[PD] Slider/Knob

[Antoine Rousseau]

>
> a visual hint (i.e. draw the rect borders and the iolets)- but only when
> the user hovers over the knob while the glist is in editmode
>

you mean like the little square of the canvas object? yes, I like the idea.
I'll try this soon, thanks!

Antoine Rousseau
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Le ven. 7 sept. 2018 à 17:31, Christof Ressi <christof.ressi at gmx.at> a
écrit :

> Hi, to be honest, I never found it to be a big problem. I'm not too sure
> about the three outlet solution, I think it's indeed a bit far-stretched
> :-) what I would suggest is to give the user a visual hint (i.e. draw the
> rect borders and the iolets)- but only when the user hovers over the knob
> while the glist is in editmode. you can do this in mknob_newclick.
>
> > iolets are floating in an empty space near the knob;
>
> yes, this looks a bit funny, but you usually won't have the cables visible
> in your final GUI anyway, so I wouldn't worry about that.
>
> Christof
>
> Gesendet: Freitag, 07. September 2018 um 14:45 Uhr
> Von: "Antoine Rousseau" <antoine at metalu.net>
> An: "Christof Ressi" <christof.ressi at gmx.at>
> Cc: Pd-list <Pd-list at lists.iem.at>
> Betreff: Re: [PD] Slider/Knob
>
> Thanks for recommending mknob ;-)
>
> I'd like to do an update of moonlib soon, as it has received some
> improvements: sfread2~ understands a new [index( message (thx to Antoine
> Villeret), and mknob now better supports zooming.
>
>
> About the latter, I'd like to hear your opinion (you all mknob users...)
> about the following problem (and the solution I propose):
>
> mknob poses a particular problem: because its circular shape doesn't
> comply to Pd graphical paradigm (every other objects are rectangular
> shaped), iolets are floating in an empty space near the knob; because it's
> visually ugly, and I don't want to surround the knob with a rectangular
> box, I chose not to draw the iolets, even when the mknob is not bounded to
> receive/send symbols. The problem (for explicitly connected  knobs) is now
> that it's somewhat tricky to guess where you have to draw the connection
> to/from, and that the wire connects to/from nowhere. This is acceptable for
> small knob, but when it becomes bigger it's really weird.
>
> So the only idea I see (apart from hacking Pd sources...) is to setup 3
> inlets and 3 outlets, so that you can connect from/to the one in the
> middle; the wire is then actually connected to the circle. I succeeded to
> code this behaviour, keeping to possibility to use any inlet and sending to
> the three outlets. It's maybe a little far-fetched, but its works. What do
> you think of it?
>
>
>
> Antoine Rousseau
>   http://www.metalu.net[http://metalu.net] __
> http://www.metaluachahuter.com/[http://www.metaluachahuter.com/compagnies/al1-ant1/]
>
>
> Le ven. 7 sept. 2018 à 13:05, Christof Ressi <christof.ressi at gmx.at
> [mailto:christof.ressi at gmx.at]> a écrit :I recommend mknob from moonlib,
> but make sure you get the latest version from deken for pd >= 0.47
>
> Christof
>
> > Gesendet: Freitag, 07. September 2018 um 12:59 Uhr
> > Von: Clemens <reinklang at online.de[mailto:reinklang at online.de]>
> > An: Pd-list at lists.iem.at[mailto:Pd-list at lists.iem.at]
> > Betreff: [PD] Slider/Knob
> >
> > Hello List,
> >
> > I would like to use knobs instead of sliders,
> >
> > where can I find them?
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Clemens
> >
> >
> >
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