Hello all.<br><br>Since starting Uni this year I have gotten really into Pd! I'm still reading up and learning the basics but have tried and tried to get my head around the $ parameter (parameter?) but can't<br><br>
Can someone break it down into a very basic explanation so I can take that with me to the help files for further understanding.<br><br>As I see it, $ pretty much denotes storage of a variable, either float or symbol, and works only locally. When added to an object it means: take incoming value and store it under $1 (or $2 e.t.c) for recall later. If there is a series of in incoming values $1 will always refer to the first value and $2 to the second. Sometimes you don't want to recall it, but need to tell the object to store a value in order to process it with the very next action, such as in<br>
<br>OBJECT: openpanel > MESSAGE: read $1 destination > OBJECT: soundfiler<br><br>Am I right, somewhat right, or dangerously wrong?<br><br>And lastly I get this in the Pd window everytime it starts up (Pd extended on Mac), is that heathly?:<br>
<br>libdir loader $Revision: 1.8 $<br> written by Hans-Christoph Steiner <<a href="mailto:hans@at.or.at">hans@at.or.at</a>><br> compiled on Jul 29 2008 at 04:03:05 <br> compiled against Pd version 0.40.3.extended<br>
/Applications/Pure Data/Pd-extended.app/Contents/Resources/extra/Gem/Gem.pd_darwin: dlopen(/Applications/Pure Data/Pd-extended.app/Contents/Resources/extra/Gem/Gem.pd_darwin, 10): Library not loaded: /usr/X11R6/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib<br>
Referenced from: /Applications/Pure Data/Pd-extended.app/Contents/Resources/extra/Gem/Gem.pd_darwin<br> Reason: image not found<br>Gem: can't load library<br>libdir_loader: added 'cyclone' to the global objectclass path<br>
libdir_loader: added 'zexy' to the global objectclass path<br>libdir_loader: added 'creb' to the global objectclass path<br>libdir_loader: added 'cxc' to the global objectclass path<br>libdir_loader: added 'iemlib' to the global objectclass path<br>
libdir_loader: added 'list-abs' to the global objectclass path<br>libdir_loader: added 'mapping' to the global objectclass path<br>libdir_loader: added 'markex' to the global objectclass path<br>libdir_loader: added 'maxlib' to the global objectclass path<br>
libdir_loader: added 'memento' to the global objectclass path<br>libdir_loader: added 'mjlib' to the global objectclass path<br>libdir_loader: added 'motex' to the global objectclass path<br>libdir_loader: added 'oscx' to the global objectclass path<br>
libdir_loader: added 'pddp' to the global objectclass path<br>libdir_loader: added 'pdogg' to the global objectclass path<br>libdir_loader: added 'pixeltango' to the global objectclass path<br>libdir_loader: added 'pmpd' to the global objectclass path<br>
libdir_loader: added 'rradical' to the global objectclass path<br>libdir_loader: added 'sigpack' to the global objectclass path<br>libdir_loader: added 'smlib' to the global objectclass path<br>libdir_loader: added 'toxy' to the global objectclass path<br>
libdir_loader: added 'unauthorized' to the global objectclass path<br>libdir_loader: added 'pan' to the global objectclass path<br>libdir_loader: added 'freeverb' to the global objectclass path<br>
libdir_loader: added 'hcs' to the global objectclass path<br>libdir_loader: added 'jmmmp' to the global objectclass path<br>libdir_loader: added 'ext13' to the global objectclass path<br>libdir_loader: added 'ggee' to the global objectclass path<br>
libdir_loader: added 'flib' to the global objectclass path<br>libdir_loader: added 'ekext' to the global objectclass path<br>libdir_loader: added 'flatspace' to the global objectclass path<br>/Applications/Pure Data/Pd-extended.app/Contents/Resources/extra/pdp.pd_darwin: dlopen(/Applications/Pure Data/Pd-extended.app/Contents/Resources/extra/pdp.pd_darwin, 10): Library not loaded: /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.6.dylib<br>
Referenced from: /Applications/Pure Data/Pd-extended.app/Contents/Resources/extra/pdp.pd_darwin<br> Reason: image not found<br>pdp: can't load library<br>/Applications/Pure Data/Pd-extended.app/Contents/Resources/extra/pidip.pd_darwin: dlopen(/Applications/Pure Data/Pd-extended.app/Contents/Resources/extra/pidip.pd_darwin, 10): Library not loaded: /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.6.dylib<br>
Referenced from: /Applications/Pure Data/Pd-extended.app/Contents/Resources/extra/pidip.pd_darwin<br> Reason: image not found<br>pidip: can't load library<br><br><br><br>///////////<br><br>Thanks so much everyone.<br>