[PD] Window title always displays *edit*?

Miller Puckette msp at ucsd.edu
Mon Apr 16 17:11:00 CEST 2018


Yep, I'm regretting the "*" character - at the very least I want to put
it in brackets of sone sort.

M

On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 05:08:16PM +0200, Christof Ressi wrote:
> even better: something like |edit mode| because * is often used to signify unsaved changes. Personally, *edit* confuses the hell out of me and I often have to look twice :-D
> 
> > Gesendet: Montag, 16. April 2018 um 17:01 Uhr
> > Von: "Peter P." <peterparker at fastmail.com>
> > An: "IOhannes m zmoelnig" <zmoelnig at iem.at>
> > Cc: pd-list at lists.iem.at
> > Betreff: Re: [PD] Window title always displays *edit*?
> >
> > * IOhannes m zmoelnig <zmoelnig at iem.at> [2018-04-16 16:38]:
> > > On 2018-04-16 16:32, Peter P. wrote:
> > > > Hi list,
> > > > 
> > > > on Pd 0.48.1 packaged for Debian testing the window title bar of a patch
> > > > shows 
> > > > 	*edit*
> > > > inbetween the patch filename and its path even when the file has just
> > > > gotten saved. Is this intentional? What is the meaning of this message?
> > > 
> > > it tells you that you are in *edit* mode.
> > > (urgh).
> > Thank you for this hint!
> > 
> > Here are two euro cents to whomever cares:
> > Perhaps it should read *edit mode* to better comply with the principle
> > of least astonisment.
> > 
> > best, P
> > 
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