Getting Started - Peabody Computer Music

ShortcutsLocked Patcher Window• If Help from Locked Patchers in the Options menu is checked, Option-clicking onMacintosh or Alt-clicking on Windows on any object’s box opens a help file for thatobject.• Command-clicking on Macintosh or Control-clicking on Windows in any white spaceunlocks the Patcher window (if it’s editable).• Option-clicking on Macintosh or Alt-clicking on Windows on a window’s close boxcloses all windows except the Max window.• Option-clicking on Macintosh or Alt-clicking on Windows on the title bar of a subpatchwindow pops up a menu that allows you to bring any parent windows of the subpatcherto the front. If the subpatcher is an “edit-only” Patcher window (produced by doubleclickingon a Patcher object which was read from a Max document), the top item in thelist opens the Max document for editing.• Typing Command-period on Macintosh or Control-period on Windows stops the Maxscheduler, allowing you to recover from a runaway process which might be taking up toomuch CPU time to stop by normal methods. After you have remedied the situation whichcaused the process to get out of hand, choose Resume from the Edit menu to restart thescheduler.• Holding down both the Command and Shift keys on Macintosh or the Control and Shiftkeys on Windows while a patch is loading prevents loadbang objects in that patch fromsending any output.Unlocked Patcher WindowContextual Menus• Control-clicking on Macintosh or Right-clicking on Windows in a Patcher windowbrings up a menu of useful editing commands. For more information about the Patcherwindow contextual menus, see the Menus topic.• Option-Control-clicking on Macintosh or Alt-Right-clicking on Windows on any objectdisplays a menu of all the messages you can send to an object. For more information onthis menu, see the Menus topic.21