small ui question: converting number boxes into (int) without rewiring?
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
paste replace
copy the bits of your patch you want to convert and paste them into a text editor and then do a search and 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" ],
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.
cool, thanks!
paste replace is awesome and exactly the thing i was looking for.