bondo
Synchronize a group of messages
Description
Synchronizes and outputs a set of inputs when any input is received. It can also be set with a time interval value (in milliseconds) to wait before sending its output.
Arguments
inlets-outlets[int]
optional
Specifies the number of inlets and outlets. The default number of inlets and outlets is 2.
delay[int]ms
optional
Specifies the number of milliseconds to delay when a message is received before sending messages out the outlets.
list-flag[symbol]
optional
Using the symbol "n" as an argument, bondo is able to synchronize lists which arrive in different inlets.
Attributes
Common Box Attributes
annotation[symbol]
Sets the text that will be displayed in the Clue window when the user moves the mouse over the object.
background[int]: 0
Adds or removes the object from the patcher's background layer.
adds the object to the background layer, removes it. Objects in the background layer are shown behind all objects in the default foreground layer.
color[4 floats]
Sets the color for the object box outline.
fontface[int]
Sets the type style used by the object. The options are:
plain
bold
italic
bold italic
Possible values:
0 = 'regular'
1 = 'bold'
2 = 'italic'
3 = 'bold italic'
fontname[symbol]
Sets the object's font.
fontsize[float]
Sets the object's font size (in points).
Possible values:
'8'
'9'
'10'
'11'
'12'
'13'
'14'
'16'
'18'
'20'
'24'
'30'
'36'
'48'
'64'
'72'
hint[symbol]
Sets the text that will be displayed in as a pop-up hint when the user moves the mouse over the object in a locked patcher.
ignoreclick[int]: 0
Toggles whether an object ignores mouse clicks in a locked patcher.
jspainterfile[symbol]
JS Painter File
patching_rect[4 floats]: 0. 0. 100. 0.
Sets the position and size of the object in the patcher window.
position[2 floats]
write-only
Sets the object's x and y position in both patching and presentation modes (if the object belongs to its patcher's presentation), leaving its size unchanged.
presentation[int]: 0
Sets whether an object belongs to the patcher's presentation.
presentation_rect[4 floats]: 0. 0. 0. 0.
Sets the x and y position and width and height of the object in the patcher's presentation, leaving its patching position unchanged.
rect[4 floats]
write-only
Sets the x and y position and width and height of the object in both patching and presentation modes (if the object belongs to its patcher's presentation).
size[2 floats]
write-only
Sets the object's width and height in both patching and presentation modes (if the object belongs to its patcher's presentation), leaving its position unchanged.
textcolor[4 floats]
Sets the color for the object's text in RGBA format.
textjustification[int]
Sets the justification for the object's text.
Possible values:
0 = 'left'
1 = 'center'
2 = 'right'
varname[symbol]
Sets the patcher's scripting name, which can be used to address the object by name in pattr, scripting messages to thispatcher, and the js object.
Messages
bang
Send all stored messages
int
In any inlet: The input is stored in the location corresponding to that inlet, and causes anything previously stored to be sent out its corresponding outlet. If no message has yet been received in a particular inlet, 0 is sent out of the corresponding outlet.
- input
[int]
float
In any inlet: The input is stored in the location corresponding to that inlet, and causes anything previously stored to be sent out its corresponding outlet. If no message has yet been received in a particular inlet, 0 is sent out of the corresponding outlet.
- input
[float]
list
In any inlet: The elements of the list are parsed among the inlets. The first element in the list is sent out the outlet which corresponds to the inlet which received the list and each subsequent element in the list is sent out each subsequent outlet.
If the "n" argument was used, bondo will store and output lists for each outlet in addition to single numbers.
- input
[list]
anything
In any inlet: The input is stored in the location corresponding to that inlet, and causes anything previously stored to be sent out its corresponding outlet. If no message has yet been received in a particular inlet, 0 is sent out of the corresponding outlet.
- input
[list]
set
In any inlet: The word
, followed by any message, stores the input in the location corresponding to that inlet without triggering any output.- input
[list]
Output
any message
Anything stored in an inlet is sent out the corresponding outlet numbers. Output is immediate if triggered by a
. If output is triggered by a message, and a second argument has been typed in, output will be delayed by the number of milliseconds specified in the second argument.See Also
Name | Description |
---|---|
buddy | Synchronize arriving data |
join | Combine items into a list |
onebang | Gate bangs using a bang |
pack | Create a list |
thresh | Combine numbers, symbols and lists when received close together |