[PD] inlets, outlets, and dynamic patching

[Matt Barber]

P.S. -- is [initbang] in vanilla?  I don't find it in the windows
version of 0.41-4 ...  I will look at other platforms tomorrow.

Thanks,

Matt

On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 12:18 PM, Claude Heiland-Allen
<claudiusmaximus at goto10.org> wrote:
> Matt Barber wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > Thanks for this.  Out of curiosity, what's the main difference between
> > [loadbang] and [initbang] for use in abstractions (does [initbang] not
> > send a bang when you open the abstraction file for editing but only
> > when you load it in another file)?
> >
>
>  [loadbang] fires after the abstraction is loaded and connected into the
> containing patch, so [loadbang]--[outlet] should work.
>
>  [initbang] fires after the abstraction is loaded but before connections are
> made in the containing patch, so you can create i/o-lets and have them still
> be connected.
>
>
>
> > Also, the [namecanvas] helpfile says it is obsolete -- is it likely to
> > disappear?
> >
>
>  It's only "obsolete" because it's possible to crash pd if you use it
> incorrectly.  I think it'll stay if enough people use it :)
>
>
>
>
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Matt
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 11:34 AM, Claude Heiland-Allen
> > <claudiusmaximus at goto10.org> wrote:
> >
> > > [initbang]
> > >  [namecanvas]
> > >
> > >  search pd-list / pd-dev for info, dunno if it exists yet.
> > >
> > >
> > >  Matt Barber wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > Is it possible to send messages to (or within) a particular instance
> > > > of an abstraction, in order to dynamically change the number of inlets
> > > > and outlets, e.g.?  If so, where do you send the message?  If you send
> > > > it to the name of the abstraction patch, it seems to change all
> > > > instances.  As an example, imagine implementing something like [gate]
> > > > as an abstraction.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks again,
> > > >
> > > > Matt
> > > >
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