[PD] Edit Pd file to change coordinates. pdlua or other language?

[Dan Wilcox]

If it’s a tcl script, maybe it can be run from a tcl gui plugin form within pd?

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Dan Wilcox
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> On Mar 24, 2016, at 5:00 AM, pd-list-request at lists.iem.at wrote:
> 
> Hi Fred,
> 
> I did some testing today when I had some more time. It works great, and if  
> I use it in a command like xxxx > new.pd, I get the new patch out of it.
> 
> If I may, I would ask for a small improvement: it would be great if the  
> processing would be done in the opposite way; that is, all lines with #X  
> obj are processed, *except* the ones given as arguments. I can also work  
> with the version you sent me, but for the exercises I'm thinking about,  
> only an exception of lines will be kept in the original way.
> 
> I tried to do it myself, but quickly I came to the conclusion that my lack  
> of experience with scripting languages doesn't really help me.
> 
> Thanks a lot,
> 
> Joao
> 
> 
>> Hi João,
>> 
>> It appeared to be a simple program in Tcl, which you should have, as it
>> comes with Pd.
>> The usage is: tclsh changeCoords.tcl patchName xcoord ycoord line1
>> ?line2? ...
>> lineN arguments may be a number or a range, like 12-15.
>> 
>> The patch is currently dumped to the console. Only minimal checking is  
>> done.
>> 
>> If you remove the #'s for the puts "..." lines, you can see some interim
>> results (which will ruin the patch format).
>> 
>> Greetings,
>> 
>> Fred Jan

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