[L2Ork-dev] atomic multi-step undo and pd vanilla

[Ivica Bukvic]

I propose proceeding with whatever is easiest, most maintainable, and least
likely to break things. So, cherry picking fixes will be important.

Best,

Ico

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On Tue, Jun 16, 2020, 11:47 Guillem Bartrina Moreno <
guillembartrina at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> I have been checking pd vanilla "triggerize" feature, as Matt suggested,
> together with its undo system. It turns out that pd vanilla already has an
> atomic multi-step undo system implemented that allows us to start a
> sequence of undo actions, fill it with all actions that we need and then
> finalize it. Then, while undoing, if the system encounters the start/end of
> the sequence it executes all undo steps until the end/start is reached.
> As you have been talking about merging some pd vanilla interesting
> features into purr data, what do you think about this one?
> I don't know what would be better. I have checked the implementation
> differences between vanilla and purr data and there are some of them that
> could probably break the system if we do a direct merge. Basically pd
> vanilla changed the place where the undo queue is stored and therefore how
> it's accessed, and some other implementation differences and add-ons.
> An option would be porting only the things that we want to add to purr
> data, adjusting them as needed. Another one would be implementing them from
> scratch, as intended.
>
> Best,
>
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> Guillem Bartrina Moreno
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