I wanted to ask the following:
- is there any "compatibility library" between pd and max? If so, maybe I
wouldn't have to try to design the abstractions myself, since they would be already made.
- there are some irregularities in pd's pat format (at least if you try to
open it with max 4). Those can be fixed with a simple text editor and the "replace text" feature. I'm trying to see which should be substitued (like osc~ for cycle~), but would like to know if somebody has also made something similar.
- since I'm not a programmer, I would like to know if the (eventually)
resulting "file fixes" would be of interest for anybody that would like to make a kind of script, so that all the changes could be automatically made (and again ask if hasn't anybody made it so far). Since it is only something like "search"->"find"->"replace", I imagine it is not complicated.
these routines may be performed by `special` pd objekts/plugins - which pd loads at startup or when prompted. these should be regular pd objekts [preferred = pd patches] but that pd also recognizes as import/diktionary plugins
pd should kall the appropriate importer when one selects to load a patch with a translator - much as other programs do. [there are other places where this should be available and the entire pd requires a lovely redesign but i do not work for intel nor cycling74 thievery inc - am director of leaves + petals at steim however _ which may be of consequence for select kr!!!!ketz]
the plugin -
define a compatibility/diktionary file format [text format so that one may easily modify + misuse it] which the plugins load automatically at startup _and when prompted [no more xy rigidity nonsense svp]
pd should be able to import with _multiple plugins simult [hence it is lovelier if the import plugins are patches (one could construct custom versions as desired. likewise _one import plugin could be fabricated out of multiple objekts]
am working on something vis a vis this but don't mind me. i have different motives + desires. e.g. should <-> may ~74
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