jit.gl.text character replacement and carriage return

alain's icon

Hello,
I'm struggling with something I thought easier...

I'm feeding a "jit.gl.text" with files names read from a "folder" object.

- First I'm trying to replace - or _ with "regexp" and "@subsititute" message.
It's almost working but I can't find what symbol designates a space...

- Even better than space, I'd like to replace - or _ with carriage return.

I've tried several objects that I don't handle well, like "spell" or "tosymbol" without success...

Any advices ?

Alain

Rob Ramirez's icon

hi alain.

unfortunately this is not such a straight forward task. i think the best/easiest way to go about it is use a simple JS to parse the text and write the output to a file, and read the file with jit.textfile. i've attached a basic example of this.

i'll be looking at ways to make this easier in the future.

make-lines.zip
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alain's icon

It seems good !
I'll test it longer in a few days.

Thanks !

Noah's icon

I've been working with text a lot recently. Trying to get consistent formatting and translation.
Post a patch and I might be able to offer some help.

alain's icon

Thanks Noah,
here is basically what I'd like to achieve :

Max Patch
Copy patch and select New From Clipboard in Max.

alain's icon

Hello Rob,
I've finally tested your solution with JS object.

That's exactly what I needed !

Thanks !