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diff --git a/Readme.txt b/Readme.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..62f9547 --- /dev/null +++ b/Readme.txt @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +pdoctave: + +pd-octave shall be an interface to octave, mainly in order to access octaves command-line functionality and enourmous function space. + +This idea was started approximately in February 2005. + +I want to appologize for the limited flexibility of the code at the moment. +That's why the use of this external is only recommended to developers. + +This code collection consists of four pd-objects: + +1. pdoctave: an object that calls octave and holds a pipe to its std in. this pipe can be acessed through the other pd-objects. + +2. pd-command: sending commands (strings) to the octave command line +3. pd-send: creating variables on the octave workspace +4. pd-get: calling back variables from the octave workspace + +In order to communicate with octave, there are two .cc files that are compiled in octave external language (mkoctfile) +5. read_shared_mem.cc +6. write_shared_mem.cc + +The variables use a common header format with access functions and definitions in +7. pdoctave-dataframe.c/h +8. pdoctave-datatype.h + + +Franz Zotter 22.Feb 2006 +(Feb 2005) + |