cleaned up all_about pages and adding a tiny bit of content

svn path=/trunk/; revision=11049

1 files changed, 59 insertions, 60 deletions

diff --git a/doc/pddp/all_about_data_types.pd b/doc/pddp/all_about_data_types.pd
index 5dba6b3d..ab1d6406 100644
--- a/doc/pddp/all_about_data_types.pd
+++ b/doc/pddp/all_about_data_types.pd
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
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-#X obj 453 446 route;
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@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #X msg 96 193 test;
 #X msg 79 171 symbol this;
 #X text 170 170 set type directly;
-#X text 144 236 does not work (check console messages);
+#X text 137 235 does not work (check console messages);
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@@ -29,23 +29,24 @@
 #X obj 247 138 l2s;
 #X obj 247 158 s2l;
 #X obj 123 252 list;
-#X restore 467 591 pd Related_Objects;
-#X text 427 232 Many objects cast the data they receive when they output
+#X restore 427 584 pd Related_Objects;
+#X text 387 225 Many objects cast the data they receive when they output
 it:;
-#X text 546 313 Some objects do not cast the data:;
-#X obj 444 284 trigger anything;
-#X msg 444 259 this is a list without a cast;
-#X obj 444 307 print;
-#X text 430 347 Some objects need to have the data explicitly declared
+#X text 506 306 Some objects do not cast the data:;
+#X obj 404 277 trigger anything;
+#X msg 404 252 this is a list without a cast;
+#X obj 404 300 print;
+#X text 390 340 Some objects need to have the data explicitly declared
 in order to handle it. These are mostly symbol handling objects.;
-#X text 430 413 Objects which route data generally can handle explicitly
+#X text 390 406 Objects which route data generally can handle explicitly
 or implicitly defined data.;
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-#X obj 558 446 niagara;
-#X obj 446 390 select;
-#X obj -5 -2 cnv 15 850 20 empty empty all_about_data_types 20 10 1
+#X obj 460 439 trigger;
+#X obj 518 439 niagara;
+#X obj 406 383 select;
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-#X obj 811 -1 pddp/pddplink http://puredata.info/dev/pddp -text pddp;
+#X obj 711 -1 pddp/pddplink http://puredata.info/dev/pddp -text pddp
+;
 #X text -9 291 "anything";
 #X text -9 407 "list";
 #X text -9 393 "float";
@@ -65,62 +66,60 @@ or implicitly defined data.;
 and "symbol" atoms have 'atom boxes' for realtime display and control
 from within a patch. "pointer" atoms are used for accessing data stored
 in graphical data structures.;
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-#X obj 449 164 / 5.23;
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-#X obj 682 176 ftos;
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-#X obj 600 87 int;
-#X obj 719 43 pointer;
-#X obj 460 87 bang;
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+#X obj 401 177 int;
+#X obj 409 157 / 5.23;
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+#X floatatom 401 197 5 0 0 0 - - -;
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+#X obj 642 169 ftos;
+#X obj 597 36 symbol;
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+#X obj 679 36 pointer;
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-#X obj 519 43 float;
+#X obj 479 36 float;
 #X text 1 527 There a number of objects which are used for storing
 messages \, or casting messages as a specific data type \, sometimes
 converting from one data type to another. The right inlet on these
 objects is stores that value \, which can be later output using a bang.
 ;
-#X obj 628 87 lister;
-#X text 560 44 aka;
-#X obj 586 43 f;
-#X text 22 613 (C) Copyright 2004 Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans@at.or.at>
+#X obj 588 80 lister;
+#X text 520 37 aka;
+#X obj 546 36 f;
+#X obj 450 511 pddp/pddplink all_about_lists_vs_anythings.pd -text
+all_about_lists_vs_anythings;
+#X obj 450 532 pddp/pddplink all_about_symbol_construction.pd -text
+all_about_symbol_construction;
+#X obj 450 553 pddp/pddplink all_about_data_structures.pd -text all_about_data_structures
 ;
-#X text 239 627 released under the GNU GPL;
-#X text 435 614 $Revision: 1.5 $$Date: 2005-07-28 19:45:58 $;
-#X text 436 627 $Author: eighthave $;
-#X obj 490 518 pddp/pddplink all_about_lists_vs_anythings.pd -text all_about_lists_vs_anythings;
-#X obj 490 539 pddp/pddplink all_about_symbol_construction.pd -text all_about_symbol_construction;
-#X obj 490 560 pddp/pddplink all_about_data_structures.pd -text all_about_data_structures;
-#X text 515 88 (aka [bng]);
+#X text 475 81 (aka [bng]);
 #X text 3 304 "anything" allows anything to pass through unchanged.
 It is not a data type tho.;
 #X text -6 143 "symbols" need to be declared explicitly. "floats" do
 not need to be declared explicitly \, but can be:;
 #X text 153 212 casting as a "symbol";
 #X text 1 509 CASTING AND STORAGE OBJECTS;
-#X text 431 474 FOR MORE INFO:;
-#X text 430 114 EXAMPLES OF CASTING;
-#X text 425 43 atom objects:;
-#X text 432 65 other data types:;
+#X text 391 467 FOR MORE INFO:;
+#X text 390 107 EXAMPLES OF CASTING;
+#X text 385 36 atom objects:;
+#X text 392 58 other data types:;
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@@ -159,7 +158,7 @@ cut to one element.;
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-#X restore 465 493 pd float/list conversion;
+#X restore 425 486 pd float/list conversion;
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@@ -192,8 +191,8 @@ to 0;
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-#X restore 656 493 pd empty data types;
-#X text 635 597 updated for Pd version 0.38.4;
+#X restore 616 486 pd empty data types;
+#X text 548 584 updated for Pd version 0.38.4;
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