[PD] Keeping Number box's

[Phil Stone]

oops, meant to send this to the list, sorry Jonathan.


On 4/14/14, 1:11 PM, Phil Stone wrote:
> You have a point, if you are init'ing to zero; otherwise, it's easy to 
> see that a Number2 box is init'd when you open the patch, because it 
> has a non-zero value in it.
>
> But yeah, it's a little kludgey (especially the "init"/"no init" 
> button: is it status, or what *will* happen when you press it -- hint, 
> it's the latter, like most buttons). I wouldn't recommend it for use 
> with all those Pd nuclear weapon-control patches that are out there.
>
>
> Phil
>
>
> On 4/14/14, 12:56 PM, Jonathan Wilkes wrote:
>> On 04/14/2014 02:03 PM, Phil Stone wrote:
>>> Or use the "Number2" number box, and set its "init" attribute in 
>>> properties. It will then init itself with the last value that was in 
>>> the box at the time the parent patch was saved.
>>
>> I try to avoid the iemgui "init" method because it isn't represented 
>> in the Pd diagram.
>>
>> I'd rather do this:
>>
>> [loadbang]
>>
>> [42(
>> |
>> [numbox]
>>
>> Then you can see if you made a mistake.  For example, I forgot to 
>> connect [loadbang] to [42(.  I can quickly scan all other places 
>> where I use [loadbang] to see if I made a similar error.
>>
>> But if you use the "init" method, you must right-click and choose 
>> "Properties" on every single numbox to do error checking.  The time 
>> wasted isn't worth whatever it is you think you save by using "init".
>>
>> Digression-- consider a Properties dialog with the following button:
>> [don't fire nukes]
>>
>> Do you press it or not?
>>
>> -Jonathan
>

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