gratkowski

Hello, I want to have a symbol like "1j;kl", store it in a coll object and send it to a text edit or comment object from the coll. Unfortunately it doesn't seem possible because the symbol gets either separated to "1j ; kl"

or the ; gets erased or it gets a backslash before the semicolon. I need the symbol in order to show a certain clarinet fingering with a special font. Any way to do that with max?

Hello,  I want to have a symbol like "1j;kl", store it in a coll object and send it to a text edit or comment object from the coll. Unfortunately it doesn't seem possible because the symbol gets either separated to "1j ; kl" or the ; gets erased or it gets a backslash before the semicolon. I need the symbol in order to show a certain clarinet fingering with a special font. Any way to do that with max?

Hello,  I want to have a symbol like "1j;kl", store it in a coll object and send it to a text edit or comment object from the coll. Unfortun

hot-to-keep-a-semicolon-in-a-symbol-in-a-message

It really depends how You form the symbol.

 allways a part of it or is it changeable ?

It really depends how You form the symbol.
I mean is ;kl allways a part of it or is it changeable ?
In any case combine object would help :


[textedit] doesnt know about message types, it only knows characters. 

that is why even in "1j;kl" - with or without quotes - the semicolon will introduce a linebreak.

as for [message], here the semicolon is the default separator and it cant be changed anyway.

you can display arbitrary symbols best with [lcd] or various jitter objects IMHO.


[textedit] doesnt know about message types, it only knows characters. 
that is why  even in "1j;kl" - with or without quotes - the semicolon will introduce a linebreak.

as for [message], here the semicolon is the default separator and it cant be changed anyway.

you can display arbitrary symbols best with [lcd] or various jitter objects IMHO.


hot to keep a semicolon in a symbol in a message