[PD] shouldn't message boxes work as gui elements?

[Andrew Faraday]

I've often wondered of message boxes, why they don't have some form of GUI to indicate when they're triggered (like the bang object). 
Sorry, this is an asside but I would like to know why.

> Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 18:25:18 +0100
> From: matteosistisette at gmail.com
> To: pd-list at iem.at
> Subject: [PD] shouldn't message boxes work as gui elements?
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I don't know if this is already being addressed in the rewrite-gui 
> version...
> 
> I've always wondered why message boxes are not treated as gui elements, 
> like number and symbol boxes, that is:
> 
> - they do not graph on parent
> - they do not have a properties dialog with at least a send and receive 
> symbol
> 
> Is there some particular reason why it has been decided not to treat (or 
> allow treating) message boxes as gui elements, or is it simply that it 
> has never been felt as a priority to implement this feature? I mean, 
> would it imply any drawback?
> 
> 
> -- 
> Matteo Sisti Sette
> matteosistisette at gmail.com
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