<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br></div><div>I just made [getfilenames] which I think it much easier to use than [folder_list]. Its not released in any form yet, its just in SVN:</div><div><br></div><div>svn co <a href="https://pure-data.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/pure-data/trunk/externals/ezfile">https://pure-data.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/pure-data/trunk/externals/ezfile</a></div><div>cd ezfile</div><div>make</div><div><br></div><div>Its the first in a library called 'ezfile' that aims to be a complete collection of easy-to-use objects for doing things with filenames.</div><div><br></div><div>.hc</div><br><div><div>On Jun 24, 2010, at 4:24 PM, Jonathan Wilkes wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">There's [folder_list] in hcs. If you look at its help patch I think you'll see it</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">does what you want.<br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">-Jonathan</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br> </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">From:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Kim Cascone <<a href="mailto:kim@anechoicmedia.com">kim@anechoicmedia.com</a>><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">To:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>"<a href="mailto:ydegoyon@gmail.com">ydegoyon@gmail.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:ydegoyon@gmail.com">ydegoyon@gmail.com</a>><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Cc:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>pd-list <<a href="mailto:pd-list@iem.at">pd-list@iem.at</a>><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Sent:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thu, June 24, 2010 4:14:09 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Subject:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [PD] [folder] external?<br></font><br><a href="mailto:ydegoyon@gmail.com" ymailto="mailto:ydegoyon@gmail.com">ydegoyon@gmail.com</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>wrote:<br>> Kim Cascone wrote:<br>>> I'm looking for a way to read the names of files in a folder<br>>> as well as filter for types<br>>> (I know I can also build the plumbing to pattern match too)<br>>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>>> is there a Pd object or abstraction that serves a similar function as the [folder] external in Max/MSP?<br>>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>>> note: I played around with the [playlist] external which is *very* nice but not sure it allows me to filter for file types...?<br>> it does filter on extensions if you edit the properties,<br>ah! ok I found it...thanks :)<br>can I send it multiple filetypes too? or is the properties field the only way to filter?<br>> but it has a buguito ::<br>> if you enter extension .pd it will also show you .pd_linux<br>> ( it's a simple strstr )..<br>OK if I understand correctly: it can't distinguish between a patch and an external?<br>is there a fix coming soon? just curious<br>again -- very nice work on this external!<br>>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>>> any/all help is very appreciated :)<br>>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>>> _______________________________________________<br>>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:Pd-list@iem.at" ymailto="mailto:Pd-list@iem.at">Pd-list@iem.at</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>mailing list<br>>> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list">http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list</a><br>>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br><a href="mailto:Pd-list@iem.at" ymailto="mailto:Pd-list@iem.at">Pd-list@iem.at</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>mailing list<br>UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list" target="_blank">http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list</a><br></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br><a href="mailto:Pd-list@iem.at">Pd-list@iem.at</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>mailing list<br>UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list">http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list</a><br></div></span></blockquote></div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div>----------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div>Mistrust authority - promote decentralization. - the hacker ethic</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span> </div><br></body></html>