karl krach

just a really short question: i have a rather big and densly build patch and try to optimize it for performance by reducing onscreen ui elements.

eg. i want to convert a lot of number boxes into (int) or (float). is there any way to do so without having to drag all their connections anew?

hi,
just a really short question: i have a rather big and densly build patch and try to optimize it for performance by reducing onscreen ui elements.
eg. i want to convert a lot of number boxes into (int) or (float). is there any way to do so without having to drag all their connections anew?
thanks for your help!
karl


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copy the bits of your patch you want to convert and paste them into a text editor and then do a search and replace

                "numinlets" : 1,

                "numoutlets" : 2,

                "text" : "f",

                "numinlets" : 2,

                "numoutlets" : 1,

            "outlettype" : [ "float", "bang" ],

you might want to encapsulate the objects you want to change as a way of isolating them, then de-encapsulate afterwards.

I've never done this myself so let me know if it works: it may be just as fiddly as doing it by hand

EDIT : well I never knew about paste replace... thanks Chris, my suggestion is ridiculously complicated compared to paste replace.

ie this:
"maxclass" : "flonum",
				"numinlets" : 1,
				"numoutlets" : 2,

would be replaced with this:
"maxclass" : "newobj",
				"text" : "f",
				"numinlets" : 2,
				"numoutlets" : 1,

and this:
			"outlettype" : [ "float", "bang" ],

would be replaced by this:
"outlettype" : [ "float" ],

EDIT : well I never knew about paste replace... thanks Chris, my suggestion is ridiculously complicated compared to paste replace.


paste replace is awesome and exactly the thing i was looking for.

cool, thanks!
paste replace is awesome and exactly the thing i was looking for.


small ui question: converting number boxes into (int) without rewiring?