> Here's my proposal: horizontal connections should only be used when the upper > object has only one outlet, and the lower object has only one inlet. > Otherwise there will be always be ambiguity. > > With your example of all outlets pointing to the same inlet, there is still > ambiguity as to whether or not all the outlets are actually connected. > That's fine if your patching style is to connect them first, and only line > them up after. But if someone is debugs a patch they made that includes your > abstraction, they would have to click and move objects to be certain all the > objects are actually connected.
There is one way to be a little less conservative, but it requires a usage agreement: if a horizontal connection travels from left to right, it must come from the right-most outlet of the upper object and must connect to the left-most inlet of the lower object. Reverse if the connection travels from right to left. The problem is there's no good way to tell if a patch adheres to the agreement. Matt _______________________________________________ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
