Managing Presentation mode window size

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    Chris Muir
    Apr 29 2008 | 9:08 pm
    I usually want a fairly tight size for a patch in Presentation mode, but a big window during patching. Changing between these two sizes gets tedious. Cycling '74 use a cool technique in some of the Extras to manage various attributes of window size and modes. I adapted this for use with normal patchers:
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    Chris Muir cbm@well.com http://www.xfade.com

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      kjg
      Apr 29 2008 | 9:24 pm
      Quote: Chris Muir wrote on Tue, 29 April 2008 23:08 ---------------------------------------------------- > > I usually want a fairly tight size for a patch in Presentation mode, > but a big window during patching. Changing between these two sizes > gets tedious. Cycling '74 use a cool technique in some of the Extras > to manage various attributes of window size and modes. I adapted this > for use with normal patchers: >
      Thank you Chris. Very useful.
      I was wondering if it would be possible to use different color sets for edit and presentation mode. For example use the default max5 colors in edit mode, but a different set with dark background and brightly colored interface objects for the presentation mode.
      I know patcher background can be set to a different color and individual objects can be customized, but wouldn't it be nice to be able to define two different sets of colors in Object defaults?
      regards, kjg
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      Chris Muir
      Apr 29 2008 | 9:49 pm
      On Apr 29, 2008, at 2:24 PM, Klaas-Jan Govaart wrote: > Thank you Chris. Very useful.
      Good to hear.
      > I was wondering if it would be possible to use different color sets > for edit and presentation mode.
      Not that I know of right now. Maybe with a future Max.
      I would also like to be able to tell if a patcher window is in presentation mode, so I can set the toggle appropriately.
      Chris Muir cbm@well.com http://www.xfade.com
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      vze1mk7d
      Apr 29 2008 | 11:49 pm
      Thanks Chris. This is exactly what I was looking for. I adapted the code to use keyboard shortcuts instead of clicking on a toggle. The shortcuts are "option + p" to toggle between presentation and edit mode and "option + s" to set the current window size. Thanks for the patch.
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      In Max, select New From Clipboard.
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      Mr. Banshee
      Apr 30 2008 | 1:14 am
      Did i overlook something or is the way max 5 patches posted are totally different. Regardless, i can't open these patches like i used to back in the day of 4.6 -chuck
      ----- Original Message ---- From: Chris Muir To: MaxMSP Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 5:08:27 PM Subject: [maxmsp] Managing Presentation mode window size
      I usually want a fairly tight size for a patch in Presentation mode, but a big window during patching. Changing between these two sizes gets tedious. Cycling '74 use a cool technique in some of the Extras to manage various attributes of window size and modes. I adapted this for use with normal patchers:
      Max Patcher
      In Max, select New From Clipboard.
      Chris Muir cbm@well.com http://www.xfade.com
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      Chris Muir
      Apr 30 2008 | 2:29 am
      On Apr 29, 2008, at 6:14 PM, Chubb wrote: > Did i overlook something or is the way max 5 patches posted are > totally different. Regardless, i can't open these patches like i > used to back in the day of 4.6 >
      Max 5.0.1 added support for a new compressed clipboard style. There is now a "Copy Compressed" command in the edit menu which puts the compressed representation onto the clipboard. New from Clipboard knows how to deal with the compressed format.
      -C
      Chris Muir cbm@well.com http://www.xfade.com
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      Marcos
      Apr 30 2008 | 5:09 am
      Quote: Chris Muir wrote on Tue, 29 April 2008 22:29 ---------------------------------------------------- > > On Apr 29, 2008, at 6:14 PM, Chubb wrote: > > Did i overlook something or is the way max 5 patches posted are > > totally different. Regardless, i can't open these patches like i > > used to back in the day of 4.6 > > > > Max 5.0.1 added support for a new compressed clipboard style. There is > now a "Copy Compressed" command in the edit menu which puts the > compressed representation onto the clipboard. New from Clipboard knows > how to deal with the compressed format. > > -C > > Chris Muir > cbm@well.com > http://www.xfade.com > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------
      Good patch, thanks!