New cycle-commands syntax error with sharp sign about mpv-scripts HOT 7 CLOSED

Thanx! I had even guessed what the new command would be by myself ;) Your new syntax is indeed much easier to read!

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Try putting a backslash \ before the sharp.

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If that doesn't work add spaces outside each double quotation mark.

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Ok, I figured out the issue, sharp is the character used for comments, so we need to encapsulate it within a string. If there are characters adjacent to the outside quotation mark then the string won't be encapsulated, so we need spaces around the quotes.

However, that is not the only issue, JSON syntax requires the double quotes to be part of the actual string, but by properly encapsulating the string the double quotes will be removed, hence we need to put the quotes inside the quotation marks as well, which requires an escape character.

This should work:
V script-message cycle-commands [ [["set","sub-font","Sans"],["set","sub-color", "\"#FFFF00\"" ]] , [["set","sub-font","Sans"],["set","sub-color", "\"#000000\"" ]] ]

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This is a bit annoying, but should only happen with a very limited number of special characters. Still, I may need to put this into the documentation, thanks for bringing it to my attention.

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3314e34 added new documentation.

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Gonna leave this here in case anyone finds this:

Under the new syntax I just moved to the command would be:

V script-message cycle-commands "set sub-font Sans ; set sub-color \"#FFFF00\"" "set sub-font Sans ; set sub-color \"#000000\""

Strings with Hashes in them still need quotation marks around them

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