[PD] cyclone/maxmode functionality usage

[Fred Jan Kraan]

Hi Alexandre,

>> No code will be removed, just the maxmode object and related
>> library objects will not be build anymore.
> 
> So it'll remove many objects from the library, right?

What will be removed is the actual maxmode object, the bin-ops
"nettles", ~150 dummy objects and the hammer and sickle libraries. The
hammer and sickle libraries contain the objects which are also available
as separate objects.
> 
> I'm having a hard time understanding this [maxmode] thing/object, can
> you give us an example on how to use it?

As I understand it, the purpose of the [maxmode] object is to make
importing and converting Max/MSP 4.6 patches more convenient. The dummy
objects do not do anything, but the patch will load without errors. The
idea is to replace the dummies with abstractions or other objects. The
dummies were the objects in Max/MSP4.6 but not in Pd-vanilla or cyclone.

It might have made sense when Max/MSP 4.6 were common, but that is a
long time ago.

The original cyclone page is gone from the site, but I made a copy just
in time:
http://fjkraan.home.xs4all.nl/digaud/puredata/cyclone/cyclone_site/cyclone.html.

> 
> cheers

Greetings,

Fred Jan
> 
> 2015-05-01 17:48 GMT-03:00 Fred Jan Kraan <fjkraan at xs4all.nl
> <mailto:fjkraan at xs4all.nl>>:
> 
>     Hi All,
> 
>     Is anyone using the 'maxmode' object and functionality of the
>     Cyclone library?
> 
>     The maxmode adds 162 dummy objects, which make importing of Max/MSP
>     patches more convenient. Note these are Max/MSP 4.6 patches, already
>     supported in Pd-vanilla, not the more recent file formats. In
>     addition several binop signal objects are loaded, the message and
>     signal objects are loaded from library objects. Normal cyclone usage
>     are individual objects.
> 
>     Because we are planning to switch to a new build system, usable for all
>     Puredata external libraries, it would be an opportunity to simplify the
>     building process and remove potential unused functionality.
> 
>     No code will be removed, just the maxmode object and related library
>     objects will not be build anymore.
> 
>     Fred Jan
> 
>     P.S. The original cyclone page went off-line sometime this year, but
>     here is a copy:
>     http://fjkraan.home.xs4all.nl/digaud/puredata/cyclone/cyclone_site/cyclone.html
> 
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