This would be an awesome project for someone to take on. From my point of view, I think the most fruitful place to start is not the .pd text file format, but the visual rendering of that text file. It is how the Pd patch looks that is meaningful, so I think that rendering an image of each patch/subpatch then using some kind of visual diff would be a good place to start.
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On Sat, 2010-08-14 at 00:00 +0100, Pedro Lopes wrote:
The day we have meaningful diffs, we can systematise the >evolution
of pd help file translations, as mistakes are >corrected, as details are explained, and as new features are >added.
Nicely pointed Mathieu, I agreed. Although it is not trivial, its definitely a matter that should be addressed to allow a "better" evolution of pd as a community/open driven language.
How could pd's file structure could be easily changed to being more "diffable"? Have you organized any thoughts on that? (a quick self-mental exercise shows me that it would require major changes, or can we see conversely on a different "diff" process?)
best regards, Pedro
On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 11:39 PM, Mathieu Bouchard matju@artengine.ca wrote: The day we have meaningful diffs, we can systematise the evolution of pd help file translations, as mistakes are corrected, as details are explained, and as new features are added.
-- Pedro Lopes (ongoing MSc) contact: pedro.lopes@ist.utl.pt website: http://web.ist.utl.pt/Pedro.Lopes
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