[PD] addressing different lines in qlist or textfile ??

[jim ruxton]

Thanks Frank and Roman,
I downloaded cyclone and am using coll which seems to work well. 
Jim
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "jim ruxton" <cinetron at passport.ca>
> Cc: <pd-list at iem.at>
> 
> 
> > Is there a way to address nonsequential lines in a qlist? for example if
> > I want to address the 5th line that represents a soundfile would I have
> > to bang 5 times to get that line or is there a way to address the 5th
> > line. If not can I do this in textfile?
> 
> hi
> 
> first i made an abstraction for this problem:
> i made a patch that converts integers to the refering number of bangs. so it
> was possible to have random access to the lines in [textfile]
> 
> then i disccovered [msgfile] from zexy:
> it's the same like [textfile], but with more features. you can simply send
> it  a [goto 5( -msg to let it jump to line 5.
> 
> > Also is there a way to address
> > different files within a folder randomly or do these file names have to
> > be specified in a qlist or textfile? Thanks!
> > Jim
> >
> Do you mean: is it possible to adress files within a folder of which your
> patch doesn't know the names?
> hm, i didn't find any solution for this problem yet. i'm wondering
> too........
> 
> roman
> 
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