[PD-dev] extending the .pd format
smoerk
smoerk at gmx.de
Thu Mar 25 02:33:17 CET 2004
Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
> Because the file format is the same as the pd message format. So you
> would lose the "Pure Data"ness of Pd by having the file format different
> than pd messages. I suppose you could make pd messages also be XML, but
> that would take away the simplicity.
okay, that makes sense. i find the .pd files hard to read and i thought
it makes more sense to store the patches in a more common format. but if
this makes things more complicated, it's a stupid idea...
> On Wednesday, Mar 24, 2004, at 11:11 America/New_York, smoerk wrote:
>
>> why not drop the old format and use something like XML?
>>
>> Mathieu Bouchard wrote:
>>
>>> Hi, I would need some input on extending the .pd format. I would also
>>> like
>>> that some modifications get made to Pd to support extensibility. Here's
>>> the plan for now:
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