To better understand the concept behind the pdmtl abstractions, please read the following: http://wiki.dataflow.ws/PdMtlAbstractions/Features
Also, the fact that the pdmtl abstractions uses a one depth folder category system seems to bother and confuse some, more than if the abstractions simply used a prefix .
Since the pdmtl abstractions are aimed for newbies and pro's alike, I am thinking that maybe I should change the categorizing system in the following manner (I kind of like how the abstractions look all sorted and neat in my file browser, but I never anticipated this could be a conceptual problem for some):
- separate the category name from the rest of the abstraction name with a "_"
while keeping the following rules:
- keep a limited number of categories (lets say not more than 30)
- also separate the rest of the words of an abstraction name with a "_"
I could adapt the pdmtl browsers so they still look like the newbie friendly max/msp object box.
What do you think (this question is aimed at the pd list, the pdmtl list and the pdmtl abstractions list)?
On 7/4/07, Jamie Bullock jamie@postlude.co.uk wrote:
On Tue, 2007-07-03 at 13:00 -0400, Mathieu Bouchard wrote:
On Mon, 2 Jul 2007, Thomas O Fredericks wrote:
Yes, everything does have to be in a category. This constraint makes for an environment that is especially useful for newbies and resolves a lot of conflicts.
verb/is article/this noun/sentence adjective/easier prep/to verb/read ?
Yes, but how do you resolve:
verb/colour noun/colour adjective/colour
or...
video/colour audio/colour
As humans we differentiate between these by their context, but PD is not that clever...
Jamie