Re: [PD] Horizontal Connections (Was: Re: style guide idea: [send

2009-03-23 Thread Mathieu Bouchard
On Sun, 22 Mar 2009, Matt Barber wrote: 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. There's never a good way to do that. I remember losing an hou

Re: [PD] Horizontal Connections (Was: Re: style guide idea: [send

2009-03-23 Thread Martin Peach
Mathieu Bouchard wrote: On Sun, 22 Mar 2009, Martin Peach wrote: I like the usage agreement idea, as long as there's visual feedback. For example, if the inlets and outlets in pd-ext protruded one or two pixels, you'd be able to see the connection crossing over to the "wrong" outlet. Ma

Re: [PD] Horizontal Connections (Was: Re: style guide idea: [send

2009-03-23 Thread Mathieu Bouchard
On Sun, 22 Mar 2009, Martin Peach wrote: I like the usage agreement idea, as long as there's visual feedback. For example, if the inlets and outlets in pd-ext protruded one or two pixels, you'd be able to see the connection crossing over to the "wrong" outlet. Maybe better if outlets wit

Re: [PD] Horizontal Connections (Was: Re: style guide idea: [send

2009-03-22 Thread Jonathan Wilkes
e: > From: Martin Peach > Subject: Re: [PD] Horizontal Connections (Was: Re: style guide idea: [send > To: "Jonathan Wilkes" > Cc: pd-list@iem.at, "Matt Barber" > Date: Sunday, March 22, 2009, 4:35 PM > Jonathan Wilkes wrote: > > Matt, > >

Re: [PD] Horizontal Connections (Was: Re: style guide idea: [send

2009-03-22 Thread Martin Peach
Jonathan Wilkes wrote: Matt, I like the usage agreement idea, as long as there's visual feedback. For example, if the inlets and outlets in pd-ext protruded one or two pixels, you'd be able to see the connection crossing over to the "wrong" outlet. Maybe better if outlets with connecti

Re: [PD] Horizontal Connections (Was: Re: style guide idea: [send

2009-03-22 Thread Jonathan Wilkes
rber wrote: > From: Matt Barber > Subject: [PD] Horizontal Connections (Was: Re: style guide idea: [send > To: pd-list@iem.at > Date: Sunday, March 22, 2009, 5:52 AM > > Here's my proposal: horizontal connections should > only be used when the upper object has only one out

[PD] Horizontal Connections (Was: Re: style guide idea: [send

2009-03-21 Thread Matt Barber
> 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

[PD] Horizontal Connections (Was: Re: style guide idea: [send foo] versus [; foo( )

2009-03-21 Thread Jonathan Wilkes
Hi Martin, 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

[PD] Horizontal Connections (Was: Re: style guide idea: [send foo] versus [; foo( )

2009-03-21 Thread Jonathan Wilkes
Hi Martin, 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