[PD] why not adding other boxes like gatom from objects?
Christof Ressi
info at christofressi.com
Fri Nov 19 22:25:56 CET 2021
That's certainly a more friendly approach :-)
On 19.11.2021 22:22, Alexandre Torres Porres wrote:
> in my external GUIs I use flags so users can set just what they want
> without filling in all the arguments and remembering the order, as in
> iemguis
>
> Em sex., 19 de nov. de 2021 às 18:13, Christof Ressi
> <info at christofressi.com> escreveu:
>
> > And finally, to complicate things further, arguments would be
> also a
> > nice feature to have in typed gatoms: limits, send/rcv, labels, or
> > array name, size, etc
> That's actually a good argument. With IEM GUIs, the argument list
> is so
> long that it is not really practical to type it out, but with gatoms
> this could be a nice shortcut, for example, to create a float atom
> with
> send/receive names without opening the properties.
>
> Christof
>
> On 19.11.2021 21:00, Fede Camara Halac wrote:
> > Here's my 2 cents, if I understand porres' question right.
> >
> > Personally, I always type iemgui names, to be honest. But, I
> think typing "floatatom" or "symbolatom" (or "listbox") into an
> object would be cumbersome at first glance, and we would need an
> alias to make it worth. In that sense, their shortcut is just the
> way to go.
> >
> > However, there are some cases where a typed gatom is what you
> need; for example, if you are on autopatch and want a gatom
> without mouse input, or dynamic patching stuff.
> >
> > On that note, typing something like "arraygraph" into an object
> would put an array on the canvas (as you would from the menu, or
> the shortcut)
> >
> > And finally, to complicate things further, arguments would be
> also a nice feature to have in typed gatoms: limits, send/rcv,
> labels, or array name, size, etc
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Fede
> >
> >
> >
> >
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