ChucK uses an interesting syntax to pass arguments to programs that we could consider borrowing:
chuck myprog.ck:23:anotherArg myprog2.ck:42
that in our case would be:
pd mypatch.pd:23:anotherArg mypatch2.pd:42
Actually, I've thought if we could use a semicolon to seperate patch from arguments:
pd -open "mypatch1.pd; 1 2 3" -open "mypatch2; foo bar"
Unfortunately, semicolons are not really reserved characters for filenames, neither on Windows, nor on Linux/macOS, but their use is certainly discouraged.
On the other hand, colons are forbidden characters on Windows and macOS, but not on Linux. This means they are not 100% safe, but maybe better than semicolons. On Pd we don't need to delimit every argument (because arguments are already delimited by spaces), so a single colon between patch name and arguments would be sufficient:
pd -open "mypatch1.pd: 1 2 3" -open "mypatch2: foo bar"
Personally, I like this more than using "stateful" command options like "-args".
Christof
On 09.06.2020 11:13, Mario Buoninfante wrote:
ChucK uses an interesting syntax to pass arguments to programs that we could consider borrowing:
chuck myprog.ck:23:anotherArg myprog2.ck:42 http://myprog2.ck:42
that in our case would be:
pd mypatch.pd:23:anotherArg mypatch2.pd:42
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