[PD-dev] displaying when an arg has been overridden

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On Jun 22, 2006, at 7:51 PM, carmen wrote:

> On Mon Jun 19, 2006 at 07:31:36PM +0100, Jamie Bullock wrote:
>>
>> I second that - I think it would be a very useful feature.  
>> However, I think the colour should be quite subtle so as to not  
>> look too much like an error (red) or another alert message.  
>> Perhaps it should also be an option, so that people can turn  
>> 'colour mode' off if they really do just want black and white (or  
>> perhaps slightly better performance).
>
> what about just showing the new value? i think this should also  
> apply to anything that accepts a 'set' message.. a lot of guesswork  
> is involved when backtracing a patch visually, in the current GUI..
>

Arguments are often used as defaults, so you wouldn't want them to be  
changed by data coming on the inlet.  But yes, perhaps red isn't the  
best color.  How about a nice mauve or teal perhaps... ;)

.hc


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