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

[Max]

Likewise. Is there anyone opposing?

On 13.08.2018 13:23, Matt Davey wrote:
> Totally agree with Dan on all points.
> 
> On Mon, 13 Aug 2018 at 12:32, Dan Wilcox <danomatika at gmail.com 
> <mailto:danomatika at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     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
>>     <mailto:pd-list-request at lists.iem.at> wrote:
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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".
>>
>>     m.
> 
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