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Old 05-04-2021, 03:41 AM   #1
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Default $region(name) not getting exported into file name anymore

Hi!
Using REAPER 6.28 I experience that when rendering, the wildcard "$region (name)" is not exported into filenames anymore.
It used to be, but it must somehow got lost in-between.
Cross-checked with an older version (6.12) that still does it.
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Old 07-07-2021, 04:16 PM   #2
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I noticed this today as well in V 6.31. $region(name) results in NOTHING where it should fill in text in the filename. $region alone is working as expected.
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Old 07-07-2021, 04:21 PM   #3
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This seems to be working as expected here. I can't really make out the screenshots in the original post (which I notice is a couple of months old). It's possible you are misinterpreting what is supposed to happen with $region(name), which is different from $region.

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Old 07-07-2021, 07:00 PM   #4
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What it's doing on my machine is that "$region" adds the region "name" while "$region(name)" adds nothing at all when used as a wildcard.

What should "$region(name)" add? How is it different than "$region"?

The project name is "somebody_acappella". This is the 9th region by number, and the region is named "honest_work".

Attached are two images that show what's seen in the render dialog. The resulting files are names as seen.
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Old 07-07-2021, 07:06 PM   #5
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Under the wildcards button, select "wildcard help."

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$marker(name) : marker name matching name=value
$region(name)  :  region name matching name=value
So if you have a region within the rendered time range named foo=bar, for example, $region(foo) will resolve to "bar".

A typical use would be to add several markers or regions with different identifiers, for example "sound=gunshot", "equipment=colt 45", "room=dry". Then you could use the wildcards $region(sound), $region(equipment), $region(room), which woudl resolve to "gunshot", "colt 45", and "dry" respectively.

If all you want is the full name of the region, just use the $region wildcard.
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Old 07-07-2021, 07:59 PM   #6
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I totally see what your are saying. This is definitely not a bug, and is in fact working as is should (confirmed).

I don't understand the usefulness of having this, so time for a short lesson if anyone wants to indulge.

1) We can "name" a region by entering text in the box labeled "Name". The "&region" wildcard will pull out whatever is in the Name Box.

2) We can create a label for a region by putting text in the format of "foo=bar" in the Name Box. The Wildcard "$region(foo)" will pull out "bar".

Are these correct?

Assuming yes, why would someone choose to do "2" instead of the much simpler "1"? What scenarios makes "2" better?

Reaper is full of all kinds of good useful stuff. This is a new one to me.
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Old 07-07-2021, 08:14 PM   #7
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It would be cool if the region could contain more x=y terms, possibly separated by ",", ";" or "|" characters.

Then it would make sense to name region like
region1: "equipment=moog | sound=bass"
region2: "equipment=moog | sound=pluck"
region3: "equipment=dx7 | sound=bell"

You could then render regions with name of your choice/need.
So e.g. $region(equipment) would name files by equipment, while for another application the $region(sound) would name them by sound type. (Or use both if needed).
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Assuming yes, why would someone choose to do "2" instead of the much simpler "1"? What scenarios makes "2" better?
To let you create multiple identifier=value markers or regions and pull out the one you want with a wildcard, like this...

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A typical use would be to add several markers or regions with different identifiers, for example "sound=gunshot", "equipment=colt 45", "room=dry". Then you could use the wildcards $region(sound), $region(equipment), $region(room), which would resolve to "gunshot", "colt 45", and "dry" respectively.
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Old 07-09-2021, 01:37 PM   #9
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Thank you schwa for expanding markers and regions naming convention in v6.32+dev0709 which allows multiple terms being used within one marker/region as suggested above.
Amazing

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v6.32+dev0709 - July 9 2021
+ Wildcards: support marker/region names consisting of separated name=value pairs using $marker(name)[separator] and $region(name)[separator] (see wildcard help)
For reference I'm pasting here a part of help info from render window dealing with these wildcards:
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With a project marker named "first=john;last=doe" :
$marker resolves to "first=john;last=doe"
$marker(first) resolves to "john;last=doe"
$marker(last) resolves to nothing
$marker(first)[;] resolves to "john"
$marker(last)[;] resolves to "doe"

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