sorry, i thought you were speaking about an external you've done. this
gui-edit patch is very usefull. sometimes it is even helpfull, when
settings are -not- updated after changing the target. also the the 'send
all'-option is very cool. since it is built in pd, it is very easy to
modify it to make some tasks much easier, like setting the send-symbols
of a row of sliders to '1-blah'...........'16-blah'. very cool!
I'm not a programmer, so I can't do externals. yes, I put the send-all
there specifically for cases where mass-production might be necessary.
did you meant about changing the abstraction itself? if you do it I would
like to hear about it, just to keep updated. all the commands you make
there can also be sent as messages to the inlet of the abstraction (and
also come out as well). you can also make your own mass-prod script and
connect it to the abstraction, without opening the graphical abstraction.
it would be even cooler if it would be possible to query the current
parameters of the objects, but that will come sometime.