package provide pd_connect 0.1 namespace eval ::pd_connect:: { variable pd_socket namespace export to_pd namespace export create_socket namespace export pdsend } proc ::pd_connect::configure_socket {sock} { fconfigure $sock -blocking 0 -buffering line -encoding utf-8; fileevent $sock readable {::pd_connect::pd_readsocket ""} } # if pd opens first, it starts pd-gui, then pd-gui connects to the port pd sent proc ::pd_connect::to_pd {port} { # puts "::pd_connect::to_pd" variable pd_socket # puts stderr "Connecting to localhost $port ..." if {[catch {set pd_socket [socket localhost $port]}]} { puts stderr "WARNING: connect to pd failed, retrying port $port." after 1000 ::pd_connect::to_pd $port return } ::pd_connect::configure_socket $pd_socket } # if pd-gui opens first, it creates socket and requests a port. The function # then returns the portnumber it receives. pd then connects to that port. proc ::pd_connect::create_socket {} { if {[catch {set sock [socket -server ::pd_connect::from_pd -myaddr localhost 0]}]} { puts stderr "ERROR: failed to allocate port, exiting!" exit 3 } return [lindex [fconfigure $sock -sockname] 2] } proc ::pd_connect::from_pd {channel clientaddr clientport} { puts "::pd_connect::from_pd" variable pd_socket $channel puts "Connection from $clientaddr:$clientport registered" ::pd_connect::configure_socket $pd_socket } # send a pd/FUDI message from Tcl to Pd. This function aims to behave like a # [; message( in Pd. Basically, whatever is in quotes after the proc name # will be sent as if it was sent from a message box with a leading semi-colon proc ::pd_connect::pdsend {message} { variable pd_socket append message \; if {[catch {puts $pd_socket $message} errorname]} { puts stderr "pdsend errorname: >>$errorname<<" error "Not connected to 'pd' process" } } proc ::pd_connect::pd_readsocket {cmd_from_pd} { variable pd_socket if {[eof $pd_socket]} { # if we lose the socket connection, that means pd quit, so we quit close $pd_socket exit } append cmd_from_pd [read $pd_socket] while {![info complete $cmd_from_pd] || \ [string index $cmd_from_pd end] != "\n"} { append cmd_from_pd [read $pd_socket] if {[eof $pd_socket]} { close $pd_socket exit } } # puts stderr [concat CMD: $cmd_from_pd :CMD] if {[catch {uplevel #0 $cmd_from_pd} errorname]} { global errorInfo puts stderr "errorname: >>$errorname<<" switch -regexp -- $errorname { "missing close-brace" { # TODO consider using [info complete $cmd_from_pd] in a loop pd_readsocket $cmd_from_pd } "^invalid command name" { puts stderr "INVALID COMMAND NAME: $errorInfo" } default { puts stderr "UNHANDLED ERROR: $errorInfo" } } } }