Yes.. there are many ugly aspects to GOP which I don't dare try to fix for 0.35 (I've almost got it working at last...) I think for the next version I'll make the controls appear as shadows on the parent even as you're moving them around in the sub-patch.

cheers Miller

On Sat, Jul 20, 2002 at 02:01:08PM +0200, Frank Barknecht wrote:

Hi,

I recently build some graph-on-parent (abbr. as "GOP" from now on) stuff (in "agriff") and stumbled across some difficulties. A common problem with GOP for me has been the layout, in which the GUIs appear on the parent.

I adjusted it this way, that I found out by trial and error: I put a freshly done GOP patch into another patch, which looks nasty, because all GUIs are crammed together and unsuable. Then in the parent, I adjust the graph size via the properties of the GOP patch. After that I open the GOP patch and save it again. From now on, I can always create this GOP again and it looks just like intended.

Now, this seems a bit tedious to me so I'd like to ask, if someone nows a better and shorter way of getting the size and layout of a GOP patch right.

Also GOPs in subpatches like [pd hidden], not in real abstractions, seem to change their layout sometimes. I can't verify yet, when exactly this happens, but it happened to me.

Oh, and I found out something else: Don't put a vu meter into a GOP, because it eats your CPU. Stick with 'silent' objects.

Best regards,

Frank Barknecht _ ______footils.org__