Maybe there could be a message just for trigger objects that shifts/cycles all the outputs left or right? But then how often would that get used... probably never. Maybe as a right-click option? I've done the trick with inserting another trigger on the leftmost output too, but it can get sloppy and hard to decipher when you end up with a couple in series.
I don't see why one would use 'a'. Does anyone ever send floats, lists, and symbols to the same trigger? I mean, the receiving object is just as likely to have a problem with it as the trigger object itself.
On 6/26/06, IOhannes m zmoelnig zmoelnig@iem.at wrote:
Chuckk Hubbard wrote:
I can't think of any reason the current way would be better, but I may be missing something.
i guess the reason is: simplicity on the implementation side. pd has no idea about which part of the object has been deleted, it just destroys the old object (e.g. [t b b b]) and instantiates a new object (e.g. [t b b]); btw. sometimes it is pretty hard (even for humans and cats) to know which part has been deleted by just looking at the "before and after"
i guess we all agree that it would be a fine feature. i guess nobody wants to implement it, though...
mfg.asdr. IOhannes