[PD] Sending data from PD to another program

[IOhannes m zmoelnig]

Jared wrote:

> I know PD can do visual output through Gem, but in exploring Gem I
> couldn't figure out an easy way to have the branching paths work,
> whereas branching paths in PowerPoint or in a homemade program could be
> relatively easy. Likewise, through searching the email archive, most of
> the information I could find on communication between PD and other
> programs was on sending data *to* PD, rather than *from* PD. If there's
> a thread in the archive or a manual/guide explaning what I'm looking
> for, I'd be happy to read through it if someone points me in the right
> direction.
> 

well [netsend] will send the data over a _very_ simple protocol (FUDI),
which is just plain-text; so you could easily parse it in your homemade
application.

if you don't care to write the server-code, you can use the "pdreceive"
application which will get the data from [netsend] and then pipe it into
your program.

mfgasdr.
IOhannes


PS: and i do think that it is trivial to do what you want with Gem,...