On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 01:46:41AM +0100, Max wrote:
> OK, got it. It's not shaving off one % per depth, it actually removing every
> other % on each iteration, so the # of escaping symbols (%) grows
> exponentially.
> Maybe should lower my screen resolution to see the number of %% symbols
>
OK, got it. It's not shaving off one % per depth, it actually removing
every other % on each iteration, so the # of escaping symbols (%) grows
exponentially.
Maybe should lower my screen resolution to see the number of %%
symbols more clearly.
On 15.11.21 01:22, Max wrote:
No the help
No the help patch is perfectly clear but it only works two depth levels
Pd version 0.52.0-test1
On 15.11.21 00:56, Christof Ressi wrote:
You have to escape *each* "%" with a leading "%", so your format string
should be "02d:%%02d:%02d"
The help patch actually shows this:
""
You have to escape *each* "%" with a leading "%", so your format string
should be "02d:%%02d:%02d"
The help patch actually shows this:
"" becomes "%%" and so on
Maybe the wording is not clear enough, though?
Christof
On 14.11.2021 23:55, Max wrote:
hi list,
The helpfile for
hi list,
The helpfile for makefilename has a subpatch "multiple substitutions" in
which it says:
You can connect two or more objects for multiple substitutions. For
that, you need to use a literal '%' to set the format string of another
makefilename object.
LITERAL %: You can format a
