Re: Io as livecode envir; was:Re: [livecode] more new members

From: James Baker <cycle.code.media_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:46:31 +1000

oscpack seems good, as for gui toolkits and osx how about wxwidgets -
that runs just about everywhere and is pretty easy to understand.

james

On 4/25/06, Till Bovermann <tboverma_at_techfak.uni-bielefeld.de> wrote:
>
> On 25 Apr 2006, at 03:06, James Baker wrote:
>
> > Well seeing as Io comes with socket support out of the box a
> > rudimentary OSC implementation shouldn't be too taxing. Mind you, I'm
> > not comfortable enough with the language yet to do so.
>
> Me neither...
> But I've seen that it should be easy to include native (c++) code as
> a primitive...
> why not using oscpack?
>
> regards
> Till
>
>
> >
> > I think that aiming for a GUI client that is as equipped as sc3's may
> > be raising the bar a little high to begin with, but building a
> > simplistic GUI with a syntax equipped code editor should also be well
> > within the realms of possibility. Perhaps adding an Io lexer to the
> > scintilla widget and going from there ?
> >
> > James
>
> sounds interesting, but could we find something which runs natively
> on osx?
> I think the gtk+ osx port is still not available in a working version...
>
> Till
>
> >
> > On 4/25/06, Till Bovermann <tboverma_at_techfak.uni-bielefeld.de> wrote:
> >> Yeah, definitely, but... I havn't seen a proper environment for doing
> >> so...
> >> something like the language frontend as seen at SuperCollider would
> >> fit nice...
> >> Also there is currently no OSC communication possible...
> >>
> >> Till
> >>
> >> On 24 Apr 2006, at 15:35, James Baker wrote:
> >>
> >>> I'm totally with you on the Io front Steve, been keeping tabs on
> >>> that
> >>> lately since I accidently stumbled across it. Io + on-fly would
> >>> be an
> >>> excellent combination.
> >>>
> >>> James
> >>>
> >>> On 4/24/06, Steve McConville <mcconville.steve_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>> Hi all- I mostly work with python and CSound, and entirely in Free
> >>>> software. My interest in livecoding stems from the fact that all my
> >>>> pieces are algorithmic and generated, and I'd like more performance
> >>>> possibilities than 'pressing play' or using different random
> >>>> seeds. I
> >>>> think it all comes down to being a computer geek and wanting to
> >>>> be a
> >>>> rock & roll star too :)
> >>>>
> >>>> I was working on a livecoding environment, but have now
> >>>> abandoned the
> >>>> design as absurdly clunky. Instead I'm hoping to finish some
> >>>> libraries
> >>>> from that project and hopefully knit something together once I've
> >>>> properly figured out the CSound5 API and python bindings. I'm also
> >>>> interested in Io and OSC. I think, even moreso than python, that
> >>>> Io is
> >>>> an ideal language for on-the-fly programming.
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> steev();
> >>>> http://www.ruccas.org/index.php?Mal-0x
> >>>>
> >>
> >>
>
>
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