i "wrote" (patched
together out of existing externals) a gui external called vbitmap, which
is able to display and modify integers as some sort of 1-d binary map,
but you'll have to see the screenshot or try it out to see what i mean:

https://www.puredata.info/Members/syntax_the_nerd/

very useful for step sequencers that would otherwise be built out of
vradios, which are only able to trigger 1 note at a time.
get the tar, edit the makefile for the proper source locations, put it
in your externals dir and try the example patch. for i only have really
basic knowledge of programming, even less of portable programming, i'd
be thankful if someone could try to compile it on windows, too, and tell
me what i did wrong.

thanks in advance, and have fun (that is, when you get it to run)

charlie