[PD] Pd-GUI-Rewrite 0.43 status: usable

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On Jan 18, 2010, at 7:09 PM, Jonathan Wilkes wrote:

> [Kind of picky...]
>
> In the console, there's a checkbox with the clickable text "DSP."  I  
> know
> acronyms are normally capitalized, but in this case if the text read
> "dsp", the tk label/checkbox would accurately reflect the message one
> sends to pd to turn audio on and off (with the checkbox fulfilling  
> the 0/1 argument).
>
> I think someone complained recently that DSP would be less clear to a
> beginner than "compute audio."  I think that's true, so if the  
> beginner
> has to read a help file to figure out what it means, they might as  
> well
> learn the message "dsp 0" and "dsp 1" at the same time (and be  
> reminded of
> the _exact_ selector everytime they look at the console).

"compute audio" is easier to understand, but it then doesn't match the  
'pd dsp' message or the Media menu items.  I think overall, its easier  
if people learn that DSP means computing audio as well as other  
things, and the term DSP is used consistently throughout. I don't have  
a strong feeling on upper vs lower case on DSP tho.

> In a similar vein: what about "audiostatus" instead of "DIO"?
>
> -Jonathan

I never use the DIO button and don't really know what it is, so I left  
it as is ;-)  As far as I can gather its an error light for if there  
are communications troubles with the audio interface.

.hc



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