<br>
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