[PD] could the handling of local variables in message boxes be made easier?

[David NG McCallum]

Eric,

At first glance this looks like a bad thing.

But when I think about all the trouble I go through to get $ arguments 
into messages I think this would solve that nicely...

David

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Eric Skogen wrote:
> hi list
> 
> using $0-prepended local variables and $1-prepended arguments in message 
> boxes is really a pain. would it make any sense to allow some type of 
> escape character to make it easier?
> 
> for example, a $$1 would refer to an argument to the subwindow, but a $1 
> would still refer to a variable passed to the message box? or some 
> similar code...
> 
> hope this makes sense, it's early morning here :)
> 
> 
> eric