Ben Baker-Smith wrote:
Hello,
Is there a way to use local variables ($0) in GUI send-symbol / receive-symbol properties? If I just put in $0 it interprets it as "0",
this is new to me; i have been using $0 in gui-objects for ages.
Not sure what the issue is then. I'm using Pd-Extended 0.41.4 on Mac OS 10.4.11 (PPC), at the moment.
I've tested this with toggle, bang, and canvas objects. If I put $0 in the send or receive properties everything looks fine until i close and re-open properties, then "test-send-$0" becomes "test-send-0" and "testreceive$0" becomes "testreceive0". At no point (before or after closing / re-opening properties) will the objects send or receive $0 properly.
and I can't set it after creation because there will be multiple
you can: just connect(! with patch cords) the re-naming message to the object, and you are done. but you really shouldn't need it, see above
I can't do it this way in my current patch because I am using canvas objects, and they don't have inlets with which to connect patch cords.