On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 17:48:21 -0800 (PST) Jonathan Wilkes jancsika@yahoo.com wrote:
I guess I'm limiting it to unwanted ambiguities that _cannot_ be resolved by looking at the patch.
Maybe we could look at it in another way, and ask what information is hidden in a patch? Most we have mentioned so far:
- Values of IEM GUIs
- Creation order of cables
- Differing implementations of objects
- Creation order of objects
In that scheme, obscured things like inlets behind wires would count. Using real fancy graphics in a modern interface maybe some use of transparency can be made. I always liked the VST hosts where you could "shake" cables.
This made me think of a help to revealing (2). If an interface were to have hover-over tooltips, as has been discussed at times for outlets/inlets, then a cable could reveal its creation order on hover.
It wouldn't obviate triggers, but would make a nice debugging feature.
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