On Thu, 2007-10-18 at 10:29 +0200, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:
Jamie Bullock wrote:
It is also one of the most frequent questions I get asked when I introduce new users to PD.
interestingly enough i never have been asked this. most likely it is not the initial design that a lot of paths are to be added.
Thinking about it, the people who ask this have generally come from Max/MSP, so not necessarily complete newbies.
what i am dearly missing in your design is:
- buttons to re-order the paths
(since you cannot add change the paths directly, and i think it is very re-order paths in a way that involves opening several windows) in my work-cycle, path-order is a crucial thing when it comes to getting the "right" object.
I agree - there should be some easy way to do this. IMO, the nicest thing would be for each path to have an anchor, which when clicked, rather than selecting the path, enables the path to be dragged up and down the list. I'm not sure how feasible this is in Tk though. Perhaps a pair of 'up-down' buttons adjacent to each path would be easier to implement:
^ v
Clicking the top button moves the path up the list. Clicking the bottom one moves it down.
- unify the path and startup dialogs into one single (possibly
multi-tab) dialog.
I completely agree. I forgot about the startup dialog!
Jamie