Hi,
I recently build some graph-on-parent (abbr. as "GOP" from now on) stuff (in "agriff") and stumbled across some difficulties. A common problem with GOP for me has been the layout, in which the GUIs appear on the parent.
I adjusted it this way, that I found out by trial and error: I put a freshly done GOP patch into another patch, which looks nasty, because all GUIs are crammed together and unsuable. Then in the parent, I adjust the graph size via the properties of the GOP patch. After that I open the GOP patch and save it again. From now on, I can always create this GOP again and it looks just like intended.
Now, this seems a bit tedious to me so I'd like to ask, if someone nows a better and shorter way of getting the size and layout of a GOP patch right.
Also GOPs in subpatches like [pd hidden], not in real abstractions, seem to change their layout sometimes. I can't verify yet, when exactly this happens, but it happened to me.
Oh, and I found out something else: Don't put a vu meter into a GOP, because it eats your CPU. Stick with 'silent' objects.
Best regards,
Frank Barknecht _ ______footils.org__