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Class-Array Editor

The ** class-array ** ** ** editor ** ** allows to visualize and edit - to a certain extent - the contents of a class-array object.

General Features

The class-array editor.Zoom

In the class-array editor, rows are represented by a set of horizontal panes.

These panes can be :

• ** BPF -like views** , if the component values are numbers
• ** list views** , if the components are other types of objects or values .

The following values can be displayed at the top of the editor by hovering the mouse over a component :

• the number of the current component
• the values related to this component for each of the fields, such as coordinates, if values are available.

Displaying Options and Configuration

Palette

To zoom in/out on a selected region - a components subset - : use the and buttons of the palette.

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Options

• To display or hide the lines of BPFs, check the Line option.
• To apply a global grid to the editor, check the Grid option.
• To show or hide the user-defined field , check the Show Optional Fields option.

All the fields of a simple class-array are user-defined. Consequently, all the rows of such arrays are hidden if this option is unchecked. Subclasses of class-arrays with “predefined” fields may remain visible.

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Rows Configuration

Each row can be hidden or shown with a click on the triangle icons located on the upper left corner of each pane.

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To save, recall or remove a given configuration, use the + and - buttons at the bottom of the editor.

To select a configuration, use the adjacent pop up menu, which contains all available or recorded configurations.

Edition

BPF-Like Rows

** BPF -like rows** offer some of the possibilities of BPF editors :

• hiding / showing lines
• moving points, in order to change the value(s) of the corresponding components.

Points cannot me removed.

List Rows

** List rows** display the contents of every components, with various types of representations depending on the type of data.

Objects with an editor - BPFs , score objects, arrays, etc.- can be open by a double click and edited individually.

Limits of Array Editors

A big array may not represent all of its internal component values, in which case the internal components display may be automatically disabled.

References :

Contents :

• OpenMusic Documentation
• OM User Manual
  • Introduction
  • System Configuration and Installation
  • Going Through an OM Session
  • The OM Environment
  • Visual Programming I
  • Visual Programming II
  • Basic Tools
    • Curves and Functions
    • Array
      • Class-Array Object
      • Class-Array Editor
      • Class-Array Tools
    • TextFile
    • Picture
  • Score Objects
  • Maquettes
  • Sheet
  • MIDI
  • Audio
  • SDIF
  • Lisp Programming
  • Errors and Problems
• OpenMusic QuickStart

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