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Thanks for this. I've been reading this discussion and tried multiple sends earlier with commas, which didn't work. It's multiple semicolons, so now I know<br><br>> Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 14:56:38 -0800<br>> From: jancsika@yahoo.com<br>> To: matteosistisette@gmail.com<br>> CC: pd-list@iem.at<br>> Subject: Re: [PD] shouldn't message boxes work as gui elements?<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> --- On Mon, 2/8/10, Matteo Sisti Sette <matteosistisette@gmail.com> wrote:<br>> <br>> > From: Matteo Sisti Sette <matteosistisette@gmail.com><br>> > Subject: Re: [PD] shouldn't message boxes work as gui elements?<br>> > To: "Jonathan Wilkes" <jancsika@yahoo.com><br>> > Cc: "PD list" <pd-list@iem.at><br>> > Date: Monday, February 8, 2010, 8:53 PM<br>> > Jonathan Wilkes escribió:<br>> > <br>> > > As for nonlocal send and receive on the current msg<br>> > box: you've already got a nonlocal send by starting the<br>> > message box with a semicolon. <br>> > <br>> > That's a different thing. It's not just a matter of being<br>> > able or not being able to send a message to wherever, it is<br>> > a matter of how the box behaves.<br>> > As a user, would you be happy if you were filling a form<br>> > and there was an input field with a label that says:<br>> > "Please enter your name and surname, preceded by a<br>> > semicolon, a newline, the word 'name' in all lower case<br>> > without quotes, and a white space"?<br>> <br>> The syntax you're talking about it extremely useful. Even though you can <br>> do the same thing with [send] by setting the send-name with the right <br>> inlet, that gets extremely cumbersome when, say, initializing a bunch of <br>> values and using dollar signs. The following is much easier:<br>> [;<br>> $1-pitch 60;<br>> $1-metro 96;<br>> $1-oscbank 32;<br>> $1-salad-bar optional<br>> (<br>> <br>> I find the semicolon atom to be a real time (and space) saver here.<br>> <br>> > <br>> > :)<br>> <br>> Oops, I almost chopped off your smiley by accident. :)<br>> <br>> -Jonathan<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Pd-list@iem.at mailing list<br>> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list<br> <br /><hr />Not got a Hotmail account? <a href='http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/197222280/direct/01/' target='_new'>Sign-up now - Free</a></body>
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