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<div><span style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42);">> On Sunday, January 13, 2019, 4:16:38 PM EST, Roman Haefeli <reduzent@gmail.com> wrote:</span><br></div></div><div id="ydpf0e956aayahoo_quoted_7882847966" class="ydpf0e956aayahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"><div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none">> I'm not sure I fully understand what your asking. Upon receiving a two-<br clear="none">float list, [line] starts sending out messages at the given rate. The<br clear="none">time period between the message reflects the second argument, except<br clear="none">for the time period between the second to last and last message where<br clear="none">the period might be shorter so that the sum of all grains equals the<br clear="none">ramp time given.<div class="ydpf0e956aayqt0877339293" id="ydpf0e956aayqtfd90952"><br></div><div class="ydpf0e956aayqt0877339293" id="ydpf0e956aayqtfd90952">I don't believe you can deduce that behavior from the help file for [line]:</div><div class="ydpf0e956aayqt0877339293" id="ydpf0e956aayqtfd90952"><br></div><div class="ydpf0e956aayqt0877339293" id="ydpf0e956aayqtfd90952"><a href="https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/blob/master/doc/5.reference/line-help.pd" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/blob/master/doc/5.reference/line-help.pd</a><br></div><div class="ydpf0e956aayqt0877339293" id="ydpf0e956aayqtfd90952"><br></div><div class="ydpf0e956aayqt0877339293" id="ydpf0e956aayqtfd90952">I think your description above is a much better response to the question of, "what is the algorithm" </div><div class="ydpf0e956aayqt0877339293" id="ydpf0e956aayqtfd90952">than the link you provided the OP.</div><div class="ydpf0e956aayqt0877339293" id="ydpf0e956aayqtfd90952"><br></div><div class="ydpf0e956aayqt0877339293" id="ydpf0e956aayqtfd90952">It's also a better response to the question, "what is the behavior of [line]?" So I think it belongs</div><div class="ydpf0e956aayqt0877339293" id="ydpf0e956aayqtfd90952">in the help file for [line] (and I'll add something like it in Purr Data[1]).</div><div class="ydpf0e956aayqt0877339293" id="ydpf0e956aayqtfd90952"><br></div><div class="ydpf0e956aayqt0877339293" id="ydpf0e956aayqtfd90952">-Jonathan</div><div class="ydpf0e956aayqt0877339293" id="ydpf0e956aayqtfd90952"><br clear="none">> Roman</div><div class="ydpf0e956aayqt0877339293" id="ydpf0e956aayqtfd90952"><br></div><div class="ydpf0e956aayqt0877339293" id="ydpf0e956aayqtfd90952">[1] <a href="https://git.purrdata.net/jwilkes/purr-data/issues/498" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://git.purrdata.net/jwilkes/purr-data/issues/498</a><br></div></div></div>
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