Frank Barknecht wrote: > Hallo, > robcanning hat gesagt: // robcanning wrote: > > >> well my programming skills don't really extend far pass writing the odd >> bash script but yes, writing an objectclass would be ideal (you mean a >> pd objectclass?) any pointers on where to start with this using python? >> > > Unless you already have pyext installed, I think installing the Lua > loader is a bit easier. You need to check it out from the subversion > repo at goto10, install the lua5.1-dev packages for your distro, then > on Linux a simple "make" should compile it. Load it with "-lib lua". > > Learning Lua or Python is useful in other contexts as well, and > actually it's not that hard to turn that knowledge into a Pd object > class. You may want to start at http://lua-users.org/wiki/LuaTutorial > > IMO writing shell scripts is harder than writing Lua/Python scripts. > > The general structure for both Python and Lua Pd classes is very > simple. I attached a quickie demonstrating this for Lua: "ltxt" is a > kind of simplified "coll" or "textfile", where you can store data > under float and symbol keys and look it up again. Starting with that > it's easy to extend this with methods to search for keys, sort the > data storage array etc, delete data where keys match a certain pattern > etc. The example is more meant to illustrate the general structure of > a Lua Pd class than as a real object to use. > > Ciao > > frank this is great! - thanks so much - i'll have a proper look at it and let you know how i get on with it. i know i really need to learn some programming outside pd - i just never know where to start - so many choices! - maybe i will just get stuck into this lua/python stuff thanks rob c
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