[PD-dev] PD patches in XML

[Thomas Grill]

> but i think it is important that we separate between visual properties
> and functional behaviour.
> for an example, the iemguis store a lot of gui-information in a long
> long list of arguments. i think this is bad style, but it is not thomas'
> fault as this is the way how it works: one object is entirely
> representated by one message.
> the problem with this is that you cannot expand it (just have a look at
> the evolution of the arguments of the iemgui's)

I'm personally using flext attributes with great success. It uses the
Max/Jitter style of @arguments, which allows easy structuring of creation
arguments. Flext also has a built-in editor for that (context menu
"properties")

best greetings,
Thomas