Midi devices forgotten if plugdata runs without them connected #2199
Description
Version:
0.9.2
platform:
Any
This is less of a bug and more just a behaviour of vanilla puredata that seems to be overlooked and I find myself missing frequently in plugdata. (At this point perhaps the ONLY one, as plugdata is so stable and wonderful to use)
In vanilla puredata if you setup a midi device and then run puredata without that device plugged in it will remember the device and order you had it, even when it’s not connected. If you run pd again with that midi device connected it will set it up again as it was before.
Plugdata on the other hand, will forgot a midi device if you run it without a previously configured midi device, if it’s reconnected the next time you have to manually set it up to the port where it was previously connected. For someone who switches between a few projects or uses several midi controllers at once it can become quite time consuming, and you also need to remember what port you had things etc
It would be great and if plugdata could keep a log of midi devices you’ve configured, similar to vanilla puredata, and reconnect them to the same port when they are reattached. Or if there was a simple gui in midi Settings to save a couple slots for common midi configurations.