If you're open to using externals, [tabletool] has a "change" method that scans the memory of a table and reports any changed values and their indices out the two outlets.
http://williambrent.conflations.com/pages/research.html#tabletool On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 12:38 PM, Jonathan Wilkes <jancs...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Roman Haefeli <reduz...@gmail.com> >> To: pd-list <pd-list@iem.at> >> Cc: >> Sent: Thursday, March 8, 2012 8:30 AM >> Subject: Re: [PD] [table] update notification >> >> >> On Wed, 2012-03-07 at 09:15 -0800, Jonathan Wilkes wrote: >>> Pd-l2ork has a feature where you can [r "arrayname_changed"] >>> >>> and you'll get a bang when the array is modified with the mouse. >> >> That's nice feature of Pd-l2ork. >> >> >>> If you want a notification when using tabwrite/etc., well, when those >>> >>> objects receive a message to update the array, just manually send >>> >>> a bang to "arrayname_changed" when this happens. >> >> Yeah, you're totally right. If I'd build a self-enclosed patch, this >> wouldn't be an issue. The goal here is to create an abstraction able to >> keep an instance of a table in sync over network. I would like to avoid >> to design it in a way, that forces the user of the abstraction to >> actively notify it about changes. And since I also want to track manual >> edits, I need some kind of a watchdog anyway. So I still go for the >> watchdog solution, until the Pd-l2ork features make into Pd. > > Can you guarantee that [tabsend~] will never be sending to that array? > >> >> Roman >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 -- William Brent www.williambrent.com “Great minds flock together” Conflations: conversational idiom for the 21st century www.conflations.com _______________________________________________ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list