[PD] Pd-list Digest, Vol 46, Issue 108

[Jonathan Wilkes]

Maybe there could be a menu item that toggles between a) making pasted objects dangle from the mouse (similar to what happens when hitting ctrl-1), or b) shifting 10x10 for the same window and leaving everything as is for different windows.

(Hopefully I didn't double post this...)

-Jonathan

--- On Sat, 1/31/09, Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at eds.org> wrote:

> From: Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at eds.org>
> Subject: Re: [PD] Pd-list Digest, Vol 46, Issue 108
> To: "Ingo Scherzinger" <ingo at miamiwave.com>
> Cc: pd-list at iem.at
> Date: Saturday, January 31, 2009, 10:16 PM
> Yeah, I thought some people might do that.  As it is now,
> newbies get  
> really annoyed and frustrated, as well as some experienced
> users.  I  
> figure it is easy enough for someone in your position to
> hit shift- 
> left-arrow, then shift-up-arrow and it'll be back to
> the original  
> position.  That's much easier than recovering from
> pasting a copy  
> right on top of itself.
> 
> Maybe someone can come up with an even better idea that
> solves both  
> issues.
> 
> .hc
> 
> On Jan 31, 2009, at 5:34 AM, Ingo Scherzinger wrote:
> 
> > I agree with pasting to the same window the cursor
> position would be  
> > the
> > best solution. But please leave it the way it is for
> different  
> > windows.
> > I always copy objects that have been changed to almost
> identical  
> > windows and
> > they are right in the spot where they belong. Changing
> this  
> > behaviour would
> > be very annoying if you're doing things like this.
> >
> > Ingo
> >
> >
> >> well, the current behavior is helpful when pasting
> into a different  
> >> window
> >> if it has similar dimensions, but if we are
> copying a piece of a  
> >> patch
> >> which
> >> was way down in a window into a new window, then
> the pasted code  
> >> ends up
> >> in
> >> the same place too and one has to go look for it.
> This also happens
> >> because
> >> the window doesn't focus in the pasted
> section, but keeps the 0,0
> >> coordinates.
> >> I think in general, (or when pasting to the same
> window) it would  
> >> be nice
> >> to
> >> paste into the last clicked coordinate.
> >>
> >> In any case I am so used to it by now that I can
> survive in these
> >> conditions.
> >>
> >> J
> >>
> >> On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 4:03 PM, Miller Puckette
> >> <mpuckett at imusic1.ucsd.edu>wrote:
> >>
> >>> I think if pasting to the same window this
> would be reasonable - but
> >> I've
> >>> always had in mind, instead, to paste the
> objects to a new place
> >> determined
> >>> by current cursor position, which would be far
> better.  Just haven't
> >> been
> >>> able to think it through and do it.
> >>>
> >>> M
> >>> On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 06:53:22PM -0500,
> Hans-Christoph Steiner  
> >>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Hey all,
> >>>>
> >>>> I was thinking that it would be nice if
> copy-paste had the same
> >>>> response and duplicate, i.e. shifting the
> position over by 10  
> >>>> pixels
> >>>> in x and y, then pasting.  I can't see
> a good reason why paste  
> >>>> doesn't
> >>>> do that.  Anyone know of any?  Newbies get
> very frustrated by the
> >>>> current behavior.  Regular users get used
> to the Duplicate command,
> >>>> but I don't know of any other programs
> where you can't just copy- 
> >>>> paste
> >>>> and you need a special function.
> >>>>
> >>>> .hc
> >
> >
> >
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