I'm designing a small media work in GEM, and I have a couple of questions!

1. Does anyone know how to get around the fact that PD will only take keyboard commands from an open/active window?

for instance if I maximize the GEM window the "Key" object stops reading the commands. This is really hindering the effectiveness of my piece.

2. Is there a good way "switch scenes" in Gem? I suppose I could find every element in my scene and set it to zero, but I would be very pleased if thee was a way to shut off an entire GEM head.

Thanks for your time and consideration!

1. check [gemkeyboard] and [gemkeyname], and [gemmouse] while you're there.

2. you can disable gem chains with [0( to the gemhead. Is this what you mean be scene, or is it an element?

thanks! that solved all my problems!

Hi
Attached is a little patch Im working on to switch Gemheads/turn them off/set their rendering order. The toggle boxes turn the respective gemheads off and the numboxes set their rendering order...still a work in progress!
best
Al

http://www.pdpatchrepo.info/hurleur/gem.headswitch.pd