[PD] shortcuts for patching

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

I just saw this video, which might have been posted here before, it  
shows a bunch of layout shortcuts for Max/MSP.  I think that there is  
a lot that could be done to make patching much quicker and easier.

http://www.studioimaginaire.com/nat/maxtoolbox/box2.mov

I had one thought, which is making a snap-to-grid function when  
editing.  Maybe graphical editors have this, I think it would work  
well for Pd.  Ideally, it would be resizable and togglable via a  
preference, or even better, via Pd messages.

One thing that I think would help a lot is making it so you could  
click and release an outlet, then click an inlet to make the  
connection, instead of having to drag.  Any other ideas?

.hc

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