[PD] notes/questions from a beginner

[tim vets]

2011/8/23 tim vets <timvets at gmail.com>

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> 2011/8/23 Stephen Lavelle <analytic at gmail.com>
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>> (sorry that you're getting this twice, IOhannes, I hit reply rather than
>> reply to all the first time)
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>> you can do that with a gui-plugin :-)
>>> however, your description is deliberatly awkward.
>>> e.g. there is no reason to explicitely "deselect" the object.
>>> you don't have to "press backspace while holding mouse down".
>>>
>>> it is enough to "select" the object (drag the lasso over it), and once
>>> it is selected, press backspace (with mouse up or down)
>>>
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>> Ah, I didn't know that there was a difference between clicking on and
>> drag-selecting.  Enlightening!
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>>   > 3 - I can drag lines from outlets to inlets, but not from inlets to
>>> outlets.
>>>
>>> i think this is actually a good thing.
>>> you can also not send data from inlets to outlets.
>>>
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>> I acknowledge that we have a difference of opinion here, and can't think
>> of a persuasive argument.  Would be a good subject for user experience
>> testing :P
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> It may be good for didactic reasons to have the patching consistent with
> the logic behind it in that way.
> But from a purely practical standpoint, it could save some cursor-miles if
> we could connect from outlets to inlets too.
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I meant 'from inlets to outlets' of course...

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>> i mean, i understand that it is more ergonomic to just hold "ctrl" and
>>> then click all those connections you want to delete rather than having
>>> to click-backspace every connection.
>>> you save a lot of clicks (well, keypresses), but i doubt that the
>>> _speedup_ would be significant.
>>>
>> It's slightly physically unpleasant - going between a touchpad and
>> backspace with my right hand is a little awkward.
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>>  > 5 - is there a way to type numbers directly into a number box?
>>> > clicking+dragging, or pumping them in via a message, doesn't feel good
>>> to
>>> > me.
>>>
>>> click on the number box and type the numberbox.
>>> this is a runmode operation (that's why you probably missed it)
>>>
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>> Wow.  Thanks for this.  Possibly editmode, but also because there's no
>> indication that the box contents are editable by pressing keys (no caret,
>> &c.).  Is there a reason it's disabled in editmode?
>>
>> Thanks for your responses :)
>>
>> S
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