[PD] "get" method for Pd

[Mike Moser-Booth]

Would the device names and numbers from the Audio and MIDI settings be
considered "gettable Pd attributes"? If so, that would be awesome.

.mmb

On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 8:43 PM, Jonathan Wilkes <jancsika at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I made a patch awhile back that added a "get" method to pd:
>
> [; pd get version rcv-name( sends "version $major $minor $bugfix"  to rcv-name
>
> [; pd get dsp rcv-name( sends "dsp $status" to rcv-name
>
> [; pd get * rcv-name( sends a sequence of all query-able "attribute values" to rcv-name
>
> leaving off rcv-name will send the output to the Pd console
>
> [; pd get( is synonymous with [; pd get *(
>
> I remembered the patch when trying to generate crash logs for about.pd in the other thread--
>
> if Pd has a "get" method then about.pd doesn't need to rely on externals (well, aside from
>
> pddplink for the links).
>
> Are there Pd attributes other than version and dsp status that would be nice to make "gettable"?
>
> -Jonathan
>
>
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