[PD] Re: Multi dimensional [list]

[shift8]

as a side note, you can also get behaviour somewhat like this using
externals PDContainer and [pool]

http://grh.mur.at/software/pdcontainer.html
http://grrrr.org/ext/pool/


On Tue, 2006-12-26 at 11:53 +0100, Jiri Heitlager wrote:
> I recently joined this list and I doent have mail that go back further 
> then 21 th of december.
> Could you post the message maybe again.
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> >    1. Question newbie mulit-dim array (Jiri Heitlager)
> >    2. Multi dimensional [list] (Jiri Heitlager)
> >    3. Re: soundfiler (Frank Barknecht)
> >    4. Re: Multi dimensional [list] (Frank Barknecht)
> >    5. running pd as a cubase vsti (David McCarthy)
> >    6. reverse delay for live signal processing? (Kevin McCoy)
> >    7. Re: reverse delay for live signal processing? (Peter Plessas)
> >    8. Re: reverse delay for live signal processing? (Kevin McCoy)
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> > Message: 1
> > Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2006 13:57:51 +0100
> > From: Jiri Heitlager <jiri at z25.org>
> > Subject: [PD] Question newbie mulit-dim array
> > To: pd-list at iem.at
> > Message-ID: <458FCACF.6080200 at z25.org>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
> > 
> > hello list,
> > 
> > I am just starting to use Pd and have a lot to learn. I am currently 
> > trying to build a simple sequencer for controlling 8 speaker channels. I 
> > use qlist for this where each line is formatted like this.
> > <millisec> <target> <message>
> > 
> > as example a line is:
> > 
> > 1000 que [sp1 on] [sp2 off] [sp3 on]
> > 
> > I process this line and that all works fine.
> > 
> > 
> > Next thing I need to do is build some kind of system/interface that 
> > makes it possible for the user to actually record when a speaker is set 
> > on/off in time. To do this i want to create a timer that starts running 
> > when a speaker is turned on Pd needs to set a new line in the textfile 
> > that I use for the qlist. Problem is that each new line is added at the 
> > end of the file and evertime the user restarts the timer, all other data 
> > is lost.
> > So it seems that when recording, everything should be entered in an 
> > [list] this list needs to be sorted on the time entry.
> > Is this achivable in PD and do the real diehards out there think this is 
> > the way to go for me?
> > Does [list] have methods for sorting?
> > 
> > I hope all is clear.
> > 
> > Thanx and merry x-mas to all.
> > 
> > 
> > Jiri
> > 
> > 
> > 
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> > 
> > Message: 2
> > Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2006 15:43:43 +0100
> > From: Jiri Heitlager <jiri at z25.org>
> > Subject: [PD] Multi dimensional [list]
> > To: pd-list at iem.at
> > Message-ID: <458FE39F.1080403 at z25.org>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
> > 
> > Is it possible to create a [list] where each item is a [list]?
> > 
> > 
> > Thank you
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ------------------------------
> > 
> > Message: 3
> > Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2006 15:47:58 +0100
> > From: Frank Barknecht <fbar at footils.org>
> > Subject: Re: [PD] soundfiler
> > To: pd-list at iem.at
> > Message-ID: <20061225144758.GE25596 at fliwatut.scifi>
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> > 
> > Hallo,
> > europa989 at aol.com hat gesagt: // europa989 at aol.com wrote:
> > 
> >> Hi, like sent a message to soundfiler: [read -resize C:\Documents
> >> and Settings\myname\folder\folder\filename.aif tablename]. I forgot
> >> which way slashes go after C: and stuff. This is on PC, windows. K.
> >> then there's a table object. I think that's what they're called,
> >> like where there is a table in the subpatch of the object. I think i
> >> called the table [table tablename 2040]. There's an error that I
> >> believe "Documents and Settings" causes. Windows produces a "don't
> >> change this foldername" alert if you try to change it to
> >> "Documents_and_Settings". With a different soundfiler object and
> >> messages to open up browsers to get the "filename.aif", the
> >> "filename.aif" successfully loads to the "tablename" table. A
> >> solution without opening browser window is preferable. Over and out
> > 
> > The most simple solution is to move the soundfiles to a directory
> > without spaces in its path name.
> > 
> > If this isn't possible, you need to get the space back into the list
> > message that is coming from the message box which stores your
> > space-polluted filename. Attached patch shows one possible way to
> > achieve this using the [list-l2s] abstraction from the [list]-abs
> > collection (also attached). The trick is to use [makefilename %c] to
> > generate symbols from their ASCII values. Sending a "32" into this
> > will let [makefilename] send a symbol-message whose data is the "
> > "-SPACE symbol.
> > 
> > [list-l2s] then concatenates every element in an incoming list using
> > this SPACE-symbol into a single symbol. So the three-element message: 
> > 
> >  1.           2.  3.
> > "C:/Documents and Settings/myname/folder/folder/filename.aif" 
> > 
> > will become a one-element symbol:
> > 
> >         1.
> > "symbol C:/Documents\ and\ Settings/myname/folder/folder/filename.aif"
> > 
> > Here "\ " is meant to indicate the SPACE-symbol. You need to do this
> > *before* you build the final "read -resize ..." message of course, so
> > you use [read -resize $1 TABLENAME( afterwards.
> > 
> > As you see this is slightly complicated so again I'd suggest to just
> > move your files areound and avoid spaces in filenames generally like
> > the elders did.
> > 
> > Ciao
> 
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