[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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