coll error reading $ symbol
Hi,
I am trying to save some scripting in a coll object, so the contents/objects of the patch can be saved and recalled by the user. The script contains the symbol # (eg. #0abstraction). When coll writes the script, all the # symbols are converted to $ symbols in the text file (??!). When coll reads the txt file, the following message appears: "error:coll: :errors in text file in line 23."
Line 23 in this case is the line where the first $ symbol appears. Coll wont read beyond this line.
If I edit the txt file with the text edit program and change the $ symbols to the original # symbols, then coll reads the file correctly, though coll will change again those # to $. Why such a fixation? Why the errors?
Thank you
dan
prueba con esto
[sprintf "%s"]
best
huts
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gracias huts.
However, not sure this works. If I understand you correctly, I should end up with something like: "#0abstraction". The problem is that this script refers to and generates new instances of an existing abstraction, called #0abstraction. Windows doesnt allow the use of "" in the naming of files, so I cannot name my abstraction "#0abstraction".
This is how I generate the script:
but it works
best
huts
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The # symbol is special, open any max patch as text, and you'll see that
each line starts with a "#". If a # is within a line, it will be
converted to a $, and the $ will be converted back...
Though it might be a bug of coll, as it happens even when you just edit
the existing coll and resave it (without writing it to disk).
This probably never came up as I can't imagine that this would ever be
usefull. What do you want to achieve with a scripted #0abstraction? If
that symbol is within a subpatcher it will be replaced with a unique
number on loading, if you create it with scripting, it won't be replaced...
There is probably a better way to do what you want without touching that
"bug"
Stefan
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Why not regexp the messages going in and out of your coll, replacing
hash marks with something unique but harmless like ampersand or @ or
the string 'hashmark'?
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yep, no need to go into the bug after all... sorry guys! The solution was, as huts suggested, in saving every script line (and not just the word '#0abstraction' as I thought he meant) as a symbol (1,"script new...0#abstraction"; 2, "script new ..." etc). This way coll doesnt change the # into $. Then I can recall the script from coll into thispatcher via fromsymbol.