btw, max uses properties too (inlet/outlet `inspector') for that purpose. The text is saved in a patch file as a `comlet' message:
#N comlet <text>; #P inlet <arguments>;
(where #P is #X in Pd terms).
Krzysztof
guenter geiger wrote: ...
yes, I am aware of the problem. A solution would be the properties dialog. Still pondering .....