[PD] distinction Pd lingo: abstraction, subpatch, subwindow

[Max]

In the Pd documentation the word

abstraction is found 1859 times
subpatch is found 2142 times
sub-patch is found 45 times
subwindow is found 24 times
sub-window is found 1 time (that's in the html document, where it occurs 
3 times hyphenated and 1 time not hyphenated)

For reference: Definitions of the terms subpatch and abstraction can be 
found in paragraphs 2.7 and 2.7.1 of the documentation.

The terms however are consistently used inconsistent.

in 2.7.2 "Graph-on-parent subpatches" the illustration shows an 
abstraction, not a subpatch. The text first talks about an abstraction 
and then continues: "When the sub-patch is closed, all controls in it 
appear on the object instead; so the number box in the sub-patch in the 
example above is the same one as you see in the box. "

Even weirder, there is a definition of the term "abstraction" in the 
clone-help.pd which goes as follows: "a patch loaded as an object in 
another patch"
but in the same patch the clones abstraction is named "clone-subpatch.pd".

Is there something I am missing here?

m.

On 05.08.2018 12:01, Max wrote:
> OK, let me try myself, please correct me:
> 
> An abstraction is a Pd patch which is used like an object in another Pd 
> patch.
> 
> A subpatch is saved within the main patch and is constructed with [pd 
> {name}]. Multiple subpatches with the same name may coexist.
> 
> Subwindow is the umbrella term for both of the prior terms.
> 
> If someone can confirm that the above definition is true, I will make 
> some pull requests to the documentation/ help files since it isn't 
> consistent. The pd~-help for example.
> 
> 
> On 04.08.2018 14:05, Max wrote:
>> In the helpfiles and on this list the three words
>>
>> 'abstraction'
>> 'subpatch' or 'sub-patch'
>> 'subwindow'
>>
>> are used. could someone provide a definition of those? I suspect they 
>> aren't used in a consistent way throughout the documentation.
>>
>> m.
>>
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