[PD] directories in PD

[devnull]

thanks, I'm running win 32 and have been meaning to learn some python,
so this sounds like the best solution for me :)

though I may try to compile that playlist external as well...
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On Tue, 8 Apr 2003 d.casal at uea.ac.uk wrote:

> Josh Steiner wrote:
> > i'm not too sure if there are other easier ways, but you could get a
> > directory listing using the [shell] object (i think from GGEE) if you
> > happen to be running linux, im not sure it exists for windows (it may)
>
> > devnull wrote:
> >> there's a command/external that lets me work with directories? the goal
> >> would be some batch/automatic loading of multiple sound files.
>
> This is probably -not- the easiest way, but perhaps a good idea if you
> want a lot a flexibility as to what you do with directory listings
> later on...use Grill's pyext, write a python script:
>
> import pyext
>
> class dir(pyext._class):
>
>         _inlets=1
>         _outlets=1
>
>         def bang_1(self):
>                 import dircache
>                 a=dircache.listdir('/usr/local/pd') #change to whatever
> sound dir
>                 self._outlet(1,a)
>
> Then load with [pyext nameofscript nameofclass] ...should work in
> whatever platform you have pd/pyext. Example above is just a bang
> method, but read grill/py/scripts in the CVS tree (or downloaded
> tarball), the simple.py script explains how pyext works and how to
> write for it...
>
> D
>
> David Casal
>
> e:  d.casal at uea.ac.uk
>
> w:  ariada.uea.ac.uk/~dcasal
>
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