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Comments

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  1. Creating a comment
  2. Editing a comment
  3. Modifications
  4. 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

Using the contextual menu

To add a comment in a patch :

  1. Ctrl / right click in the patch editor

  2. choose Comment.

Directly in the patch editor

To add a comment box directly in a patch editor :

  1. Cmd click in the editor and type “comment”

  2. validate to create the comment box.

Editing a comment

  1. Double click in the comment box to type the text.

  2. Click somewhere in the patch editor to validate and save your text.

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.

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 :

  1. Ctrl / right click on the box,

  2. choose Text color or Text Font.

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 :

  1. click on Change Font and define a font style in the font dialogue window

    • choose Apply and/or OK
* choose `Restore` to get back to the OM default values.

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To modify the comments colour

  1. click on Change Colour

  2. click on the coloured patch, and choose a colour in the colour chooser.

    • choose Apply and/or OK
* choose `Restore` to get back to the OM default values.

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Applying Changes

New preferences will apply to new comments only.

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