[PD] constructing "data" - how do I see shapes?

[Frank Barknecht]

Hallo,
David Marrs hat gesagt: // David Marrs wrote:

> Dear All,
> 
> I'm very excited by the "data" aspect of Pd and have been spending the 
> last week reading M.P's papers on the subject and trying to make my own 
> templates.  Despite my best efforts, however, I still can't work out how 
> to view the data I construct!
> 
> Using M.P's own example for a moment:
> 
>    [struct struct1 float x float y float h]
> 
>    [filledpolygon 999 0 2 0 0 20 h 40 0]
> 
> 
> This should provide me with an image of a triangle with an adjustable 
> height, if I understand correctly, but where is it?!  If I load the help 
> abtractions on [drawpolygon] and [filledpolygon] new canvases appears 
> for them automatically with the relevant shapes drawn within, but I 
> can't work out how to make these canvases appear for me.

Maybe this data structures tutorial by me can help a bit (one line):
http://puredata.org/community/projects/convention04/lectures/tk-barknecht/tut.tgz

Ciao
-- 
 Frank Barknecht                               _ ______footils.org__