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#X text 12 105 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 85 LIBRARY PDDP;
#X text 12 45 KEYWORDS;
#X text 12 5 GENRE all_about_pd;
#X text 12 65 DESCRIPTION how to draw pd patches in a textfile;
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#X text 180 36 Meaning;
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#X text 100 36 ASCII Codes;
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#X text 40 43 ____________________________________________________________
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#X text 333 36 In Pd;
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#X text 19 206 -Jonathan Wilkes;
#X text 19 36 What's interesting is that while some people argue against
segmented patch cords as a future feature in Pd \, on the grounds that
it would lead to "sloppy" patching habits and unreadable patches \,
I have yet to read a negative response to an email that used them in
ASCII art. That is \, no one to my knowledge has said: "Excuse me but
I can't ready your ASCII art \, could you please remove the 90-degree
angles?" Evidently segmented connections are not themselves a problem--
it's unclear to me then how their use on a Pd canvas would lead an
otherwise lucid mind down a path of chaos and confusion.;
#X text 19 186 Thank you for your time.;
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#X text 40 325 ** People use + in Pd ASCII art to show a segmented
connection (e.g. \, a connection with at least one 90-degree angle
in it) \, which isn't currently possible in Pd.;
#X text 40 295 * ASCII code 92 (backslash) cannot be displayed in Pd
(at least not without a lot of trouble)!;
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