hey simon... yeah thats an awesome way to do it. i hadnt thought of that.. ill give it a shot!
right now i successfully have iChat sending keystroke commands to pd via applescript - not very complex. the pdsend/netrecive stuff would really help to send more complicated messages... thanks! mark --- On Thu, 11/20/08, Simon Wise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Simon Wise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [PD] iChat / SMS -> PD > To: "PD list" <pd-list@iem.at> > Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008, 9:10 PM > On 21 Nov 2008, at 2:03 AM, mark edward grimm wrote: > > > Hey thanks for the tip! looks like some interesting > stuff.... > > > > unfortunately might not be too helpful for me. im > thinking iChat > > will have to be used because im on a computer that is > multipurpose > > and should not be altered too much. ichat comes > standard with OSX.... > > > > just thinking... iChat can run custom applescripts > now. is there a > > way to send PD messages via applescript? that would > work i think... > > probably with [key] plus something like this: > > > > set keyCode to "£" > > tell application "System Events" > > if UI elements enabled then > > keystroke keyCode > > end if > > end tell > > > > ..but i wonder if there is a way to send pd messages > directly from > > applescript? > > an OSX way of doing command line ... > > make a little script (using echo and pdsend perhaps) and > put it in an > executable text file > then run that in your Applescript > > you will find pdsend at > /path/to/pd/Pd.app/Contents/Resources/bin/pdsend > > > then use [netreceive] in Pd to listen to the messages > > > simon > _______________________________________________ > Pd-list@iem.at mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list _______________________________________________ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list