Recap’ of basic shortcuts
Here is the minimal set of shortcuts and commands of the patch editor which you might want to remember.
Most of them are accessible either via the application menus, or via the Inspector panel.
To open/close the inspector, use Ctrl/⌘+I.
- V = Evaluate
- B = Lock / unlock box evaluation
- L = Set/unset “lambda” mode
- R = Set/unset reactive mode
- M = Change contents view mode for object boxes (hidden/text/graphic)
- N = Create a new box (enter its name) | show/hide box name (when relevant)
- C = Auto-connect selected boxes (horizontal) | Create comment (if no selected box)
- shift+C = Auto-connect selected (vertical)
- shift+E = Encapsulate selection as a new box
- shift+U = Un-encapsulate subpatch in its container patch
- shift+A = Align selected boxes
- shift+L = Create LIST with selected boxes