Has the backlash been integrated as an escape character in the pd's editing environment? Or is it still only useful in the file description format?
Tom On 9/29/07, Mathieu Bouchard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > some help for writing your http://puredata.org/dev/PdDefinitions ... those > are surely not the best wordings, but it adds detail. > > comma (atom type): a comma character that is not backslashed, and thus is > effective as a message separator in a messagebox. > > semicolon (atom type): a semicolon character that is not backslashed, and > thus is effective as a message separator in any context. if there was any > implicit context (as in a messagebox), semicolon forgets it, and thus you > get to write an explicit receiver after every semicolon. > > dollar (in general): a nonbackslashed dollar sign followed by one or more > digits. in an evaluation, this can be worth a float, symbol or pointer, > whatever the corresponding argument in the argument list is. > > dollar (atom type): a dollar that is parsed individually; is replaced by > the corresponding atom upon evaluation. > > dollsym (atom type) (missing): in pd 0.39 and earlier: a dollar > (subtitutor) that is at the beginning of an atom, followed by symbol > characters. Upon substitution it becomes a symbol, as the corresponding > atom gets cast to characters and the symbols are merged to make one > resulting symbol. > > dollsym (atom type) (missing): in pd 0.40 and earlier: any alternation of > dollar (subtitutor) and normal symbol characters. All those dollar > substitutors get replaced by corresponding atoms cast to characters and > all the parts are merged to make one resulting symbol. > > (The backslashing stuff may be important to understand if you expect to > modify or generate patches using [textfile] like some people do; in > general it's good for understanding the fileformat) > > Personally, I called "float" "symbol" "pointer" the stable atoms, whereas > I call "comma" "semi" "dollar" "dollsym" the radioactive atoms, because > they decay upon being used by messageboxes. the radioactive atoms also > only really stay alive inside of messageboxes, so in general in pd you > will only see functions/methods for handling stable atoms, not radioactive > ones. > > I could've put this in the wiki directly, but wanted to make sure it gets > noticed (and also I'd like some feedback and to know what you'd change in > this). Are there any automatic notifications of changes of wiki pages on > puredata.info (as a configurable option, per user) ? I mean by email, just > like for sf's bug tracker. It would be good to have this so that all > parties involved in modifying pages really know about what's going on. It > gives the advantages of mailing-lists to wikis. > > _ _ __ ___ _____ ________ _____________ _____________________ ... > | Mathieu Bouchard - tél:+1.514.383.3801, Montréal QC Canada > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > >
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