colour palette as string inlet

2 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/NT/src/nodes_source.h b/NT/src/nodes_source.h
index 08da163..ede0dcb 100644
--- a/NT/src/nodes_source.h
+++ b/NT/src/nodes_source.h
@@ -6,9 +6,15 @@
 namespace Rotor {
 	class Signal_colour: public Image_node {
 		public:
+			//has a palette of colours which can be initialised from json or from an inlet
+			//1 - a data type which is a variable length array of data [as opposed to a array of inlets]
+			//2 - a way to initialise this from json
+			//enum - this is a hack to achieve this? designed for option selectors, can it work here?
+			//or just parse a string into a list of colours?
 			Signal_colour(){
 				selector=create_inlet<double>("selector");
-				create_attribute("palette","palette list of web colours","Colour palette","000000");
+				palette=create_inlet<string>("palette","colour to choose from palette","Palette","000000")
+				//create_attribute("palette","palette list of web colours","Colour palette","000000");
 				title="Signal colour";
 				description="Cycles through a palette of background colours according to selector signal";
 				NODEID="a2183fe0-2d09-11e3-9a64-538ee2cf40bc";
@@ -42,7 +48,9 @@ namespace Rotor {
 			vector<Colour> palette;
 			int prevcol;
 			Number_inlet *selector;
+			Enum_inlet *palette;
 	};
+	/*
 	class Signal_greyscale: public Image_node {
 		//Draws signal bars in greyscale
 		public:
@@ -73,5 +81,6 @@ namespace Rotor {
 		private:
 			uint8_t prevcol;
 	};
+	*/
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/NT/src/rotor.h b/NT/src/rotor.h
index 2ddf3ee..59533f5 100644
--- a/NT/src/rotor.h
+++ b/NT/src/rotor.h
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ namespace Rotor {
 	template <class NT> class Node_type;
 
 	class Enum{
-		//enumerated string type for menus
+		//enumerated string type for node options that can appear in a menu
 		public:
 			Enum(std::initializer_list<std::string> init={},int def=0) : labels(init), value(def){};
 			int get_value(){return value;};