i guess one of the problems with tutorials is that they are useful when you can predict the kinds of things that a user will want to do with a program. but with pd, beyond the first few steps, the possible things people might want to do become two numerable to try and pin down with a series of howtos.
not saying a tutorial shouldn't exist, just predicting that it would be unsatisfyingly short.
the help patches, read in order, have a tutorial-like feel at times, without quite so much of the "for dummies" condescension.
pix.
On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 11:11:29 +0200 "Andrea Valle" marta_andrea@libero.it wrote:
Hi to all, I was aking myself: is there on line a real PD tutorial for dummies? I mean, something like: "now, let's play a sound file"... thanks to all
-a-
-----Messaggio originale----- Da: pd-list-admin@iem.at [mailto:pd-list-admin@iem.at]Per conto di Miller Puckette Inviato: martedi 24 giugno 2003 8.59 A: f:o Cc: pd-list@iem.kug.ac.at Oggetto: Re: [PD] error while reading filename from textfile
Try making the message box (that says "symbol $1") into an object box, just "symbol". This converts the selector of the message coming from textfile into a message with one symbol argument, which is what makefilename needs.
cheers Miller
On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 01:41:20AM +0200, f:o wrote:
hi list
I'm trying to read a filename from a textfile list.
I got the filename in pd but if I like to get this filename in a
messagebox
with $1, pd got an error:
error: $1: argument number out of range
trying to get the filename in makesymbol or makefilename:
error: makesymbol: no method for 'filename.blah'
maybe someone can tell me, why this doesn't work and what would be a working solution.
thanx a lot philipp
part of my patch that does not work:
|bang(
| __________ |textfile|
| ___________ |symbol $1(
| ______________________ |makefilename path/%s{
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