so, is it a random bug? I thought it was on purpose... because of the no &quot;$0&quot; on messages philosophy...<div><br></div><div>more on that, if you type $0 in a sumbol box, the backlash appears there... if the message is sent through this symbol box, the $0 can actually function as it should on messages...</div>
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I&#39;ve been complaining that we should be able to use &quot;$0&quot; in messages for the sake of simplicity. Apparently you can if you use &quot;\&quot; before it... BUT... Pd does not allow you to write it... as if it REALLY did not want you to do it...<br>

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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]).<br>

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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&#39;t take backslashes, etc).<br>

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That&#39;s just the backslashes... Keycode 123 is actually much more dangerous.<br><font color="#888888">
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