Text
A string, which an expression can build out of anything else in the patch.
out
- Type name
signal:Text- Plane
signal- Tags
generatortext- Language
rust- Tier
native- Bundle
signal- Source
node-bundles/signal/Text.rs- Availability
- available
Slots
| Slot | Direction | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|
out | output | STRING |
Parameters
text
| Name | Type | Default | Range | Doc |
|---|---|---|---|---|
value | string | "" | The text to emit; in expression mode it is an f-string over the rest of the patch. |
common
| Name | Type | Default | Range | Doc |
|---|---|---|---|---|
autotrigger | bool | true | Run on the node's own schedule, instead of waiting for an input frame. Turn this on for sources; leave it off for transforms driven by their input. | |
max_frequency | float | 0 | 0 … 100 | Rate cap for this node, read through `frequency_mode`. 0 means uncapped — the node runs as often as the scheduler and its inputs allow. |
frequency_mode | string | updates_per_second | updates_per_second | seconds_per_update | How to read `max_frequency`: as a rate in Hz (updates per second), or as a period in seconds between updates — convenient for very slow nodes. |
Source
The current source of this node, as it stands in the goofi repository at node-bundles/signal/Text.rs.
//! Text — a string. With `value` in expression mode it is a full f-string over `nd()`, so a
//! number from anywhere in the patch becomes text here, with a Python format spec.
use goofi_core::{Data, Meta, SlotType};
use goofi_signal_sdk::{Inputs, Manifest, Node, NodeCtx, NodeResult, OutputDecl, Outputs, ParamDecl, Params, ParamSpec, Tag};
#[derive(Default)]
struct Text;
impl Node for Text {
fn process(
&mut self,
_inp: &Inputs<'_>,
out: &mut Outputs<'_>,
_c: &mut NodeCtx,
p: &Params<'_>,
) -> NodeResult {
let value = p.str("text", "value").unwrap_or("");
out.set("out", Data::string(value, Meta::new()));
Ok(())
}
}
static PARAMS: &[ParamDecl] = &[ParamDecl {
group: "text",
name: "value",
spec: ParamSpec::Str { default: "", options: &[], refresh: false },
expression: None,
doc: Some("The text to emit; in expression mode it is an f-string over the rest of the patch."),
}];
static OUTPUTS: &[OutputDecl] = &[OutputDecl { name: "out", kind: SlotType::String }];
static MANIFEST: Manifest = Manifest {
tags: &[Tag::Generator, Tag::Text],
doc: "A string, which an expression can build out of anything else in the patch.",
inputs: &[],
outputs: OUTPUTS,
params: PARAMS,
producer: true,
};
goofi_signal_sdk::export!(Text, MANIFEST);This reference describes goofi 3.1.0(537cd394), generated from a running instance on 2026-09-06.