Thomas Grill wrote:
For abstractions, the word is "abstraction". An abstraction in turn contains objects that may be of type "message", "sub patch", "abstraction" or "external/binary object". I always use "external object" to mean an object that can't be opened as a patch.
for pdpedia I would like to have the same page layout for external objects and abstractions. I am talking about standardized abstractions like the pdmtl abstractions. I refer to the pd fileformat, that lists abstractions as "obj". I therefore tend to call abstraction also "objects". a message in my opinion is no object. I think also a sub patch is not a real object, although it is created in an object box. (if you open the pd file with a text editor, you will not find the word "obj", it is a canvas, which is also not an object for me, I am not sure about atomboxes (numbers and symbols). but also arrays and comments are no objects in that sense. otherwise, please can someone find a meta term for "everything that can be created inside an objectbox (ctrl-1)". marius.