[PD] Pd Text editor documentation...

[Josh Steiner]

chun lee wrote:

>Hi frank:
>
>Thanks for your reply. Ok, I got it now. Once the elements are sent, there
>is no way to delete from the editor, right?
>
>Is there any special tricks that one can do with the editor? 
>

cut/copy/paste of text works in the editor, which is pretty much the 
only reason i use it... especially when using complex [expr]'s

>Like fast batch
>change or something. I guess what I am asking is that is there a special
>purpose for the editor to be there? I have been using Pd for 6 months now
>and have just found this thing, I would like to know if I am missing
>something important.
>
>Cheers
>
>CHUN
>  
>
>>>I was looking for some documentation on the text editor (ctrl+t) in pd, but
>>>could not seems to find it on the net. Could anyone point me to the right
>>>place? I would like to know how to use it.
>>>      
>>>
>>The Ctl-T-Editor is simply a way to get a bigger and better editor for
>>Pd elements. If you create an object with "Put something" or edit an
>>existing object, then pressing Ctl-T will bring up an editor window to
>>edit the object's content, if the Edit cursor is inside this object.
>>
>>"Send" then will immediatly send your changes to the object (or
>>message,...) but keep the editor window open, while "Okay" will send
>>the changes and close the editor window.
>>
>>Pressing "Send" and then "Okay" will insert your changes twice, btw
>>and pressing "Send" several times will insert your changes several
>>times, too. This can be annoying. If you want to close the editor
>>without sending again, just use the Window close button. Now that I
>>think about it: a "Cancel" or "Discard changes" button would be nice
>>to add.
>>    
>>
>
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>
>>On my Linux box, copying and pasting text from the X clipboard into a Pd
>>object only works when using the editor window, so that's what I
>>normally use it for.
>>
>>I found, that trying to edit larger messages (I tried to add 128 lines
>>once) might result in shortened messages, though, so always check for
>>correctness.
>>
>>That's all I know about the Text Editor. 
>>    
>>
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