forwardind to list ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: José de Abreu <abreubace...@gmail.com> Date: Seg, 3 de dez de 2018 09:37 Subject: Re: [PD] Keyboard patching To: Henri Augusto Bisognini <msndohe...@hotmail.com>
Em Dom, 2 de dez de 2018 17:24, Henri Augusto Bisognini < msndohe...@hotmail.com> escreveu: > > On 11/24/18 6:41 PM, Henri Augusto Bisognini wrote: > > Hi PD list! > > > > I have an idea for a "keyboard patching" feature for PD > > On 11/24/18 6:41 PM, IOhannes wrote: > you might want to look for the ideas matju (mathieu bouchard) had about > this back in the days (i remember a presentation at Pd~con in montreal, > together with chun lee). > > Hi > > Thanks a lot for pointing that out. The article > <http://artengine.ca/~catalogue-pd/18-Lee-Bouchard.pdf> contains a lot of > interesting ideas. Also upon searching for the DesireData > <http://artengine.ca/desiredata/> implementation he mentioned on a > footnote and looking at the screenshot gallery you can see even more > features than described in the article. Too bad the project seems abandoned > since 2010 :( > > > *1.* I really like the console idea. Indeed it is something that would > not stand in the way of newcommers but could be very very useful for > experienced users. > > If you think about it, we kind of already can send commands to canvases by > using [namecanvas] and the Message dialog heh. A console would send the > commands to the right canvas for you. More on that below. > > > *2.* I don't like the 45 degrees/tile navigating method. It is not > precise enough. In the current keyboard navigation prototype > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zyhm40tj7bU> i've implemented the > following: > > - There is a shortcut to displaying the object indexes on the screen. > Then there is a "goto" dialog where you type the index of the object and it > selects it for you. > > (DesireData could display the indexes too). > > Not only this is useful for this "goto" keyboard selection method > (which allows navigating faster and to objects that are not in your > connection path) but it can also make dynamic patching easier. Plus it > might be useful for commands if we decide for a console. Like creating > connections on the console you could use those indexes. Something like > just a suggestion: > conn 10-3 -> 23-1 > it would be faster to type like this conn 10 3 23 1 the user only has to know the meaning of each argument, and this is also how it is done in the .pd file too > to connect the 3rd outlet of object #10 to the 1st inlet of object #23 > > > *3.* DesireData implemented a "object class list" and an suggestion > windows. We already have that in the "completion-plugin" (it's on deken. > btw a new release is planned for the near future). I've been using it > literally everyday and it saves me A LOT of typing. People seem to like it > a lot, i even got some inboxes on FB talking about it. Also we had testers > that said it works normally on Raspberry Pi :) > > *4.* It would be nice if connection.mpeg > <http://artengine.ca/desiredata/gallery/connection.mpeg> showed the > keystrokes. But looks impressive. > > > Cheers, > Henri. > _______________________________________________ > Pd-list@lists.iem.at mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list >
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