evan.raskob [lists] schrieb: > My question is, is there a way to get the name of a subpatch from within > it, besides using javascript?

only javascript, including the rectangle of the patcher, save as myname.js and bang it...

outlets = 2; setoutletassist(0,"my scripting name (list)"); setoutletassist(1,"my rect (list)");

function bang() { if(this.patcher.box){ outlet(0, this.patcher.box.varname); outlet(1, this.patcher.box.rect); } }

here is the help file:

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On 4 janv. 08, at 07:37, Stefan Tiedje wrote:

> outlets = 2; > setoutletassist(0,"my scripting name (list)"); > setoutletassist(1,"my rect (list)"); > > function bang() > { > if(this.patcher.box){ > outlet(0, this.patcher.box.varname); > outlet(1, this.patcher.box.rect); > } > }

If I may, I would suggest swapping the 2 outlets calls, so it outputs from the right to the left, like what you generally expect in a standard Max object.

function bang() { if(this.patcher.box){ outlet(1, this.patcher.box.rect); // output first to the right outlet outlet(0, this.patcher.box.varname); // then to the left } }

Cheers, ej

yeah, I was hoping to avoid js, though, because I might want to create large numbers of subpatches and a compile C external would be better suited, me thinks.

Thanks for the handy script, anyway! I'll use it for now.

Funny, but now I finally understand why you want a "pattrbackward", Stefan. I never understood what it would be useful for until now.

Here's my feature reuest: it would be nice if thispatcher could output the scripting name of a patcher it was inside. I'm actually surprised that it can't - it can do everything else. (Unless I am missing something)

Cheers Evan

On Jan 4, 2008, at 10:02 AM, Emmanuel Jourdan wrote:

> On 4 janv. 08, at 07:37, Stefan Tiedje wrote: > >> outlets = 2; >> setoutletassist(0,"my scripting name (list)"); >> setoutletassist(1,"my rect (list)"); >> >> function bang() >> { >> if(this.patcher.box){ >> outlet(0, this.patcher.box.varname); >> outlet(1, this.patcher.box.rect); >> } >> } > > > If I may, I would suggest swapping the 2 outlets calls, so it > outputs from the right to the left, like what you generally expect > in a standard Max object. > > function bang() > { > if(this.patcher.box){ > outlet(1, this.patcher.box.rect); // output first to the > right outlet > outlet(0, this.patcher.box.varname); // then to the left > } > } > > Cheers, > ej > >

Emmanuel Jourdan schrieb: > If I may, I would suggest swapping the 2 outlets calls, so it outputs > from the right to the left, like what you generally expect in a standard > Max object.

You may, thanks a lot, I am still a js newbie... ;-)

Stefan

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Hi Evan, I made you an external that outputs the name of its containing subpatcher:

Let me know if it works.

Cheers, Mattijs

Brilliant! Thanks for that.

Just one oddity, though - it outputs the name (left outlet) before the right outlet (index). Keeping with max standards, this should be reversed, no?

Best Evan

On Jan 5, 2008, at 1:14 PM, Mattijs Kneppers wrote:

> > Hi Evan, I made you an external that outputs the name of its > containing subpatcher: > > http://arttech.nl/scriptname.zip > > Let me know if it works. > > Cheers, > Mattijs > -- > SmadSteck - http://www.smadsteck.nl > Hard- and software for interactive audiovisual sampling

Haha, same mistake as Stefan! Don't we ever learn?

I updated it, same link.

Mattijs