Adding documentation is an important part of the process of reusing your work, sharing patches with others, or just making sure you understand what you were thinking two years from now.
- The most commonly used documenting technique in Max is to add comment objects to a patch.
Annotations appear in Clue window when you move the mouse over an object in an unlocked patcher. They are useful way to explain how your patch works.
Hints (also known as tooltips) appear in the user interface of a locked patcher. They help explain how to use your patch.
Assistance documents the purpose of inlets and outlets in subpatchers and abstractions.