[L2Ork-dev] About menunew message

[Jonathan Wilkes]

On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 1:35 PM Jonathan Wilkes <jon.w.wilkes at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 7:59 AM Flachy Joe <flachyjoe at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > why the native "pd menunew Filename Dirname" message was removed ?
>
> It's almost certainly the other way around-- Pd Vanilla removed the
> "filename" method and replaced it with "menunew".
>
> Anyway, I'm sure we can add the "menunew" method.

https://git.purrdata.net/jwilkes/purr-data/-/commit/50ff0cfcc800cdda1aef45d7f1e77d51c96f9224

I'll see if I can do a new release in the next day or so.

-Jonathan

>
> >
> > In order to create a new abstraction in Purr-Data I need to send
> > "pd filename Filename Dirname; #N canvas; #X pop 1;"
> >
> > It breaks compatibility and I think #N and #X objects should be keeped
> > private as they are system's ones.
>
> You can access #N and #X in Pd Vanilla, too. Given the way the code is
> written it would be very difficult to make them private.
>
> -Jonathan
>
> >
> > Regards,
> > Flachy Joe
> >
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