On 6 May 2003, Marc Lavallée wrote:
Josh Steiner wrote:
Marc, the order that messages are passed down multiple patch chords coming from the same outlet is based on the order they were connected, not their right to left placement.
So the order is not random as Mathieu was suggesting. But doesn't Max respects the right to left order? That's how I learned about Max in the first place. (I can't test it, I don't have a Macintosh up and running)
This is a particular meaning of random. Actually for better clarity I should have called this the prolly-not-what-you-want order, or the unreliable order, or the you-don't-see-it-on-the-screen order, or arbitrary order, or actually all of the above.
That's what I do anytime I need to make sure the timing is correct, mostly because I move objects in the patch. But I'd like PD to respect the right to left order instead of the connection order. Would it be possible?
coming from jMax I would tend to stick with the PD/jMax way, but would like PD to get the currently-jMax-specific improvements, which are numbered [inlet]/[outlet] objects, and the [fork] object.
BTW: I have a system in which patchers are scripted, and so they contain objects that have no position at all. How does your model fit with that? Is there a way (of doing, and/or, of thinking about it) that is elegant with both visual and non-visual systems ?
Mathieu Bouchard http://artengine.ca/matju