yair reshef

I'm looking for a method to replace assistance info with the output of said

when over an outlet i press the ctrl and instead of showing me assitance

info i get that outlets (active state, type and one line post)

i think it'll be helpful in debugging. any idea how that could be

I'm looking for a method to replace assistance info with the output of said
outlet.
example:
when over an outlet i press the ctrl and instead of showing me assitance
info i get that outlets (active state, type and one line post)
i think it'll be helpful in debugging. any idea how that could be
implemented without a feature request?

overide-assistance

A number of objects provide other approaches to debugging aids. Some 

people implement a special debug message ('dump', 'printall', 

'tellmeeverything', and my favorite: 'tattle'). Litter Power objects 

respond to double-click and by posting all internal state information 

to the Max window. Providing state information in response to Get 

All of the above are pretty easy for any external to do with the 

current API. Your idea would require a modification to the Max API, 

because Assistance is controlled by the Max engine. On second 

thought, it could be done with the current API, but it's a bit of a 

Also, including some of the information you ask for could be done 

with standard Assistance, if external authors feel so inclined.

The upshot is that most of this sort of thing is the responsibility 

On 23-Jan-2007, at 6:50, yair reshef wrote:

> I'm looking for a method to replace assistance info with the output 

> when over an outlet i press the ctrl and instead of showing me 

> assitance info i get that outlets (active state, type and one line 

> i think it'll be helpful in debugging. any idea how that could be 

Peter Castine +--> Litter Power & Litter Bundle for Jitter

Interface Building for |home | chez nous|

Max/MSP Extremely cool |bei uns | i nostri|

A number of objects provide other approaches to debugging aids. Some  
people implement a special debug message ('dump', 'printall',  
'tellmeeverything', and my favorite: 'tattle'). Litter Power objects  
respond to double-click and by posting all internal state information  
to the Max window. Providing state information in response to Get  
Info... is another option.

All of the above are pretty easy for any external to do with the  
current API. Your idea would require a modification to the Max API,  
because Assistance is controlled by the Max engine. On second  
thought, it could be done with the current API, but it's a bit of a  
hack.

Also, including some of the information you ask for could be done  
with standard Assistance, if external authors feel so inclined.

The upshot is that most of this sort of thing is the responsibility  
of externals authors.

> I'm looking for a method to replace assistance info with the output  
> of said outlet.
> example:
> when over an outlet i press the ctrl and instead of showing me  
> assitance info i get that outlets (active state, type and one line  
> post)
> i think it'll be helpful in debugging. any idea how that could be  
> implemented without a feature request?

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> when over an outlet i press the ctrl and instead of showing me assitance 

> info i get that outlets (active state, type and one line post)

Nice idea, but only possible with a feature request. It needs to store 

somehow that data which requires extra memory/overhead. I'd only like it 

as a sort of "debugmode" of Max, but hey it would be convenient for 

yair reshef wrote:
> when over an outlet i press the ctrl and instead of showing me assitance 
> info i get that outlets (active state, type and one line post)
> i think it'll be helpful in debugging. any idea how that could be 
> implemented without a feature request?

Nice idea, but only possible with a feature request. It needs to store 
somehow that data which requires extra memory/overhead. I'd only like it 
as a sort of "debugmode" of Max, but hey it would be convenient for 
quick checks....

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overide assistance