Hello all.<br><br>Since starting Uni this year I have gotten really into Pd! I&#39;m still reading up and learning the basics but have tried and tried to get my head around the $ parameter (parameter?) but can&#39;t<br><br>
Can someone break it down into a very basic explanation so I can take that with me to the help files for further understanding.<br><br>As I see it, $ pretty much denotes storage of a variable, either float or symbol, and works only locally. When added to an object it means: take incoming value and store it under $1 (or $2 e.t.c) for recall later. If there is a series of in incoming values $1 will always refer to the first value and $2 to the second. Sometimes you don&#39;t want to recall it, but need to tell the object to store a value in order to process it with the very next action, such as in<br>
<br>OBJECT: openpanel &gt; MESSAGE: read $1 destination &gt; OBJECT: soundfiler<br><br>Am I right, somewhat right, or dangerously wrong?<br><br>And lastly I get this in the Pd window everytime it starts up (Pd extended on Mac), is that heathly?:<br>
<br>libdir loader $Revision: 1.8 $<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; written by Hans-Christoph Steiner &lt;<a href="mailto:hans@at.or.at">hans@at.or.at</a>&gt;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; compiled on Jul 29 2008 at 04:03:05 <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; compiled against Pd version 0.40.3.extended<br>
/Applications/Pure Data/Pd-extended.app/Contents/Resources/extra/Gem/Gem.pd_darwin: dlopen(/Applications/Pure Data/Pd-extended.app/Contents/Resources/extra/Gem/Gem.pd_darwin, 10): Library not loaded: /usr/X11R6/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib<br>
&nbsp; Referenced from: /Applications/Pure Data/Pd-extended.app/Contents/Resources/extra/Gem/Gem.pd_darwin<br>&nbsp; Reason: image not found<br>Gem: can&#39;t load library<br>libdir_loader: added &#39;cyclone&#39; to the global objectclass path<br>
libdir_loader: added &#39;zexy&#39; to the global objectclass path<br>libdir_loader: added &#39;creb&#39; to the global objectclass path<br>libdir_loader: added &#39;cxc&#39; to the global objectclass path<br>libdir_loader: added &#39;iemlib&#39; to the global objectclass path<br>
libdir_loader: added &#39;list-abs&#39; to the global objectclass path<br>libdir_loader: added &#39;mapping&#39; to the global objectclass path<br>libdir_loader: added &#39;markex&#39; to the global objectclass path<br>libdir_loader: added &#39;maxlib&#39; to the global objectclass path<br>
libdir_loader: added &#39;memento&#39; to the global objectclass path<br>libdir_loader: added &#39;mjlib&#39; to the global objectclass path<br>libdir_loader: added &#39;motex&#39; to the global objectclass path<br>libdir_loader: added &#39;oscx&#39; to the global objectclass path<br>
libdir_loader: added &#39;pddp&#39; to the global objectclass path<br>libdir_loader: added &#39;pdogg&#39; to the global objectclass path<br>libdir_loader: added &#39;pixeltango&#39; to the global objectclass path<br>libdir_loader: added &#39;pmpd&#39; to the global objectclass path<br>
libdir_loader: added &#39;rradical&#39; to the global objectclass path<br>libdir_loader: added &#39;sigpack&#39; to the global objectclass path<br>libdir_loader: added &#39;smlib&#39; to the global objectclass path<br>libdir_loader: added &#39;toxy&#39; to the global objectclass path<br>
libdir_loader: added &#39;unauthorized&#39; to the global objectclass path<br>libdir_loader: added &#39;pan&#39; to the global objectclass path<br>libdir_loader: added &#39;freeverb&#39; to the global objectclass path<br>
libdir_loader: added &#39;hcs&#39; to the global objectclass path<br>libdir_loader: added &#39;jmmmp&#39; to the global objectclass path<br>libdir_loader: added &#39;ext13&#39; to the global objectclass path<br>libdir_loader: added &#39;ggee&#39; to the global objectclass path<br>
libdir_loader: added &#39;flib&#39; to the global objectclass path<br>libdir_loader: added &#39;ekext&#39; to the global objectclass path<br>libdir_loader: added &#39;flatspace&#39; to the global objectclass path<br>/Applications/Pure Data/Pd-extended.app/Contents/Resources/extra/pdp.pd_darwin: dlopen(/Applications/Pure Data/Pd-extended.app/Contents/Resources/extra/pdp.pd_darwin, 10): Library not loaded: /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.6.dylib<br>
&nbsp; Referenced from: /Applications/Pure Data/Pd-extended.app/Contents/Resources/extra/pdp.pd_darwin<br>&nbsp; Reason: image not found<br>pdp: can&#39;t load library<br>/Applications/Pure Data/Pd-extended.app/Contents/Resources/extra/pidip.pd_darwin: dlopen(/Applications/Pure Data/Pd-extended.app/Contents/Resources/extra/pidip.pd_darwin, 10): Library not loaded: /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.6.dylib<br>
&nbsp; Referenced from: /Applications/Pure Data/Pd-extended.app/Contents/Resources/extra/pidip.pd_darwin<br>&nbsp; Reason: image not found<br>pidip: can&#39;t load library<br><br><br><br>///////////<br><br>Thanks so much everyone.<br>