Darn the ";" Thread last updated on 2003-05-14 12:04:23

Posted by member 15023 on 2003-05-13 04:53:22

Is there a way to actually display a ";"? Because in the step.rc ";" is a way of commenting.

Example:
shortcuttext "123;456"

Shows up as 123 because it assumes ;456 is a comment. I actually want it to say "123;456". How do I do this?

Posted by member 1 on 2003-05-13 07:31:17 link

nope....and in 5...6...30...whatever years I have been using LS I have never tried to display a ; on my desktop.

Posted by member 333 on 2003-05-13 07:41:16 link

maybe the dev-team should add escapecode? ie: \; or something... though I've never needed this, either.

Posted by member 99 on 2003-05-13 12:51:42 link

Adding escapes to the core now would cause issues...

When I finish updating my modules, they will allow \s to insert semicolons, and I was sure I stole the idea from somewhere. (I thought mzScript, but it seems not) Still, this won't help if you need to read stuff from a $var$ or .rc setting. (only bang commands)

Posted by member 15023 on 2003-05-13 13:16:37 link

The reason i want this is because I'm trying to create a theme that's extremely customizable. So for the winamp controls I'm using the webdings and for [previous] [play] [pause] [stop] [next]. ";" being Pause.

I guess I'll just have to create my own font.

Posted by member 35 on 2003-05-14 12:04:23 link

or use !amp_playpause and just show the play button.