How can I delete connections between modules in SpinCAD

[HarryR]

Hi,
I can't find out how I can delete a connection between two modules (neither with mouse, nor with a keyboard shortcut).
I'm sure someone here knows

Best regards

 

[Cybercow]

You need to either delete the block/module and replace it or make different connection.

 

[HarryR]

You need to either delete the block/module and replace it or make different connection.

Yes, that's what I'm doing now, because there's no elegant way to do it.
Has the programmer of SpinCAD really forgot such a fundamental task like delete connection ?

 

[Cybercow]

Yes, that's what I'm doing now, because there's no elegant way to do it.
Has the programmer of SpinCAD really forgot such a fundamental task like delete connection ?

Dunno. The author (Digital Larry) often monitors this forum and will likely chime in when he sees it.

 

[Digital Larry]

Right click on the destination pin.

Creating a patch | SpinCAD Designer

holy-city-audio.gitbook.io

Sorry the documentation is still incomplete, and somehow it seems a lot of screenshots are missing. When I used Gitbook for work some years back I also had trouble with screenshots getting mixed up and decided to stop using it. On the flip side, it's free and if/when I go to the great beyond it will remain... I guess.

DL

 

[jwin615]

On the flip side, it's free and if/when I go to the great beyond it will remain... I guess.

DL

Digital never dies Larry.

 

[HarryR]

Right click on the destination pin.

Creating a patch | SpinCAD Designer

holy-city-audio.gitbook.io

Sorry the documentation is still incomplete, and somehow it seems a lot of screenshots are missing. When I used Gitbook for work some years back I also had trouble with screenshots getting mixed up and decided to stop using it. On the flip side, it's free and if/when I go to the great beyond it will remain... I guess.

DL

Thanks Larry, it works. Why not making it work on every kind of pin ?

Best regards
Harry

 

[Digital Larry]

Thanks Larry, it works. Why not making it work on every kind of pin ?

Best regards
Harry

Because a destination pin can only take one connection, there is no ambiguity as to what you want to delete.

DL

 

[HarryR]

I'm working on a two monitor Linux-machine.
What annoys me a little is:
When SpinCAD is placed on the right monitor all the dialogs
open on the left side where I have to seek them...

 

[HarryR]

Because a destination pin can only take one connection, there is no ambiguity as to what you want to delete.

DL

You're right

 

[Digital Larry]

I'm working on a two monitor Linux-machine.
What annoys me a little is:
When SpinCAD is placed on the right monitor all the dialogs
open on the left side where I have to seek them...

Yeah, me too. Well, it is open source.

Here's a link to a relevant discussion. I may look at it some day.

Solved: How do I get Java Swing dialog boxes to all open on the Primary screen in a dual monitor layout | Experts Exchange

Find answers to How do I get Java Swing dialog boxes to all open on the Primary screen in a dual monitor layout from the expert community at Experts Exchange

www.experts-exchange.com

Seriously though, I am not a Java Swing expert and don't have adequate free time/motivation to work on these types of issues, unless I lose my job, which I hope doesn't happen. Someone else contributed the scrolling workspace. It can happen.

 

[jcpst]

Not asking anyone to do anything. I’m not experienced with swing or even Java, and I’ve barely used SpinCAD. But thought I would look around while I’m sitting here drinking coffee.

I was looking at some of oracle’s docs and they mention passing in a reference to the parent frame.

The first argument to each show<em>Xxx</em>Dialog method is always the parent component, which must be a Frame, a component inside a Frame, or null. If you specify a Frame or Dialog, then the Dialog will appear over the center of the Frame and follow the focus behavior of that Frame.

When I browsed the SpinCAD source on my phone, I noticed that a new instance of JFrame is being passed instead.

SpinCAD-Designer/src/com/holycityaudio/SpinCAD/SpinCADDialogs.java at master · HolyCityAudio/SpinCAD-Designer

SpinCAD Designer is an open source Java project which allows creation of patches for the Spin FV-1 audio DSP chip. - HolyCityAudio/SpinCAD-Designer

github.com

Apologies if I’m being naive or missing something obvious about the swing framework. Please don’t mind me if I’m off-base

 

[Digital Larry]

@jcpst That's helpful. For some background, SpinCAD is Java based because this smart young feller named Andrew Kilpatrick released a Java simulator of the FV-1 as a library called "ElmGen". I took it and ran with it. Well, let's say I stumbled with it. I learned Java and Swing and made many rookie mistakes. And that was mostly more than ten years ago by now.

[UPDATE] - that code you found is not what launches the control panel dialogs.

If anyone wants to fork the repo and improve the program, I am all for it. You don't even need my permission.

DL