[PD] [data structures] array within an array, pd draw window scale/background canvas colour...

[jamal crawford]

hey

>As far as order-- in Pd-l2ork I made a revision so that a struct will
>simply refuse to create if you give it an array field with a nonexistent
>template for the data.

neat :)

>Also-- in a _single_ scalar, the shapes will be drawn using the order that
>you created the drawing commands.  So if you create a [filledpolygon]
>first, then create a [drawcurve] after that, the filled polygon will be
>drawn with the curve on top of it.
>
>If you draw two separate scalars that overlap, essentially you cannot
>control which one gets drawn on top.  If you update one of the fields
>associated with a coordinate, that scalar will get drawn on top. But
>if I remember correctly certain operations in Pd (like updating an array)
>redraw _all_ the scalars, at which point you'll probably lose the ordering
>you set up

ok. so maybe I just need an "interface" to control which scalars I
prefer to see in my drawing, like visual mute buttons or something.
thats doable, thanks.

best regs