[PD] Tip of the Day [was] Re: [midifile]

[Fede Camara Halac]

+1
I also think it would be nice to encourage users to submit their own tips to this list as in: “click here to submit your tip of the day”. 


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> On Feb 10, 2022, at 2:50 PM, Julian Brooks <jbeezez at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> +1 on this
> I still find things out re Pd that elicit a facepalm/no-way(you can do _that_) moment.
> Think we all get stuck in our ways too so little tips/snippets/patterns (or known anti-patterns) would be lovely.
> 
> All best,
> J
> 
>> On Thu, 10 Feb 2022 at 12:37, IOhannes m zmoelnig <zmoelnig at iem.at> wrote:
>> On 2/10/22 12:53, Dan Wilcox wrote:
>> > I feel like often these problems also come from people trying Pd out after being more familiar with Max. Perhaps it would be good if Pd included a mini "Pd for Max users" guide which starts with execution order differences,
>> 
>> hmm.
>> i'd prefer a "tip-of-the-day".
>> order of execution is important enough that everybody should be aware of 
>> it, whether they come from max, vvvv, csound or out of the blue.
>> 
>> i figure your argument is, that most of these have to learn Pd from 
>> scratch anyhow and will eventually come to the "use [trigger]" section 
>> in the documentation, whereas the max users would just dive into it (as 
>> Pd has been sold to them as something you can use your Max-skills with 
>> without having to pay the license).
>> 
>> my argument is that people who find tips-of-the-day useful are not power 
>> users yet and as such an occasional reminder won't hurt.
>> 
>> gfdmas
>> IOhannes
>> 
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