memory.md

PlugData gotchas

Clicking to bang / trigger

In PlugData / Pure Data:

• Message boxes — e.g. hello world( — can be clicked to output their contents.
• Object boxes — e.g. [bang], [print], [+ 1] — generally cannot be clicked to trigger them.
  • Exception: GUI objects like [bang], [toggle], [slider], etc. are clickable because they are controls.

If you want to manually fire a message, either:

• Use a message box and click it, or
• Use a [bang] object connected to the inlet of the object you want to trigger.

Remember: clicking an object box won’t bang it — click the message box instead.