B. Bogart wrote: ...
sys_vgui("set %x_myvar hello \n", x); sys_vgui("puts $%x_myvar \n", x);
The second call fails because it can't find the variable set in the first.
how about using a specific namespace (::ben::myvar, perhaps)?
PS: I just have to generate a PD list of symbols for each list memeber in the text widget and my text widget will be ready for testing. Still unsure about good widget bounding-box sizing technique...
btw, I have fixed the bracketing bug back in alpha4, you might look at txt.wid in test/toxy.
Krzysztof