On Linux, I use a script which calls aconnect after pd starts to make connections by name. I also have a udev rule to autoconnect things once they are plugged in.

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Dan Wilcox
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On Apr 21, 2016, at 4:00 AM, pd-list-request@lists.iem.at wrote:

From: Lorenzo Sutton <lorenzofsutton@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PD] time travelling with AKM320 and Pd
Date: April 21, 2016 at 3:15:37 AM MDT
To: pd-list@lists.iem.at

On 21/04/2016 09:36, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:
On 2016-04-21 06:38, Jonathan Wilkes via Pd-list wrote:
Why can't alsa midi report "connectable" devices inside Pd, to
be displayed in a dropdown?

because nobody has implemeted it.

personally i find that it preferable to use a specialised software for
the patching¹.

+1