[PD-dev] canvasdelete search method

[Jonathan Wilkes]

I see canvasdelete adds a "delete" method for canvas.
I'm thinking of adding a "deleteany" method that takes A_GIMME
and deletes any object that matches the args.

Examples:

[deleteany foo(--[sendcanvas] deletes [foo] and [foo 12]
[deleteany foo 12(--[sendcanvas] deletes [foo 12] but not [foo]

Or maybe this interface would fit better with dynamic patching:

[deleteany obj foo(--[sendcanvas] deletes [foo] and [foo 12] but not [foo(
[deleteany text foo 12(--[sendcanvas] deletes comment "foo 12"
[deleteany msg(--[sendcanvas] would delete all message boxes

Basically combining the core functionality of the "find" method with the "delete"
method.


It would be a mildly useful improvement, but could be very useful if there were
something like this:

[connectany "obj foo" 0 "obj bar" 0(--[sendcanvas] [foo]  [bar] becomes [foo]--[bar]


Unfortunately Pd doesn't have sublists, and symbols with spaces are still pretty
clunky.

Maybe connectany should be a separate external rather than a canvas method.  Can anyone
think of a decent interface for something like this?  It would vastly improve the flexibility
of dynamic patching.

-Jonathan