--- On Tue, 1/19/10, Hans-Christoph Steiner hans@at.or.at wrote:
From: Hans-Christoph Steiner hans@at.or.at Subject: Re: [PD] Pd-GUI-Rewrite 0.43 status: usable To: "Jonathan Wilkes" jancsika@yahoo.com Cc: "PD list" pd-list@iem.at Date: Tuesday, January 19, 2010, 5:26 AM
On Jan 18, 2010, at 7:09 PM, Jonathan Wilkes wrote:
[Kind of picky...]
In the console, there's a checkbox with the clickable
text "DSP." I know
acronyms are normally capitalized, but in this case if
the text read
"dsp", the tk label/checkbox would accurately reflect
the message one
sends to pd to turn audio on and off (with the
checkbox fulfilling the 0/1 argument).
I think someone complained recently that DSP would be
less clear to a
beginner than "compute audio." I think that's
true, so if the beginner
has to read a help file to figure out what it means,
they might as well
learn the message "dsp 0" and "dsp 1" at the same time
(and be reminded of
the _exact_ selector everytime they look at the
console).
"compute audio" is easier to understand, but it then doesn't match the 'pd dsp' message or the Media menu items. I think overall, its easier if people learn that DSP means computing audio as well as other things, and the term DSP is used consistently throughout. I don't have a strong feeling on upper vs lower case on DSP tho.
Well it's definitely a minor distinction-- I just think that the lower case reflects what's going on under the hood more closely, which is a good thing.
Something else I've been wondering about...is there any reason the top of the console couldn't be a pd canvas or a gop? As it is, it's just two [tgl]s, two [vu]s, and maybe a [bng]. Other than the DIO button it's just a [dac~], [adc~], and [s pd], right?
-Jonathan
In a similar vein: what about "audiostatus" instead of
"DIO"?
-Jonathan
I never use the DIO button and don't really know what it is, so I left it as is ;-) As far as I can gather its an error light for if there are communications troubles with the audio interface.
.hc