[PD] text based pd patching

Martin Peach martin.peach at sympatico.ca
Mon Jan 7 17:36:27 CET 2008


You could cross wires with + :

|  |
|  |
   |
*-+-------*
   |       |
   |       |
.--x-------x-.
| metro 1 |
`--x----------'
    |

Martin



alex wrote:
>Here's a way of PD patching in plaintext:
>
>     *------------------------*
>     |           .--------.    \
>   .-x--------.  | osc~ 5 |     *
>   | osc~ 500 |  `-x------'     |
>   `-x--------'    |            |
>     |           .-x------.     |
>     |           | *~ 300 |     |
>     |           `-x------'     |
>     *---*         |            |
>         |         *------------*
>       .-x------.
>       | *~ 0.2 |
>       `-x------'
>         |
>         *
>         |\
>         | *
>         | |
>       .-x-x--.
>       | dac~ |
>       `------'
>   http://doc.gold.ac.uk/~ma503am/alex/textual-patching/
>
>You can define pd objects and connect them together with ASCII syntax.
>Layout is preserved as well.  Much like in ghostbusters, you can't cross
>the lines, and there isn't syntax for different box types (messages and
>numbers).  Fixing this would be short work, but I ran out of train
>journey :)
>
>There is a particular syntax for drawing the lines.  You use - for going
>left and right, | for going up and down and \ and / for going
>diagonally.  To change direction or fork a wire you have to place a * .
>Mark inlets and outlets with x .
>
>alex
>
>
>
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