Doh, I think I just found Miller's technique: pdtk_enquote. I'll try that to see if it works.
.hc On Apr 28, 2008, at 11:56 AM, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote: > > On Apr 28, 2008, at 4:43 AM, Claude Heiland-Allen wrote: > >> Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote: >>> How does that sound? >> >> Hacky. What about multiple consecutive spaces? etc > > Multiple consecutive spaces would be turned into one space. That > is true. I am sure there are other names that won't make it thru. > >>> Any better approach? >> >> Some sort of escaping mechanism to allow spaces (and other >> characters) >> to be safely transmitted in symbols in both directions. > > That would be nice, but not so easy, for whatever reason. I think > that has been on the table for years. Do you have any ideas on an > escape mechanism? > > In the mean time, I've used this binbuf technique in some externals > and it has worked pretty well. I think it is a decent hack until > there is a real escape mechanism. > > .hc > > >> >>> .hc >> >> >> Claude >> -- >> http://claudiusmaximus.goto10.org >> > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------ > > 'You people have such restrictive dress for women,’ she said, > hobbling away in three inch heels and panty hose to finish out > another pink-collar temp pool day. - “Hijab Scene #2", by Mohja Kahf > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- ¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido! _______________________________________________ PD-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-dev
