[PD] help - building txt reader Gem

[IOhannes m zmoelnig]

Georg Holzmann wrote:
> Hallo!
> 
>> How to encode a text file with multiple blanks which will be correctly 
>> read by [textfile]?
> 
> also can't imagine how to do it with textfile ...

actually it is fairly simple (piotr's attempts to escape characters made 
me think...)
using "\ " instead of just " " is fairly trivial in your favourite 
editor (as long as it is not Pd...)

attached is an example how to load ascii-art into Gem.

> anyway, there is a nother problem with textfile: if you have "," in a 
> text you won't see the rest in text3d, because it is handled as a new 
> message ...

like the spaces, it is just a matter of escaping: use "comma\,comma" 
instead of "comma,comma" in your textfile (tested!)



mfg.asd.r
IOhannes
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