P.S. -- is [initbang] in vanilla? I don't find it in the windows version of 0.41-4 ... I will look at other platforms tomorrow.
Thanks, Matt On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 12:18 PM, Claude Heiland-Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Matt Barber wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > Thanks for this. Out of curiosity, what's the main difference between > > [loadbang] and [initbang] for use in abstractions (does [initbang] not > > send a bang when you open the abstraction file for editing but only > > when you load it in another file)? > > > > [loadbang] fires after the abstraction is loaded and connected into the > containing patch, so [loadbang]--[outlet] should work. > > [initbang] fires after the abstraction is loaded but before connections are > made in the containing patch, so you can create i/o-lets and have them still > be connected. > > > > > Also, the [namecanvas] helpfile says it is obsolete -- is it likely to > > disappear? > > > > It's only "obsolete" because it's possible to crash pd if you use it > incorrectly. I think it'll stay if enough people use it :) > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Matt > > > > > > > > On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 11:34 AM, Claude Heiland-Allen > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > [initbang] > > > [namecanvas] > > > > > > search pd-list / pd-dev for info, dunno if it exists yet. > > > > > > > > > Matt Barber wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > Is it possible to send messages to (or within) a particular instance > > > > of an abstraction, in order to dynamically change the number of inlets > > > > and outlets, e.g.? If so, where do you send the message? If you send > > > > it to the name of the abstraction patch, it seems to change all > > > > instances. As an example, imagine implementing something like [gate] > > > > as an abstraction. > > > > > > > > Thanks again, > > > > > > > > Matt > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > PD-list@iem.at mailing list > > > > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > > > > > > > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ PD-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list