The symbol atom was really all i was looking for (sorry for this silly question!).

Pierre

2012/1/23 Jonathan Wilkes <jancsika@yahoo.com>
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> From: Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans@at.or.at>
> To: Pierre Massat <pimassat@gmail.com>
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> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 12:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [PD] Symbol equivalent to Number2?
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> I like using [pddp/print] because it does floats, symbols, lists, etc.

OP wants to type into the object in run mode.  You can't type into [pddp/print].

-Jonathan

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> .hc
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> On Jan 23, 2012, at 6:57 AM, Pierre Massat wrote:
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>>  Dear List,
>>
>>  Is there an equivalent to Number 2 for symbols? I need something that lets
> the user type a name without having to toggle the edit mode (and also without
> having to resort to the save panel).
>>
>>  Any suggestion?
>>
>>  Cheers!
>>
>>  Pierre
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