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

[Lucas Cordiviola]

> not every object is double ready though in my experience.

It would be very useful if you tell whats not ready. Either here on the 
"list" or issues on https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/issues

:)

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On 6/25/2021 6:01 PM, hans w. koch wrote:
> 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>:
>>
>>> Also, all numbers in Pd are 32-bit floats while all numbers in JS are 64-bit doubles.
>> 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.
>>>
>>> Also, all numbers in Pd are 32-bit floats while all numbers in JS are 64-bit doubles.
>>>
>>> Christof
>>>
>>> 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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