[$n 1] often isn't recognized when I first load an abstraction. However, if I create one in a patch it creates properly, first time. So I find myself having to open my abstractions and re-create all my [$n 1] objects each time I load them. This doesn't seem to happen with [dollarg], so I have started changing my [$n 1] to [dollarg].
I am still curious as to why this is happening though. Is it a known bug?
I am running Pd-extended 0.41.4 on a MacBook with OS X 10.5.8.
On Mon, 2010-04-26 at 18:10 -0500, Ben Baker-Smith wrote:
[$n 1] often isn't recognized when I first load an abstraction. However, if I create one in a patch it creates properly, first time. So I find myself having to open my abstractions and re-create all my [$n 1] objects each time I load them. This doesn't seem to happen with [dollarg], so I have started changing my [$n 1] to [dollarg].
I am still curious as to why this is happening though. Is it a known bug?
If you are on:
I am running Pd-extended 0.41.4 on a MacBook with OS X 10.5.8.
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Then it is probably related to the library format. Every object class is compiled into its own file. Therefore you might have to first load the external by its original name, before you can use the alias. This doesn't explain, why it works in patches anyway, but not in abstractions, though.
Roman
On 2010-04-27 08:28, Roman Haefeli wrote:
On Mon, 2010-04-26 at 18:10 -0500, Ben Baker-Smith wrote:
[$n 1] often isn't recognized when I first load an abstraction. However, if I create one in a patch it creates properly, first time. So I find myself having to open my abstractions and re-create all my [$n 1] objects each time I load them. This doesn't seem to happen with [dollarg], so I have started changing my [$n 1] to [dollarg].
I am still curious as to why this is happening though. Is it a known bug?
If you are on:
I am running Pd-extended 0.41.4 on a MacBook with OS X 10.5.8.
-----------Then it is probably related to the library format. Every object class is compiled into its own file. Therefore you might have to first load the external by its original name, before you can use the alias. This doesn't explain, why it works in patches anyway, but not in abstractions, though.
iirc, it's related to the dollarg expansion mechanism. (think "foo-$1-bar"), and dollars not being properly quoted when save to patch.
anyhow, we (at iem, where dollarg is at home :-)) changed all occurences of "$n" to dollarg (you can do so with a little script), when this problem first appeared about 3[*] years ago.
fmasdr IOhannes
[*] well, whatever
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