<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">For PD vanilla:</div></div><div><div><br class=""></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class="">1: Is the technique of setting object attributes via messages documented anywhere?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><br class=""></div> (x2.html has most things, but I don't see this.)<br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div>Right click on an IEM gui (tgl for instance) and choose help. Then open the “edit” subpatch.</div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class="">2: Is there a list of all the standard objects, and the names of all<br class=""></div><div class="">attributes (methods) which are settable via messages?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""></div><div class="">(A language specification or reference should have this)</div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div>See above.</div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class="">3: If I send the message [color $1( to an object, say a tgl,<br class=""></div>it seems to follow an index into a table (modulo 30)<br class=""></div>which corresponds to the little table that comes up in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""></div>the object properties dialog box:<br class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""><span id="cid:ii_iijjomh60_151d182444e0bff2"><object color table.jpg></span><br class=""><br class=""><div class="">So my last question is, can I rely on that table staying<br class=""></div><div class="">the same across all versions of PD? Will index 13 always<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""></div><div class="">be Red?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div>Yes.</div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class="">4: Can I change that table?<br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div>No, but as mentioned in a previous replay, you can compose your own colors as well and set them via messages.</div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class="">5: I would prefer to set an object's color via an RGB value<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""></div><div class="">Can I do that?<br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><br class=""></div><div>Yes, also mentioned in a previous reply I believe. If not, there are a number of small util patches posted to the pd-list over the years. Check the archives.</div><div><br class=""></div><div><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">--------<br class="">Dan Wilcox<br class=""><a href="https://twitter.com/danomatika" class="">@danomatika</a><br class=""><a href="http://danomatika.com" class="">danomatika.com</a><br class=""><div class=""><a href="http://robotcowboy.com" class="">robotcowboy.com</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div><br class=""></body></html>