Comments
Contents
- Creating a comment
- Editing a comment
- Modifications
- Comments Font Style
A comment is a text box that doesn’t affect the patch in which it is set. It allows to add textual indications that can make a program more legible.
Creating a comment
With the contextual menu
To add a comment in a patch :
-
Ctrl
/ right click in the patch editor -
choose
Comment
.
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Directly in the patch editor
To add a comment box directly in a patch editor :
-
Cmd
click in the editor and type “comment” -
validate to create the comment box.
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Editing a comment
-
Double click in the comment box to type the text.
-
Click somewhere in the patch editor to validate and save your text.
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Note
Unlike data boxes, comment boxes accept breaks and line returns.
Modifications
Manipulating Comment Boxes
Like any other box, a comment box can be moved, resized, copied, deleted.
To apply a modification, choose a menu item in the Edit
menu, or use the
usual commands and shortcuts.
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Manipulating Boxes :
Fitting
To fit a comment box to the text, select it and press i
.
Comments Font Style
Local Modifications
To modify the font type and colour of a comment within a patch :
-
Ctrl
/ right click on the box, -
choose
Text color
orText Font
.
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Style Shortcuts
use the menu Edit / Font / Bold
and Edit / Fonts / Italics
or the
corresponding keyboard shortcuts CMD
+ SHIFT
+ B
/ I
in order to
change all selected comments to bold or italics.
Default Style
The comments font style can be globally specified via the OM preferences.
Select the OM 6.X.X. / Preferences menu
. Click on the Appearance
tab and
go to the Comments section
To modify the comments font style :
-
click on
Change Font
and define a font style in the font dialogue window -
- choose
Apply
and/orOK
- choose
* choose `Restore` to get back to the OM default values.
To modify the comments colour
-
click on
Change Colour
-
click on the coloured patch, and choose a colour in the colour chooser.
-
- choose
Apply
and/orOK
- choose
* choose `Restore` to get back to the OM default values.
Applying Changes
New preferences will apply to new comments only.
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