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

From: Till Bovermann <tboverma_at_techfak.uni-bielefeld.de>
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 12:36:14 +0200

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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