[PD] launching PD from python (again)

[altern]

hi miller

it works on XP... funny. is there any special reason to have to pass pd 
as first argument? i am curious now.

i havent tested it yet on OSX, I will try tomorrow.

many thanks!

enrike


Miller Puckette escribió:
> I think I figured this out... the first argument in the list should be the
> name of the program.  So try:
> 
> import os
> args = 'C:\\Program Files\\pd\\bin\\pd.exe', '-nogui', 'mypatch.pd'
> os.spawnv(os.P_NOWAIT, 'C:\\Program Files\\pd\\bin\\pd.exe', args)
> 
> (I tried running pd from python on my linux system and debugged the
> problem by replacing pd with /bin/echo.  Linux highly recommended :)
> 
> cheers
> Miller
> 
> On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 10:57:43PM -0700, altern wrote:
>> hi
>>
>> Few months ago i was asking about how to launch pd from python, at that 
>> time i was getting some weird error i couldnt solve. I finally found 
>> what was wrong (forgot to pass the path to pd with \\ ) but now i have 
>> another issue to solve.
>>
>> Basically i am using this code to load PD and open a patch
>>
>> import os
>> args = '-nogui', 'mypatch.pd' # this is a tupple with the arguments for 
>> pd, the last is the file to open
>> os.spawnv(os.P_NOWAIT, 'C:\\Program Files\\pd\\bin\\pd.exe', args)
>>
>> It opens pd and the patch fine. But the -nogui doesnt work. I tried with 
>> other flags like -noaudio and this time they do work. I am wondering if 
>> this has anything to do with the pd console or something like that. 
>> Maybe it doesnt like being launched from python? As a test  I explored 
>> this other method:
>>
>> os.startfile(run.bat)
>>
>> where the run.bat contains the comand
>> pd -nogui mypatch.pd
>>
>> this works fine running pd as process only, but the console of the .bat 
>> stays open and i am trying to avoid any kind of window, i want PD to be 
>> invisible.
>>
>> I am testing it on windows XP at the moment but I want to use a 
>> crossplatform method, this is another reason to avoid the .bat
>>
>> any one has some ideas about how to get this running as i need?
>>
>> many thanks
>>
>> enrike
>>
>>
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