[PD] tutorial

[pix]

i guess one of the problems with tutorials is that they are useful when
you can predict the kinds of things that a user will want to do with a
program. but with pd, beyond the first few steps, the possible things
people might want to do become two numerable to try and pin down with a
series of howtos.

not saying a tutorial shouldn't exist, just predicting that it would be
unsatisfyingly short.

the help patches, read in order, have a tutorial-like feel at times,
without quite so much of the "for dummies" condescension.

pix.

On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 11:11:29 +0200
"Andrea Valle" <marta_andrea at libero.it> wrote:

> Hi to all,
> I was aking myself: is there on line a real PD tutorial for dummies? I
> mean, something like: "now, let's play a sound file"...
> thanks to all
> 
> -a-
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Messaggio originale-----
> Da: pd-list-admin at iem.at [mailto:pd-list-admin at iem.at]Per conto di
> Miller Puckette
> Inviato: martedi 24 giugno 2003 8.59
> A: f:o
> Cc: pd-list at iem.kug.ac.at
> Oggetto: Re: [PD] error while reading filename from textfile
> 
> 
> Try making the message box (that says "symbol $1") into an object
> box, just "symbol".  This converts the selector of the message
> coming from textfile into a message with one symbol argument, which
> is what makefilename needs.
> 
> cheers
> Miller
> 
> On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 01:41:20AM +0200, f:o wrote:
> > hi list
> >
> > I'm trying to read a filename from a textfile list.
> >
> > I got the filename in pd but if I like to get this filename in a
> messagebox
> > with $1, pd got an error:
> >
> > > error: $1: argument number out of range
> >
> > trying to get the filename in makesymbol or makefilename:
> > > error: makesymbol: no method for 'filename.blah'
> >
> > maybe someone can tell me, why this doesn't work and  what would be a
> > working solution.
> >
> > thanx a lot
> > philipp
> >
> > part of my patch that does not work:
> >
> > ______
> > |bang(
> > ------
> >  |
> > __________
> > |textfile|
> > ----------
> >  |
> > ___________
> > |symbol $1(
> > -----------
> >  |
> > ______________________
> > |makefilename path/%s{
> > ----------------------
> >
> >
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