On Tue, 2012-03-06 at 10:56 -0500, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote: > On Mar 4, 2012, at 9:45 AM, Roman Haefeli wrote: > > Actually [zexy/makesymbol] wasn't ever used in [arduino], only in > > arduino-help.pd . There it's used to display the Firmware version in a > > GOP cnv object -> [zexy/makesymbol firmata_%s.%s]. This can be safely > > replaced nowadays by [symbol firmata_$1.$2(. However, I didn't even use > > that, because I thought it would be useful to display the whole Firmata > > specification there, not only the protocol version. It now displays > > something like: > > > > StandardFirmata 2 3 > > > > and it does so with only using vanilla classes. Let me point that > > [arduino] itself is not all affected by this. > > Replacing [zexy/makesymbol] sounds like a good solution. I think that > the [symbol Firmata_$1.$2( will produce the most readable version of > this. "StandardFirmata 2 3" is not super clear, especially to > newbies.
Why would like the help-patch to only show the version in some weird format instead of showing exactly what [arduino]'s right outlet is sending? Am I missing something here? It's easy to change, but I don't get your point here. If you insist, i'll change it. > >> Pduino deliberately uses namespace prefixes because that's currently > >> the only way to guarantee the correct object is being loaded. > > > > Agreed. > > > >> Using [declare -lib zexy] [makesymbol] does not currently guarantee > >> that (tho it should). > > > > Yeah, I also agree that it should. > > > > Please, tell me about your further constraints, if there are any, and > > I'll see how I can comply with them. > > I can't think of any off the top of my head, but I am sure they exist. > The best approach for something like this, I think, is to try to make > sure that the given output is exactly the same. So if the > [zexy/makesymbol] code produces "Firmata_2.3", the updated code should > as well, unless the problem is specifically because the message is > like "Firmata_2.3". Sorry, if I am wrong, but I have the slight feeling, that you still think that something in [arduino] has changed. I can assure you that the updated [arduino] gives the _exact_ same output as the original one. That is, it still sends: 'firmware StandardFirmata 2 3' 'version 2 3' to it's right outlet. Only the help-patch has changed (see above). Please be assured, I wouldn't change any message format in [arduino] itself. So, how we proceed? Roman _______________________________________________ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
