Sorry, I didn't clarify that these are brand new changes I made in my port of the GUI away from tcl/tk to nw.js.  I developed them as a diversion from the otherwise mind-numbing task of measuring fonts, fixing scrollbars, etc.

 

I'll try to post a screencast later.

 

-Jonathan

 

 

 

 

On Wednesday, September 2, 2015 2:29 PM, jamal crawford <threen52@ml1.net> wrote:

 

 

hey list, Jonathan.

 

You start with a struct:[struct foo float x float y canvas a b]

Then create a scalar from this struct.

The scalar will have an "x" value, a "y" value, and a canvas "a" which gets filled with the contents of an abstraction "b.pd" that is somewhere in Pd's search path.

Now here's the neat thing-- inside the newly instantiated "b.pd" you can do this:

[loadbang]|[field x]|[print x]

 

 

imagine you have a drawing instruction like this:[draw rect 0 0 20 20]
When you create the scalar you get a little black box on a canvas.
With a canvas field like I described, you can right-click the scalar and choose "Open" to show a canvas window.

 

while trying to create [struct foo float x float y canvas a b], i get: canvas: no such type, using pd 0.46.6

what am I missing?

 

~/.jc