[PD] dynamically set "graph on parent" option?

altern altern2 at gmail.com
Fri Nov 14 11:06:10 CET 2008


IOhannes m zmoelnig(e)k dio:
> altern wrote:
>> Frank Barknecht(e)k dio:
>>> Hallo,
>>> altern hat gesagt: // altern wrote:
>>>
>>>> do you mean something like this?
>>>> http://lists.puredata.info/pipermail/pd-list/2005-05/028394.html
>>>>
>>>> i was looking for something more like a proper flag in the object that 
> 
> i think this _is_ a very proper flag to be switched on/off

i mean i was looking for an specific command to only switch on/off the 
graph on parent box. But then you are right of course, this feature does 
more, but my first idea misleaded me when searching the list for info. i 
was looking in not exactly the right direction...

>>>> could be switch on and off, like
>>>> |pd-mysubpatch gop 1(
>>>> or something like that...
>>> Something like that isn't available, so "donecanvasdialog 0 0 $1" is the
>>> only way. Don't rely to much on it to stay, though.
> 
> i think you can ignore these warnings in many cases. they are a way of
> saying that "this is not officially supported". none(!) of the dynamic
> patching features of Pd is officially supported. so either don't use
> them or do use them.
> 
>> i see. it would be nice to have something like |pd-mysubpatch gop 1( 
>> though...
> 
> i still don't see the difference. (of course one could always argue that
> [readsf~] should take a [load( message rather than an [open( message)
> 
> 
> if you want to turn on gop you will most likely want to set the
> properties of gop in the same message. this is what donecanvasdialog is for.

yes i understand it now. thanks for your patience :)





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