Revised and added to all_about help patches

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+#X obj 407 2 pddp/pddplink http://puredata.info/dev/pddp -text pddp
+;
+#X obj 43 150 pddp/pddplink all_about_messages.pd;
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+#X text 12 115 HELP_PATCH_AUTHORS Dave Sabine \, May 5 \, 2003 . Jonathan
+Wilkes revised the patch to conform to the PDDP template for Pd version
+0.42.;
+#X text 12 95 LIBRARY PDDP;
+#X text 12 5 GENRE all_about_pd;
+#X text 12 45 KEYWORDS needs_work;
+#X text 12 65 DESCRIPTION description of message conversion performed
+by Pd;
+#X text 12 25 NAME;
+#X restore 392 218 pd META;
+#N canvas 14 133 428 370 Related_objects 0;
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+#X text 7 2 Message Conversion - Related Objects;
+#X obj 22 82 makefilename;
+#X obj 22 127 pddp/helplink zexy/list2symbol;
+#X obj 22 147 pddp/helplink zexy/symbol2list;
+#X obj 22 167 pddp/helplink zexy/makesymbol;
+#X obj 22 307 pddp/helplink cyclone/tosymbol;
+#X obj 22 327 pddp/helplink cyclone/fromsymbol;
+#X obj 22 347 pddp/helplink cyclone/sprintf;
+#X obj 22 52 list;
+#X obj 62 52 route;
+#X obj 22 187 pddp/helplink zexy/lister;
+#X obj 22 207 pddp/helplink zexy/list2int;
+#X obj 22 227 pddp/helplink zexy/any2list;
+#X obj 22 247 pddp/helplink zexy/repack;
+#X obj 22 267 pddp/helplink zexy/glue;
+#X obj 112 52 pack;
+#X obj 152 52 pipe;
+#X obj 22 287 pddp/helplink iemlib/iem_any;
+#X msg 196 52;
+#X obj 21 108 pddp/pddplink all_about_externals.pd -text _________
+;
+#X obj 21 108 pddp/pddplink all_about_externals.pd -text Externals
+;
+#X restore 103 218 pd Related_objects;
+#X obj 6 218 pddp/pddplink pddp/help.pd -text help;
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+#X obj 1 190 cnv 15 425 20 empty \$0-pddp.cnv.subheading empty 20 10
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+#X text 20 27 All the list family objects-- [list append] \, [list
+prepend] [list length] \, [list split] \, and [list trim]-- convert
+the incoming message to a list before it is processed.;
+#X msg 25 76 this is an anything.;
+#X obj 25 98 list append;
+#X obj 25 120 route list;
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+-1;
+#X text 103 98 <- convert this message to a list;
+#X text 7 190 Convert a List to an Anything;
+#X text 7 1 Convert an Anything to a List;
+#X msg 22 266 list one two three;
+#X obj 22 338 list trim;
+#X msg 45 313 one two three;
+#X obj 25 162 print any2list;
+#X obj 22 360 print list2any;
+#X text 20 216 Use the [list trim] object to remove the "list" or "symbol"
+selector \, which will convert a list or symbol message to an anything:
+;
+#X msg 40 289 symbol one;
+#X text 138 313 custom selectors are not "trimmed" \, so an;
+#X text 138 328 anything will remain an anything.;
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+#X symbolatom 45 488 10 0 0 0 - - -;
+#X msg 30 443 list 25;
+#X msg 37 466 list foo;
+#X text 100 466 A "list" of one "symbol" is converted to a "symbol"
+;
+#X text 85 443 A "list" of one "float" is converted to a "float";
+#X text 64 419 An empty "list" is converted to a "bang";
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+#X text 7 388 Special Cases of Lists;
+#X connect 3 0 4 0;
+#X connect 4 0 5 0;
+#X connect 5 0 6 0;
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+#X connect 32 4 30 0;
+#X connect 32 5 31 0;
+#X restore 43 42 pd anythings_and_lists;
+#X obj 43 170 pddp/pddplink all_about_lists_vs_anythings.pd;
+#X obj 43 190 pddp/pddplink all_about_atom_conversion.pd;