[PD] mtof does cents (hooray!) suggestion to state that in the helpfile

[hans w. koch]

yes, i am already using pd double. 
not every object is double ready though in my experience.
sometimes hard to tell apart...

@alexandre: thanks for the offer to file a feature request for the helpfile change.
i can do it too, but wasn´t sure if i should flood the long list with this trivia.

best
hans

> Am 25.06.2021 um 22:41 schrieb Lucas Cordiviola <lucarda27 at hotmail.com>:
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>> Also, all numbers in Pd are 32-bit floats while all numbers in JS are 64-bit doubles.
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> I might be missing something but Hans said he was using "vanilla double"
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> On 6/25/2021 5:30 PM, Christof Ressi wrote:
>>> or maybe another case of limitation on the display-side of things?
>> This.
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>> Also, all numbers in Pd are 32-bit floats while all numbers in JS are 64-bit doubles.
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>> Christof
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>> On 25.06.2021 21:27, hans w. koch wrote:
>>> today to my amazement, i discovered, that the midi decimals in mtof equal cents :-)
>>> sorry, for stating the obvious. better late then never, at least for me…i literally hit my head when i recognized this.
>>> i´ve searched the archives for "mtof cents” and didn´t find a mention of this.
>>> 
>>> now that i´ve outed myself as a dummie, forward on with one suggestion:
>>> wouldn´t it be helpful for future slowfoxes like me, to mention that somehow in mtofs helpfile?
>>> at the moment it reads: You can specify microtonal pitches as in "69.5" (a quarter tone higher than 69).
>>> my suggestion would be to add: The decimals specify cents as in .01 = 1 cent.
>>> 
>>> further question:
>>> i am working in a recent pd vanilla double and was expecting to see more decimals
>>> e.g.
>>> pd: 69.031 into mtof gives 440.789
>>> javascript: 440 + 3.1 cent gives: 440.78858311490677
>>> its not that i would claim to hear a difference between 440.789 and 440.7885 hz, but i could imagine cases, where working further these roundings accumulate.
>>> or maybe another case of limitation on the display-side of things?
>>> 
>>> best
>>> hans
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