[PD] Data structures: Editing an array of arrays

[Miller Puckette]

At the moment, "points" of arrays (even including other arrays) don't catch
the mouse; I intend to change that, but not for 0.38 which I'm trying to
stop adding to so I can just get it working...

cheers
Miller

On Sat, Sep 11, 2004 at 06:10:12PM +0200, Frank Barknecht wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> now I'm playing around with the really mind-twisting parts of data
> structs: arrays of arrays.
> 
> Attached patch uses a template, array_of_arrays, in the subpatch "pd
> paint-array". This has an array of arrays, but it seems impossible, to
> edit the elements of the interior arrays with the mouse. 
> 
> I can change them through a nested "element" filtering network as
> shown in the lower right corner of the patch, but they are impossible
> to reach with mouse editing. Is this intentional? Or a bug or
> maybe just a not finished part of the data structures subsystem?
> 
> Ciao
> -- 
>  Frank Barknecht                               _ ______footils.org__

> #N struct array_of_floats float y array floatarray afloat;
> #N struct afloat float y float f;
> #N struct array_of_arrays float x float y array array_array array_of_floats
> ;
> #N canvas 295 15 957 828 10;
> #N canvas 147 280 450 300 afloat 0;
> #X obj 121 137 drawnumber y;
> #X obj 108 61 struct afloat float y;
> #X restore 40 35 pd afloat;
> #N canvas 251 383 450 300 array_of_floats 0;
> #X obj 104 188 plot floatarray 900 2 0 0 30;
> #X obj 26 61 struct array_of_floats float y array floatarray afloat
> ;
> #X restore 39 55 pd array_of_floats;
> #N canvas 0 0 450 300 paint 0;
> #X scalar array_of_floats 0 \; 163 0 \; 169 0 \; 231 0 \; 207 0 \;
> 149 0 \; 96 0 \; 129 0 \; 100 0 \; 85 0 \; 85 0 \; \;;
> #X restore 46 133 pd paint;
> #X obj 256 198 x-append pd-paint array_of_floats;
> #X msg 250 143 200;
> #X msg 414 142 clear;
> #X obj 414 167 s pd-paint;
> #X obj 169 263 setsize array_of_floats floatarray;
> #X obj 257 168 t f b;
> #X msg 176 225 10;
> #N canvas 443 289 643 337 array_of_arrays 0;
> #X obj 93 84 struct array_of_arrays float x float y array array_array
> array_of_floats;
> #X obj 92 164 plot array_array 90 2 0 0 20;
> #X restore 40 76 pd array_of_arrays;
> #X msg 176 341 200;
> #X obj 183 366 t f b;
> #N canvas 18 75 839 478 paint-array 1;
> #X scalar array_of_arrays 256 178 \; -44 \; 0 0 \; 0 0 \; 74 0 \; 0
> 0 \; 0 0 \; 0 0 \; 23 0 \; 0 0 \; 0 0 \; 0 0 \; \; 88 \; 0 0 \; 0 0
> \; 81 0 \; 0 0 \; 36 0 \; \; \;;
> #X restore 50 316 pd paint-array;
> #X obj 182 396 x-append pd-paint-array array_of_arrays;
> #X obj 95 461 setsize array_of_arrays array_array;
> #X msg 367 339 clear;
> #X obj 367 364 s pd-paint-array;
> #X msg 503 330 write /tmp/array_of_array.txt;
> #X obj 495 647 element array_of_arrays array_array;
> #X obj 605 599 pointer;
> #X msg 597 566 traverse pd-paint-array \, next;
> #X floatatom 514 596 5 0 0 0 - - -;
> #X floatatom 275 662 5 0 0 0 - - -;
> #X obj 279 679 element array_of_floats floatarray;
> #X obj 238 733 setsize array_of_floats floatarray;
> #X msg 238 706 10;
> #X msg 102 423 2;
> #X obj 533 763 element array_of_floats floatarray;
> #X obj 484 795 set afloat y;
> #X floatatom 488 765 5 0 0 0 - - -;
> #X floatatom 534 737 5 0 0 0 - - -;
> #X msg 270 704 5;
> #X connect 3 0 7 1;
> #X connect 4 0 8 0;
> #X connect 5 0 6 0;
> #X connect 8 0 3 0;
> #X connect 8 1 3 1;
> #X connect 9 0 7 0;
> #X connect 11 0 12 0;
> #X connect 12 0 14 0;
> #X connect 12 1 14 1;
> #X connect 14 0 15 1;
> #X connect 16 0 17 0;
> #X connect 18 0 17 0;
> #X connect 19 0 24 1;
> #X connect 19 0 25 1;
> #X connect 19 0 28 1;
> #X connect 20 0 19 1;
> #X connect 21 0 20 0;
> #X connect 22 0 19 0;
> #X connect 23 0 24 0;
> #X connect 26 0 25 0;
> #X connect 27 0 15 0;
> #X connect 28 0 29 1;
> #X connect 30 0 29 0;
> #X connect 31 0 28 0;
> #X connect 32 0 25 0;

> #N canvas 286 300 450 300 10;
> #X obj 176 188 append \$2 x;
> #X obj 248 107 symbol \$1;
> #X obj 248 159 pointer;
> #X msg 248 132 traverse \$1 \, bang;
> #X obj 248 74 inlet;
> #X obj 126 73 inlet;
> #X obj 126 115 f;
> #X obj 309 73 loadbang;
> #X text 124 49 x-coord;
> #X text 250 49 bang or paint area name;
> #X text 78 225 arguments;
> #X text 118 245 1: painting area (where?);
> #X text 117 264 2: template definition (what?);
> #X obj 176 215 outlet;
> #X connect 0 0 13 0;
> #X connect 1 0 3 0;
> #X connect 2 0 0 1;
> #X connect 3 0 2 0;
> #X connect 4 0 1 0;
> #X connect 5 0 6 0;
> #X connect 6 0 0 0;
> #X connect 7 0 1 0;