Thanks for this. I've been reading this discussion and tried multiple sends earlier with commas, which didn't work. It's multiple semicolons, so now I know

> Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 14:56:38 -0800
> From: jancsika@yahoo.com
> To: matteosistisette@gmail.com
> CC: pd-list@iem.at
> Subject: Re: [PD] shouldn't message boxes work as gui elements?
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> --- On Mon, 2/8/10, Matteo Sisti Sette <matteosistisette@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > From: Matteo Sisti Sette <matteosistisette@gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [PD] shouldn't message boxes work as gui elements?
> > To: "Jonathan Wilkes" <jancsika@yahoo.com>
> > Cc: "PD list" <pd-list@iem.at>
> > Date: Monday, February 8, 2010, 8:53 PM
> > Jonathan Wilkes escribió:
> >
> > > As for nonlocal send and receive on the current msg
> > box: you've already got a nonlocal send by starting the
> > message box with a semicolon.
> >
> > That's a different thing. It's not just a matter of being
> > able or not being able to send a message to wherever, it is
> > a matter of how the box behaves.
> > As a user, would you be happy if you were filling a form
> > and there was an input field with a label that says:
> > "Please enter your name and surname, preceded by a
> > semicolon, a newline, the word 'name' in all lower case
> > without quotes, and a white space"?
>
> The syntax you're talking about it extremely useful. Even though you can
> do the same thing with [send] by setting the send-name with the right
> inlet, that gets extremely cumbersome when, say, initializing a bunch of
> values and using dollar signs. The following is much easier:
> [;
> $1-pitch 60;
> $1-metro 96;
> $1-oscbank 32;
> $1-salad-bar optional
> (
>
> I find the semicolon atom to be a real time (and space) saver here.
>
> >
> > :)
>
> Oops, I almost chopped off your smiley by accident. :)
>
> -Jonathan
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