[PD] reorg of puredata.info/docs/developer

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On Jul 16, 2011, at 12:44 PM, Mathieu Bouchard wrote:

> On Sun, 10 Jul 2011, Jonathan Wilkes wrote:
>
>> I really like the idea of the prefs being a pd patch which gets  
>> loaded as a hidden patch like pd-_float (but doesn't get destroyed  
>> if you happen to "vis" it then close it so that one can view it  
>> from a menubutton).
>
> Sending "vis 0" to a toplevel canvas-object doesn't "close" the  
> patch in the way you might imagine : then the patch still runs, but  
> the window is closed AND not listed in the Window menus. It can be a  
> useful trick. The canvas can still be reached if you know its symbol  
> and can be brought back using a "vis 1". Thus it could be summoned  
> from any patch.


I think he means more than it doesn't show up like a regular patch  
window.  I think the default prefs patch window could be embedded in  
the Pd window, perhaps.  Or just callable from a menu.

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