Hi, So this is my first post to the list.
back story: I'm running pd in Linux on a small wearable computer. I do not use a screen, mouse, or keyboard, just an arduino box with a button and some other doo dads to control patch loading / activation. I've successfully automated pd in Windows using a python windows testing library to grab widgets and send keys to applications, but the Gnome alternative cannot see tcl/tk widgets ... I'm better off running without a gui anyway. :P I've hacked a quick controller patch using the ;open message for a show, but that was only a temp fix as I have no way to close patches from within pd ... or is there? I do not want to have to open an entire set of patches at once as my machine only has 256 Mb of ram and, if I start using lots of samples, this could be a problem. So now I'm exec launching and SIGINT'ing pd in C : - lauch pd with the current patch and remember the process id - the patch contains an osc object to receive all of my controllers - sigint pd when I'm done (btw Whats the cleanest kill signal to send?) Now my questions are: - Is there a built in way to close an open pd patch from within pd ...? My thinking is that I can open pd with a small control patch that receives messages to open and close patches. - If not, has anyone made an automation object? Would anyone be interested if I attempted to write one? - Does having a built-in method to do this provide any advantage over my current solution of launching/killing pd? The advantage I have now is that I can monitor the running status of pd so if it crashes, which it has done when using the aforementioned temp hack, I can safely kill and restart on the current patch. Thanks! -- Dan Wilcox danomatika www.robotcowboy.com
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