benj3737

I'm having trouble setting the contents of [textedit] with carriage returns, tabs, etc.

Hello,
I'm having trouble setting the contents of [textedit] with carriage returns, tabs, etc.

This patch explains:
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

text-to-textedit

i doub tit will help you, but there is a way to set a symbol to textedit which he will output as a carriage return... didn't find anything better :/

you have to find your way arround that, depending where text gets generated,or read in, and where you want to place it.

text will never output tabs and such.
you have to find your way arround that, depending where text gets generated,or read in, and where you want to place it.
then it all works. 

https://cycling74.com/forums/display-text-with-carriage-returns

A neat solution from Luke Hall: https://cycling74.com/forums/display-text-with-carriage-returns 

you need filein for such output from text file.

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and where are the tabs ?
ads empty line at the top ...
no chance with text object .
you need filein for such output from text file.


As much as I like working in Max, its text handling abilities have always been abysmally primitive. That is particularly problematic when trying to create engaging user interfaces and instructions.

As much as I like working in Max, its text handling abilities have always been abysmally primitive. That is particularly problematic when trying to create engaging  user interfaces and instructions.

[text] to [textedit]