[PD] stupid GUI tricks

Alex x37v.alex at gmail.com
Fri Nov 9 21:24:49 CET 2007


is there a way to get at these updates without using the autobuild
[notice that the ubuntu autobuild fails on Gem avifile..].
I assume that these changes aren't going into the pd cvs on sourceforge..

-Alex

On Nov 9, 2007 12:13 PM, Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at eds.org> wrote:
>
> On Nov 8, 2007, at 4:22 PM, Dafydd Hughes wrote:
>
> > I may have spoke too soon, but I found the answer to alpha here:
> >
> >>>>>> http://eds.org/~hans/pdsketch/stupidguitricks.png
> >
> > Still trying to figure out how the background colour works (can't make
> > it go by copying the patch in the screenshot), but the object
> > colouring
> > came from Hans' themer.pd patch - can't find the original email tho:(
>
>
> Doh!  I forgot to check in canvas_name.c, it'll be in tomorrow's
> build.  Otherwise, you can do this in the meantime:
>
> [bang(
> |
> [window_name]
> |
> [makefilename %s.c]
> |
>
> And that should give you the same thing as canvas_name, IIRC.
>
> .hc
>
>
> >
> > cheers
> > dafydd
> >
> > Phil Stone wrote:
> >> Care to let me in on the secret?  I was messing with it at lunch, and
> >> couldn't for the life of me figure out how to change the background
> >> color of an object.
> >>
> >>
> >> Phil
> >>
> >> Dafydd Hughes wrote:
> >>> Forget it. I was indeed missing what was right in front of me.
> >>>
> >>> Dafydd Hughes wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Hey Hans
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm _dying_to try this, but can't figure out how to access it. Are
> >>>> there new commands for the themer patch? Or am I (like usual) just
> >>>> missing what's right in front of me?
> >>>>
> >>>> cheers
> >>>> dafydd
> >>>>
> >>>> Jerome Tuncer wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> In my opinion, this is not _stupid_ GUI tricks at all...
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Being asked on the differences between Pd and Max/MSP, how many
> >>>>> times have I answered starting with "The GUI in pd isn't really as
> >>>>> cool and smart as it is in Max/MSP but the DSP capabilities are in
> >>>>> the end very similar".
> >>>>>
> >>>>> My answer to the lack of GUI elegance is very often a salad of
> >>>>> overlaying [cnv]'s to make patches look more attractive and thus
> >>>>> very often more readable.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> This kind of effort is not stupid, it is great GUI improvement
> >>>>> in my
> >>>>> opinion.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> ++
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> J?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Another off-thread thing : I'm really looking forward to the
> >>>>> day pd
> >>>>> will not suffer that much from its GUI implementation : simple
> >>>>> slider or table visualization/monitoring sometimes being the main
> >>>>> reason for a ultra complex DSP patch to bo so heavy on the
> >>>>> computer/resources ! (-:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Hans-Christoph Steiner a ?crit :
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Ok, all this Tcl/Tk has started to rot my brain, so here are some
> >>>>>> stupid GUI tricks:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> http://eds.org/~hans/pdsketch/stupidguitricks.png
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> - change patch background colors in a patch!
> >>>>>> - make your patches transparent!
> >>>>>> - use lots of Tcl/Tk config options!
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Works on my machine :D and hopefully tomorrow's auto-builds...
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> http://autobuild.puredata.info/auto-build/2007-11-08/
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> (if that link does work, it's not there yet)
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> .hc
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
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