[PD] opening $0-subpatch bug?

[Frank Barknecht]

Hallo,
derek holzer hat gesagt: // derek holzer wrote:

> Hi Alexandre,
> 
> alexandre matheson wrote:
> 
> >I am using a subpatch with a $0-name that I want to open with 
> >;pd-$0-name vis 1, but for some reason I get this error message:
> >
> >error: pd-$0-name: no such object
> 
> $0 and $1 not work at the end or middle of a message. Thus $1-name 
> works, but pd-$1-name or pd-name-$1 does not. The solution is either to 
> use [makefilename] or [pp] to construct the string message you need:
> 
> guibang
> |
> [f $0]
> |
> [$1-name(
> |
> [pp pd-]
> |
> [;$1 vis 1(
> 
> Let me know if that works.

It doesn't: "pp" (or "prepend" or nowadays: "list prepend") creates a
list. whose first element will be "pd-" in that case, so in the end
you have [; pd- vis 1(, which is not, what you want.

You really need to use [makefilename] here, it even is a builtin Pd
object.

Ciao
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