[PD-dev] [ pure-data-Feature Requests-3531000 ] Proposal for an alternative file format

2012-06-02 Thread s p
So, ... moving the discussion here from sourceforge's tracker : @Sébastien will you write a .json - .pd converter too? Rich, notice the double arrow .json - .pd ;) the proposal is for a new, easier to read / parse, format for existing patches. This facilities writing/reading patches in other

Re: [PD-dev] [ pure-data-Feature Requests-3531000 ] Proposal for an alternative file format

2012-06-02 Thread yvan volochine
On 06/02/2012 07:50 PM, s p wrote: So, ... moving the discussion here from sourceforge's tracker : @Sébastien will you write a .json - .pd converter too? Rich, notice the double arrow .json- .pd ;) the proposal is for a new, easier to read / parse, format for existing patches. This

Re: [PD-dev] Proposal for an alternative file format (WAS: pure-data-Feature Requests-3531000)

2012-06-02 Thread Rich E
(This was on the sourceforge feature requests, I'm taking the liberty to move it directly to pd-dev) Initial Comment: Hi all ! With several people from *libpd* and other *pd* offsprings, we have been thinking that it would be great to have an alternative format for pd files (see:

Re: [PD-dev] [ pure-data-Feature Requests-3531000 ] Proposal for an alternative file format

2012-06-02 Thread Rich E
(from Sébastien:) We were thinking that a simple JSON file would save a lot of trouble : - it has a nested structure, which allows for much clearer, even human-readable format. ex : [ {class: obj, id: 0, type: osc~, args: [440]}, {class: obj, id: 1, type: dac~}, {class: connect,