[L2Ork-dev] Purr Data straight patch chords option and disabling grid background

[Jonathan Wilkes]

On Wed, Dec 23, 2020 at 5:30 PM Jonathan Wilkes <jon.w.wilkes at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Wed, Dec 23, 2020 at 5:28 PM Jonathan Wilkes <jon.w.wilkes at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Wed, Dec 23, 2020 at 3:20 PM Lorenzo Sutton <lorenzofsutton at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > Hi Jonathan,
> > >
> > > On 23/12/2020 18:53, Jonathan Wilkes wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Dec 23, 2020 at 4:05 AM Lorenzo Sutton <lorenzofsutton at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > [...]
> > >
> > > >
> > > > It's not possible in CSS to switch between a curve command and a
> > > > straight line command for an svg path. So it cannot be easily changed
> > > > as part of a style sheet.
> > > >
> > > > It would be possible to add a flag to the cord drawing function that
> > > > draws the path as a straight line. It's not that difficult, but it
> > > > would need a startup flag and a checkbox added to the GUI preferences.
> > >
> > > I understand. Hoping not to trigger any 'strong feelings' (I guess the
> > > curvy chords are one of the main features of Purr Data vs. vanilla...) I
> > > think an option to have (all) chords straight would still be nice for
> > > those cases where the 'vanilla patching aesthetics' are desirable :)
> >
> > Actually, I could just hard-code straight lines to any GUI preset with
> > "vanilla" in its name:
> >
> > https://git.purrdata.net/jwilkes/purr-data/-/merge_requests/603
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> Actually, give me five minutes to update the gitlab instance first...

Oops, forgot to message back... repo is updated now.

-Jonathan

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> -Jonathan