>if i put 92 through [makefilename %c] oh, 44 gives back wierd stuff too "\\,"
2010/4/17 Mathieu Bouchard <[email protected]> > > I've been complaining that we should be able to use "$0" in messages for >> the sake of simplicity. Apparently you can if you use "\" before it... >> BUT... Pd does not allow you to write it... as if it REALLY did not want you >> to do it... >> > > there are many things wrong with the backslash. if i put 92 through > [makefilename %c] it makes two backslashes. if I use it as a $1 inside of a > symbol it becomes four backslashes. if I try to print it, it becomes 8 > backslashes (unless GridFlow is loaded, because it installs its own > [print]). > > Those hacks probably all come from trying to fix a backslash bug by brute > force. By fixing the bug in three places, you cancel one of the original > bugs by three new bugs opposite to the original one, so, whether that > original bug shows up, you can get up to three new bugs stacked on each > other, and then, most of the original bugs are still there (iemgui labels > still can't take backslashes, etc). > > That's just the backslashes... Keycode 123 is actually much more dangerous. > > _ _ __ ___ _____ ________ _____________ _____________________ ... > | Mathieu Bouchard, Montréal, Québec. téléphone: +1.514.383.3801
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