On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 12:45:57PM -0800, Jonathan Wilkes wrote:
Hm, how about this:
[info symbol]
where symbol is "pd" for pd, an array name, subpatch or abstraction name, the receive symbol of an iemgui,
or no args for "this canvas"
the only inlet takes: "get attribute" to output an "attribute value(s)" message "get" to get a sequence of all "attribute value(s)" messages
"symbol receive-symbol" to set a new receive symbol pointer to set it to query a scalarpointer-to-head-of-list to query a particular canvas
It might be too complex with that many disparate classes, but it sure would simplify the process of getting pure data :)
I think DesireData had a facility for receiving error messages back into the patch. While we are thinking about this type of thing, what about [info errors] or [info console] which outputs everything that goes to console or all errors generated by Pd?
Cheers,
Chris.