[PD] GUI abstraction issues

[Jack]

Le 18/02/2013 03:03, Jonathan Wilkes a écrit :
>> ________________________________
>> From: Esteban Viveros <emviveros at gmail.com>
>> To: PD-list list <pd-list at iem.at> 
>> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2013 4:50 PM
>> Subject: [PD] GUI abstraction issues
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>>
>> Hi list,
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>>
>> I'm initiating to do gui abstractions, and I have two issues in pd-extended.
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>> First: When I use the inlet object, can I name it? This is because I would like to have the name inlet in "Autotips" mode. This in pd-extended and l2ork.
>
> Hi Esteban,
>      If your abstraction is named "foo.pd", then make a help patch named "foo-help.pd"
> and put a [pd META] subpatch in it.  Inside the subpatch, make a <ctrl-5> comment
> with this text:
> INLET_0 Put your inlet name here
>
> That will display "Put your inlet name here" when you hover over the leftmost inlet
> in "Autotips" mode.  (You can address the other inlets with INLET_1, INLET_2, etc.,
> as well as OUTLET_0, etc.)
>
>
> I could have made it a lot easier by searching the abstraction itself for the info to
> display in the tip, but I _really_ want to discourage the practice of using the
> abstraction as its own documentation since that excludes the possibility for an
> example patch (which IMO is the most important part of the help patch).
>
>
> You can find more info on the pd META stuff in doc/5.reference/all_about_pd_META.pd
> or just use Help->Search for "all about pd META"
>
> -Jonathan
>
>
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>> Second: In pd-extended .43.4, when I try to use a canvas with graph on parents, I can't see the inlets and outlets.. Is as if graph on parents is below of the canvas object, I'm sending an objects to explain better this issue.
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>> Thanks..
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>>
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Hello,

You can also put an argument in [inlet] like [inlet name_of_my_inlet].
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Jack