Shout loud visual messaging 

Shout is intended for showing messages (e.g. timed from a script, 

or from networked players) very prominently on screen. 

Shout("A message that is hard to miss");

// Shout can be added to codeDump: 

Shout.add;

// Then, comments beginning with a tag ...

Shout.tag // -> //!!

// get shouted:

//!! like this!

// to remove it again:

Shout.remove;

//!! this is silent again.

Shout.win.close;

For setups in shared coding networks (e.g. in powerbooks_unplugged), 

it is best to add shouting to an oscresponder listening to shared code, e.g.:

// one machine listens

(

n = NetAddr("127.0.0.1", 57120); 

o.remove; 

OSCresponder(n, '/share', { |time, resp, msg| 

var nametag = msg[1]; 

var messageStr = msg[2].asString; 

msg.postcs;

// ... 

if (messageStr.beginsWith(Shout.tag)) { 

defer { Shout(messageStr.drop(Shout.tag.size) + "-" ++ nametag) }

}; 

}).add;

)

// another machine sends

m = NetAddr("127.0.0.1", 57120);

m.sendMsg("/share", "me", "quiet");

m.sendMsg('/share', "me", "//!! loud?");