[PD] Fwd: loading an .aif file into an array

[Daniel Wilcox]

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From: Daniel Wilcox <danomatika at gmail.com>
Date: Mon, May 31, 2010 at 5:42 PM
Subject: Re: [PD] loading an .aif file into an array
To: "padawan12 at obiwannabe.co.uk" <padawan12 at obiwannabe.co.uk>


Hrmph. Now I'm being harangued for suggesting people use spaces in
filenames? This is 2010, not 1985. Spaces in paths/filenames are handled by
OSX, Windows, Linux, etc. Personally, I use both, with a preference for
spaces on the Gui and no spaces when I'm working in the terminal. Tab
completion works just fine with spaces.

I see you're point, but it's not going to convince all of the people out
there to batch convert their filenames because the *should*.

Add a disclaimer to the heading of the floss manual page.


On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 3:54 PM, padawan12 at obiwannabe.co.uk <
padawan12 at obiwannabe.co.uk> wrote:

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> Hey Dan,
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> Three times per year, to a class of 72 students, at about lecture 2,
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> I do a 5 minute chunk which is basically
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> Of course that extends to good naming style and why some other
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> characters like !"£$%^&*()}{[];:.<> are not a good idea either.
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> The impression they get (I am frequently told) is a rather good one.
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> They are suprised and delighted to discover there is a bit of deeper
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> computer science knowledge which explains why sometimes, certain filenames
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> don't work with a whole range of applications.
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> This is something true of not just Pd, but many applications on many
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> We agree that one should not accept everything that a machine will
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> let you do as OK, just because you can. After all a car will let
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> you steer it off the road.
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> Allowing spaces in filenames was something Windows introduced,
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> to the horror of many, back in the 90's. There are still problems
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> caused by this 20 years later because Microsoft broke with what
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> was a widely understood convention (spaces are delimiters and should
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> be replaced by underscore _ or endash - in file names .
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> So, my opinion is that not using spaces in filenames is good advice.
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> Especially to new users who might not understand why.
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> All the same, I totally agree with you that Pd is wanting when
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> an informed programmer cannot easily deal with this situation
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> Best to you,
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> Andy
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>  On 31 May 2010 at 12:36 Dan Wilcox <danomatika at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > I hope you don't suggest this as the solution to new pd users, I'm sure
> it doesn't give a very good impression ...
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-- 
Dan Wilcox
danomatika
www.robotcowboy.com



-- 
Dan Wilcox
danomatika
www.robotcowboy.com
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