[PD] Pd's jack outputs are numbered from zero onwards?

[Dan Wilcox]

I'd say that good enough communication would be enough but "ouput0" -> "output_1" sounds fine as well, especially as it matches an existing convention.

> On Dec 18, 2020, at 9:17 PM, pd-list-request at lists.iem.at wrote:
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> Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2020 21:17:02 +0100
> From: IOhannes m zmölnig <zmoelnig at iem.at <mailto:zmoelnig at iem.at>>
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> On 12/18/20 9:06 PM, Peter P. wrote:
>> * IOhannes m zmölnig <zmoelnig at iem.at <mailto:zmoelnig at iem.at>> [2020-12-18 20:52]:
>>> On 12/18/20 8:40 PM, Peter P. wrote:
>>>> Hi list,
>>>> 
>>>> just discovered that Pd's jack audio ouput ports are numbered from zero
>>>> onwards. Is this very intentional?
>>> 
>>> it's been on my todo-list for ages to fix this.
>> Great, good to hear! Thanks IO!
> 
> while fixing the issue is trivial, i wonder what's the best way to proceed.
> simply changing the port-names from "input0" to "input1" will probably 
> break all existing auto connection-setups (e.g. qjackctl patchbays).
> 
> currently they will do something like:
>  "puredata:output1 -> system:capture_0"
> 
> if we just renumber the ports, this will *certainly* introduce 
> off-by-one errors (e.g. have movie dialoge come out of the sub woofer).
> 
> so we probably should name the ports slightly different, so that 
> "output0" becomes "output_1".
> 
> (the ALSA backend of jack uses underscores as a separator; but Ardour 
> (somewhat canonical) uses spaces - though i'd rather avoid that)
> 
> what do you think.
> 
> 
> famdsr
> IOhannes

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