thisconnect/port

Port is an Node.js module to communicate and control Pd (Pure Data)

port's Issues

allow setOptions multiple times

deprecate flags array and dash prefix

only allow flags object

Very slow with arrays

This project is incredible. It really helps me with my PhD dissertation. Is there any more intent to work on it? There seems to be a data transmission between puredata and javascript through stderr text, which seems to be very slow. Is there a way to pass the data directly into PD so that it is faster? I might be misinterpreting the documentation.

Thanks,
Nakul

node v0.10.0

node tests/run.js

Starting Tests..

Port create (6 Tests):
 - should create a Pd process with -nogui flag and receive data from [print]... Passed (4/4).
 - should create and destroy 20 times in a row... Passed (20/20).
 - should create a Pd process with -stderr flag and receive data from [print]... Passed (8/8).
 - should send a message to Pd using the -send flag... Passed (2/2).
 - should send a long message to Pd using the -send flag... Passed (1/1).
 - should send many messages to Pd using the -send flag... Passed (2/2).
End Port create: Passed (Passes: 6, Failures: 0).

Port connection (11 Tests):
 - should expose 2 sockets for [netsend] and [netreceive]... connections property is deprecated. Use getConnections() method
Passed (3/3).
 - should echo messages sent to Pd... Passed (5/5).
 - should pass the raw buffer object if no encoding is specified... connections property is deprecated. Use getConnections() method
Passed (2/2).
 - should connect to two Pd instances in parallel... connections property is deprecated. Use getConnections() method
Passed (3/3).
 - should establish a oneway sending connection... connections property is deprecated. Use getConnections() method
connections property is deprecated. Use getConnections() method
Passed (3/3).
 - should establish a oneway receiving connection... Passed (4/4).
 - should receive data from 2 [netsend] objects... connections property is deprecated. Use getConnections() method
connections property is deprecated. Use getConnections() method
Passed (3/3).
 - should limit the incoming connections to 1... connections property is deprecated. Use getConnections() method
Passed (3/3).
 - should create and destroy a one way connection 16 times in a row... connections property is deprecated. Use getConnections() method
connections property is deprecated. Use getConnections() method
connections property is deprecated. Use getConnections() method
connections property is deprecated. Use getConnections() method
connections property is deprecated. Use getConnections() method
connections property is deprecated. Use getConnections() method
connections property is deprecated. Use getConnections() method
connections property is deprecated. Use getConnections() method
connections property is deprecated. Use getConnections() method
connections property is deprecated. Use getConnections() method
connections property is deprecated. Use getConnections() method
connections property is deprecated. Use getConnections() method
connections property is deprecated. Use getConnections() method
connections property is deprecated. Use getConnections() method
connections property is deprecated. Use getConnections() method
Passed (32/32).
 - should allow to connect to a manually spawned Pd process... connections property is deprecated. Use getConnections() method
Passed (2/2).
 - should dismiss invalid write data... connections property is deprecated. Use getConnections() method
Passed (2/2).
End Port connection: Passed (Passes: 11, Failures: 0).

Port Events (2 Tests):
 - should test the scope of all event callbacks... connections property is deprecated. Use getConnections() method
connections property is deprecated. Use getConnections() method
Passed (14/14).
 - should create, write and destroy 20 times... connections property is deprecated. Use getConnections() method
connections property is deprecated. Use getConnections() method
connections property is deprecated. Use getConnections() method
connections property is deprecated. Use getConnections() method
connections property is deprecated. Use getConnections() method
connections property is deprecated. Use getConnections() method
connections property is deprecated. Use getConnections() method
connections property is deprecated. Use getConnections() method
connections property is deprecated. Use getConnections() method
connections property is deprecated. Use getConnections() method
connections property is deprecated. Use getConnections() method
connections property is deprecated. Use getConnections() method
connections property is deprecated. Use getConnections() method
connections property is deprecated. Use getConnections() method
connections property is deprecated. Use getConnections() method
connections property is deprecated. Use getConnections() method
connections property is deprecated. Use getConnections() method
connections property is deprecated. Use getConnections() method
connections property is deprecated. Use getConnections() method
connections property is deprecated. Use getConnections() method
Passed (40/40).
End Port Events: Passed (Passes: 2, Failures: 0).

Tests Finished: Passed (Passed: 19, Failed: 0)

change tests to use tape

add Port.isRunning() or Port.hasSpawned()

confusing similar user/repo

similar name https://github.com/disconnectme/port :)

Building pd with gyp?

I guess most people using Pd on OS X use millers pre build app or Pd-extended. Assumed that Pd is available on cli on linux. Not sure about how people use Pd on windows. It is currently configurable which pd should be used

port/port.js

Lines 23 to 25 in 812cb52

	pd: (('darwin' == process.platform)
	? '/Applications/Pd-0.45-5-64bit.app/Contents/Resources/bin/pd'
	: 'pd'),

Personally I build Pd with something like this: https://gist.github.com/thisconnect/1971808 (it's a bit out of date).

Should the pd binary be installed and put into port/bin/pd on npm install?

turn flags object into array

current flags option:

flags: ['-foo', '-bar', 'baz', '-bar', 'booz']

proposed:

flags: {
  'foo': true
  , 'bar': ['baz', 'booz']
}

see also thisconnect/source@c72826f

tests failing on node v0.10.20

new option basepath

use basepath to automatically prefix -path flags

use mocha for testing

https://npmjs.org/package/mocha

package name already taken

https://npmjs.org/package/station

example/manipulation needs [email protected]

breaks with latest socket.io ('Transport Unknown' error).

Works with 'npm install [email protected]'

Nevertheless: awesome module

pd 0.45 allows to set netreceive port dynamically

add debug option

flags object bug with non-boolean properties

{
    '-path': __dirname,
    '-open': 'test-loadbang.pd'
}