On Dec 13, 2007, at 2:25 PM, Mathieu Bouchard wrote: > On Thu, 13 Dec 2007, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote: > >> I should correct the above line, it's not quite right: >> -text {this is my label} -font {"Lucida Sans" 10 bold} -fg black - >> bg green >> >> AFAIK, using the {} as quotes means it should had over everything >> inside of those brackets. So {"} should show a double quote. > > You can also backslash double-quotes instead. > >>> how do you put a literal dollarsign within labels? >> Donno, any suggestions? > > backslash it!
Pd doesn't support backslashes. >>> what about open-bracket? >> This one has stumped me, and I've asked a bit in #tcl, but no luck. > > backslash it! If it was just a backslash, do you think I'd be asking? >> suggestions? Did you get it working? What is actually more >> important, IMHO, is a way to insert a open-bracket into a text >> widget using a message. Using [key 123( then lots of escaping in >> C hasn't worked for me either. > > 123 is not a bracket, it's a brace. But for either the solution is > the same: backslash it! Sorry, brackets "[]" work fine, and close curly bracket "}" works fine, but I can't figure out how to send a open curly bracket "{" to the text widget from Pd. And no, backslashes don't work. .hc ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- kill your television _______________________________________________ PD-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list