[PD] shortcuts for patching

[Urs Liska]

Hans-Christoph Steiner schrieb:
> 
> 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

I would really appreciate the possibility to create an abstraction from 
a subpatch.

I often start writing subpatches that later turn out to be better suited 
as abstractions. Then I have to
- open the subpatch
- ctrl+A, ctrl+C
- ctrl+N
- ctrl+V
- ctrl+S
- create a new object in my patch (from the newly-saved abstraction)
- move all connections to the new object

Instead of this I would rather right-click on the subpatch, select "save 
as abstraction" and pick a place and a name for the abstraction.
It could default to the name of the subpatch and the folder where the 
parent patch is located (so that the abstraction is found).

Besides: snap-to-grid or auto-align functions would indeed be very nice.

Best
Urs

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