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#X msg 67 10 message boxes;
#X text 34 33 Message boxes hold one or more message. Anytime the message
box receives any message at all \, the messages in the box are all
sent to their destinations.;
#X obj 120 295 print;
#X msg 120 235 60 64;
#X msg 120 265 pitch \$1 \, velocity \$2;
#X msg 49 378 123 \; my-receiver-name 858 \; another-receiver -45;
#X text 34 81 Clicking on a message also sends it \, so you can use
messsage boxes for push buttins. For instance \, click here while watching
the printout window:;
#X msg 122 139 walk the dog;
#X obj 122 168 print;
#X text 239 139 <--- message;
#X text 223 165 <--- object (different border);
#X text 14 197 You can separate multiple messages by commas. Also \,
you can use "$1" \, "$2" \, etc. to make variable messages:;
#X text 14 323 Finally \, if you separate messages by a semicolon instead
of a comma \, the following message(s) are re-routed to named objects
such as "receives":;
#X obj 49 433 print;
#X obj 253 378 receive my-receiver-name;
#X floatatom 253 402 0 0 0 0 - - -;
#X floatatom 252 449 0 0 0 0 - - -;
#X obj 252 425 receive another-receiver;
#X text 396 519 updated for Pd version 0.39;
#X text 19 471 You can send messages to message boxes to change their
content - open the subpatch below for details:;
#N canvas 0 0 718 466 changing-messages 0;
#X msg 55 380 dog bird monkey \; bird;
#X msg 58 69 set dog;
#X msg 75 143 add monkey;
#X msg 77 188 add2 bird;
#X msg 72 117 set;
#X text 92 29 Messages to change contents of messages boxes:;
#X msg 66 92 set 1 2 3 skidoo;
#X text 236 120 "set" with no arguments clears it;
#X text 240 75 "set" to set contents (numbers and/or symbols);
#X text 180 146 "add" to add numbers and/or symbols \, plus a terminating
semicolon;
#X text 168 190 "add2" to add contents without the terminating semicolon
;
#X msg 83 222 addcomma;
#X msg 82 248 addsemi;
#X msg 78 305 adddollsym 4-foo;
#X msg 84 275 adddollar 3;
#X text 174 225 add a comma;
#X text 173 244 add a semicolon;
#X text 199 275 add a dollar-sign argument;
#X text 235 305 add a dollar-sign-plus-symbol argument;
#X connect 1 0 0 0;
#X connect 2 0 0 0;
#X connect 3 0 0 0;
#X connect 4 0 0 0;
#X connect 6 0 0 0;
#X connect 11 0 0 0;
#X connect 12 0 0 0;
#X connect 13 0 0 0;
#X connect 14 0 0 0;
#X restore 153 512 pd changing-messages;
#X connect 3 0 4 0;
#X connect 4 0 2 0;
#X connect 5 0 13 0;
#X connect 7 0 8 0;
#X connect 14 0 15 0;
#X connect 17 0 16 0;
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