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Comments

Contents

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

With the contextual menu

To add a comment in a patch :

1. Ctrl / right click in the patch editor

2. choose Comment .

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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.

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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.

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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 :

• Elementary Manipulations

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.

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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 :

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

2. • 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.

3. • 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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References :

Contents :

• OpenMusic Documentation
• OM User Manual
  • Introduction
  • System Configuration and Installation
  • Going Through an OM Session
  • The OM Environment
  • Visual Programming I
    • Patch Introduction
    • Adding Boxes Into a Patch
    • Elementary Manipulations
    • Boxes
    • Box Inputs
    • Connections
    • Evaluation
    • Documentation and Info
    • Comments
    • Pictures
    • Saving / Reloading a Patch
    • Dead Boxes
  • Visual Programming II
  • Basic Tools
  • Score Objects
  • Maquettes
  • Sheet
  • MIDI
  • Audio
  • SDIF
  • Lisp Programming
  • Reactive mode
  • Errors and Problems
• OpenMusic QuickStart

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