[PD] multiple instances of a patch forbidden in 0.49, why?

Miller Puckette msp at ucsd.edu
Sat Sep 22 18:27:38 CEST 2018


Ah, yes, a fourth option: have a new "pd really-open" message to open
a file without checking if it's a duplicate.

cheers
M

On Sat, Sep 22, 2018 at 06:18:42PM +0200, IOhannes m zm??lnig wrote:
> On 9/22/18 3:17 PM, katja wrote:
> > Much to my alarm, Pd 0.49test3 prevents loading multiple instances of
> > a patch, and release notes tell us that this is on purpose. 
> 
> 
> funnily, i recently worked on a related regression where double-clicking
> on a Pd-patch (in your favourite Windows exploder) would start a new
> instance of Pd (rather than switching to the current instance and
> raising the patch if already opened).
> 
> note however, that this regression (fix) is unrelated to what you are
> describing.
> 
> and i agree that it should be possible to open the same patch multiple
> times. esp. on a programmatic layer (that is: by sending messages to Pd).
> i guess, when opening an already opened patch from the menu (Ctrl-O), Pd
> could *ask* whether this is really intended.
> 
> 
> 
> gkmdsar
> IOhannes
> 




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