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-rw-r--r--doc/pddp/route-help.pd32
-rw-r--r--doc/pddp/text-help.pd35
2 files changed, 40 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/doc/pddp/route-help.pd b/doc/pddp/route-help.pd
index 52a61260..868f0234 100644
--- a/doc/pddp/route-help.pd
+++ b/doc/pddp/route-help.pd
@@ -5,25 +5,25 @@
-204280 -1 0;
#X obj 0 240 cnv 3 550 3 empty \$0-pddp.cnv.inlets inlets 8 12 0 13
-228856 -1 0;
-#N canvas 52 220 494 392 META 0;
-#X text 12 75 PLATFORM windows macosx gnulinux;
-#X text 12 155 LIBRARY internal;
-#X text 12 195 WEBSITE http://crca.ucsd.edu/~msp/;
+#N canvas 50 229 494 392 META 0;
+#X text 12 85 PLATFORM windows macosx gnulinux;
+#X text 12 165 LIBRARY internal;
+#X text 12 205 WEBSITE http://crca.ucsd.edu/~msp/;
#X text 12 35 LICENSE SIBSD;
-#X text 12 175 AUTHOR Miller Puckette;
-#X text 12 235 HELP_PATCH_AUTHORS This help patch was updated for Pd
+#X text 12 185 AUTHOR Miller Puckette;
+#X text 12 245 HELP_PATCH_AUTHORS This help patch was updated for Pd
version 0.38.4 by Dave Sabine and Hans-Christoph Steiner as part of
a project called pddp proposed by Krzysztof Czaja to build comprehensive
documentation for Pd. Jonathan Wilkes revised the patch to conform
to the PDDP template for Pd version 0.42.;
-#X text 12 55 DESCRIPTION route message according to their first element
-;
-#X text 12 95 INLET_0 anything;
-#X text 12 115 OUTLET_N anything;
-#X text 12 135 OUTLET_R anything;
+#X text 12 105 INLET_0 anything;
+#X text 12 125 OUTLET_N anything;
+#X text 12 145 OUTLET_R anything;
#X text 12 5 KEYWORDS control needs_work list_op symbol_op list_op
anything_op;
-#X text 12 215 RELEASE_DATE 1997;
+#X text 12 225 RELEASE_DATE 1997;
+#X text 12 55 DESCRIPTION route a message according to the selector
+or first element;
#X restore 500 597 pd META;
#X obj 0 362 cnv 3 550 3 empty \$0-pddp.cnv.outlets outlets 8 12 0
13 -228856 -1 0;
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ pdpedia: route;
#X obj 187 136 bng 15 250 50 0 empty empty empty 17 7 0 10 -262144
-1 -1;
#X msg 300 61 7 17;
-#X text 11 23 route messages according to their first element;
#N canvas 11 63 516 509 float_mode 0;
#X text 89 271 float;
#X text 89 365 list;
@@ -239,10 +238,13 @@ be sent to the rejection outlet.;
are used \, [route] operates in "float mode"-- if symbols are used
\, float operates in "selector mode." See the subpatches above to see
how incoming data is handled in each mode.;
-#X obj 4 597 pddp/pddplink all_about_help_patches.pd -text Usage Guide;
+#X obj 4 597 pddp/pddplink all_about_help_patches.pd -text Usage Guide
+;
#X obj 100 572 pddp/pddplink ../2.control.examples/18.conditional.pd
-text doc/2.control.examples/18.conditional.pd;
#X msg 300 85 Grizabella;
+#X text 11 23 route a message according to the selector or first element
+;
#X connect 12 0 17 0;
#X connect 12 0 21 0;
#X connect 12 1 19 0;
@@ -253,4 +255,4 @@ how incoming data is handled in each mode.;
#X connect 14 0 12 0;
#X connect 15 0 12 0;
#X connect 22 0 12 0;
-#X connect 41 0 12 0;
+#X connect 40 0 12 0;
diff --git a/doc/pddp/text-help.pd b/doc/pddp/text-help.pd
index de88fa2f..97dcf677 100644
--- a/doc/pddp/text-help.pd
+++ b/doc/pddp/text-help.pd
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
-1 0;
#X obj 0 458 cnv 3 550 3 empty \$0-pddp.cnv.inlets inlets 8 12 0 13
-228856 -1 0;
-#N canvas 50 246 494 344 META 0;
+#N canvas 42 282 494 344 META 0;
#X text 12 65 LIBRARY internal;
#X text 12 105 WEBSITE http://crca.ucsd.edu/~msp/;
#X text 12 25 LICENSE SIBSD;
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
Wilkes revised the patch to conform to the PDDP template for Pd version
0.42.;
#X text 12 5 KEYWORDS control;
-#X text 12 45 DESCRIPTION text;
#X text 12 125 RELEASE_DATE 1997;
+#X text 12 45 DESCRIPTION box with text for an object or comment;
#X restore 500 597 pd META;
#X obj 0 486 cnv 3 550 3 empty \$0-pddp.cnv.outlets outlets 8 12 0
13 -228856 -1 0;
@@ -36,13 +36,10 @@ Wilkes revised the patch to conform to the PDDP template for Pd version
#X restore 102 597 pd Related_objects;
#X obj 445 20 pddp/pddplink http://wiki.puredata.info/en/comment -text
pdpedia: comment;
-#X text 104 287 Phone number with hyphens: 555-555-5555;
-#X text 104 307 Same phone number without hyphens: 5.55556e+09;
+#X text 104 387 Phone number with hyphens: 555-555-5555;
+#X text 104 407 Same phone number without hyphens: 5.55556e+09;
#X text 98 462 (none);
#X text 98 491 (none);
-#X text 85 164 This is Pd's help window for comments \, which don't
-do anything. To create a comment \, use the "Put" menu or click <ctrl-5>.
-;
#N canvas 100 383 428 181 Some_Comments_On_Comments 0;
#X obj 1 1 cnv 15 425 20 empty \$0-pddp.cnv.subheading empty 3 12 0
14 -204280 -1 0;
@@ -55,10 +52,24 @@ the period you added will be gone.;
#X text 8 2 comment Commentary: Additional Comments About Comments
;
#X restore 102 551 pd Some_Comments_On_Comments;
-#X obj 4 597 pddp/pddplink all_about_help_patches.pd -text Usage Guide;
-#X text 85 217 If you want to jot down a large value like a phone number
-in pd \, use hyphens or dots so that pd will interpret it as a symbol
-atom-- otherwise Pd will change it to scientific notation!;
+#X obj 4 597 pddp/pddplink all_about_help_patches.pd -text Usage Guide
+;
#X obj 99 571 pddp/pddplink all_about_ascii_art.pd;
-#X text 11 23 text for making comments;
#X text 377 2 To create \, click <Control-5>;
+#X text 11 23 box with text for an object or comment;
+#X text 85 144 Comments don't actually "do" anything \, but you can
+use them to annotate your patch \, explain how something works \, add
+a copyright notice \, or anything else.;
+#X text 85 74 All text in Pure Data is just a series of symbol and/or
+float atoms. You create Pd objects by typing text into an object box
+\, but you can also write text as a comment for your patch (like this
+one).;
+#X text 85 224 To create a comment \, use the "Put" menu or click <Control-5>.
+;
+#X text 55 267 ***;
+#X text 85 347 Otherwise your phone number will interpreted as a float
+atom and you will lose some rather important precision!;
+#X text 85 267 Remember: text inside a comment is just a series of
+atoms \, and will be formatted accordingly. For example: if you want
+to jot down a large value like a phone number in pd \, use hyphens
+or multiple dots so that pd will interpret it as a symbol atom.;