Okay, nevermind.  I simply hacked off the file extension and used that with $1.ji and $1.trs.  And I figured out how to reconstitute it.
Thanks a lot!
Still curious what [openpanel] does to depth-first.
 
On 9/7/05, Chuckk Hubbard <badmuthahubbard@gmail.com> wrote:
Cool.  I have two questions now.
Does openpanel destroy depth-first?  It won't complete the cycle here until I choose a file, but once I do it prints the extension ".trs" before the truncated filename.  I know sometimes [print] works differently depending on depth-first, but this are two distinct branches; and the second one fires before the first every time.  If the middle bang is rerouted to the " sequencer.ji" message instead of the openpanel, it prints correctly.

I'm also not sure how I can reassemble the individual stuff into a single symbol again.  [pack] is the old standby, but I don't know how many inlets it will need.
 
 
 
On 9/6/05, Roman Haefeli <reduzierer@yahoo.de > wrote:
hi chuckk

"Chuckk Hubbard" wrote:


> First, is it possible to edit a symbol, like delete 2 characters from
the
> end and add 3 others in their place? I'm currently saving each score
as 2
> files, with different extensions. I can do it fine with a "read"
message,
> but was kind of wishing to allow an openpanel.

this is possible with [symbol2list] from zexy. just send a [symbol( to
the right inlet. if you then send a 'symbol dog' to its left inlet,
you'll get 'list d o g'. with [repack 1] (also from zexy) you can make
'symbol d', 'symbol o' and 'symbol g' out of it.

> 2nd, I was considering embedding an authorship message (I know some
shady
> characters who I don't trust), and wondered if it was possible to have
Pd
> query the computer's date automatically? Not a big deal, but I'm
curious.

[date] (zexy again)

>  Thanks.
> Chuckk

you're welcome

roman







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