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

[Dan Wilcox]

My 2 cents:

* "subpatch" to me refers to [pd ...] aka a patch within a patch, saved within the same patch file that uses it (no object instantiation)

* "abstraction" to me refers to a patch saved to and loaded from it's own file (object instantiation)

* using "subpatches and abstractions" when referring to both is the is the best option, I agree that "subwindow" is problematic since there multiple types of things displayed in multiple windows already (ie. the audio dialog could conceptually be a subwindow as well...)

* my preference is for "subpatch" as opposed to "sub-patch"

* "canvas" is problematic as there are already two notions of canvas within Pd: the Pd patch canvas and the TK drawing canvas

> On Aug 12, 2018, at 11:40 PM, pd-list-request at lists.iem.at wrote:
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> Message-ID: <40aca4a4-d098-f49b-4914-46180e74dc56 at revolwear.com <mailto:40aca4a4-d098-f49b-4914-46180e74dc56 at revolwear.com>>
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> I see, then maybe we are better off without umbrella term and just refer 
> to subpatches and abstractions as "subpatches and abstractions".
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> m.

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Dan Wilcox
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