some more work toward arbitrary-sized object box content from GUI->Pd

* simplify GUI API
* get rid of canvas_createobj

pd/nw/pd_canvas.js

@@ -402,12 +402,6 @@ var canvas_events = (function() {
             text_keyup: function(evt) {
                 evt.stopPropagation();    
                 //evt.preventDefault();
-                // ctrl-Enter to instantiate object
-//                if (evt.keyCode === 13 && cmd_or_ctrl_key(evt)) {
-//                    canvas_events.text(); // anchor the object
-//                    canvas_events.set_obj();
-//                    pdgui.pdsend(name, "reselect");
-//                }
                 return false;
             },
             text_keypress: function(evt) {
@@ -506,7 +500,7 @@ var canvas_events = (function() {
             }
         },
         utils = {
-            set_obj: function() {
+            create_obj: function() {
                 var fudi_msg = text_to_fudi(textbox().innerText),
                     fudi_array = string_to_array_of_chunks(fudi_msg),
                     i;
@@ -514,10 +508,6 @@ var canvas_events = (function() {
                     pdgui.pdsend(name, "obj_addtobuf", fudi_array[i].join(" "));
                 }
                 pdgui.pdsend(name, "obj_buftotext");
-            },
-            create_obj: function() {
-                canvas_events.set_obj();
-                pdgui.pdsend(name, "obj_createobj");
             }
         }
     ;
@@ -775,9 +765,6 @@ var canvas_events = (function() {
         get_previous_state: function() {
             return previous_state;
         },
-        set_obj: function() {
-            utils.set_obj();
-        },
         create_obj: function() {
             utils.create_obj();
         },
@@ -905,7 +892,7 @@ function have_live_box() {
 // If there's a box being edited, send the box's text to Pd
 function update_live_box() {
     if (have_live_box()) {
-        canvas_events.set_obj();
+        canvas_events.create_obj();
     }
 }
 
@@ -1076,7 +1063,7 @@ function nw_create_patch_window_menus(gui, w, name) {
             if (canvas_events.get_state() === "floating_text" ||
                 canvas_events.get_state() === "text") {
                 canvas_events.text(); // anchor the object
-                canvas_events.set_obj();
+                canvas_events.create_obj();
             }
             pdgui.pdsend(name, "reselect");
         }

pd/src/g_editor.c

@@ -7377,7 +7377,6 @@ static void canvas_buftotext(t_canvas *x, t_symbol *s, int argc, t_atom *argv)
                automatically, so we don't need to free the "buf" here. */
             rtext_settext(rtext, buf, length);
             binbuf_free(b);
-            binbuf_clear(newobjbuf);
             // Set the dirty flag since we've changed the rtext content...
             canvas_dirty(x, 1);
             x->gl_editor->e_textdirty = 1;
@@ -7385,18 +7384,8 @@ static void canvas_buftotext(t_canvas *x, t_symbol *s, int argc, t_atom *argv)
             break;
         }
     }
-}
-
-static void canvas_createobj(t_canvas *x)
-{
-    t_gobj *y;
-    t_rtext *rtext;
-    if (!x->gl_editor) return;
-    for (y = x->gl_list; y; y = y->g_next)
-    {
-        if (glist_isselected(x, y) && (rtext = glist_findrtext(x, (t_text *)y)))
-            glist_deselect(x, y); // instantiate
-    }
+    /* Clear the buffer */
+    binbuf_clear(newobjbuf);
 }
 
 void g_editor_setup(void)
@@ -7424,8 +7413,6 @@ void g_editor_setup(void)
         gensym("obj_addtobuf"), A_GIMME, A_NULL);
     class_addmethod(canvas_class, (t_method)canvas_buftotext,
         gensym("obj_buftotext"), A_NULL);
-    class_addmethod(canvas_class, (t_method)canvas_createobj,
-        gensym("obj_createobj"), A_NULL);
 /* ------------------------ menu actions ---------------------------- */
     class_addmethod(canvas_class, (t_method)canvas_menuclose,
         gensym("menuclose"), A_DEFFLOAT, 0);