Online canvas tool/editor to show proposed solutions in the answers (as Stackoverflow's code canvas)?

Reply to Online canvas tool/editor to show proposed solutions in the answers (as Stackoverflow's code canvas)? on Wed, 20 Nov 2019 17:32:26 GMT

TJ88 — Wed, 20 Nov 2019 17:32:26 GMT

Has anyone ever thought that it could be nice to be able to see solutions proposed by users without they use writing as follows?

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Can we discuss to develop a software engine that takes let user writes on a canvas his patch? The tool can take a *.pd file in input and translate him in a graphical version of the patch.
What do you think about it?

Reply to Online canvas tool/editor to show proposed solutions in the answers (as Stackoverflow's code canvas)? on Thu, 28 Nov 2019 22:39:09 GMT

jancsika — Thu, 28 Nov 2019 22:39:09 GMT

That would be great.

I've got some code in Purr Data that essentially does that-- each canvas window is just an svg. But most of the editor code is still handled in C.

But I think it's possible to develop a fully HTML5 editor/display engine in parallel to the current GUI. Then you could use it as a library to display editable patches in a web page (even with audio running in the background). It's the little details that make this a rather complex project-- e.g., what should happen in a web patch display if the user clicks on a subpatch?

Reply to Online canvas tool/editor to show proposed solutions in the answers (as Stackoverflow's code canvas)? on Thu, 28 Nov 2019 23:51:30 GMT

Jona — Thu, 28 Nov 2019 23:51:30 GMT

perhaps a screenshot is still more flexible to just show something graphical from a patch, but it would be really great if you could run audio and even edit a patch online. There could also be a method in the Pure Data menu like "save canvas to .png"
"...what should happen in a web patch display if the user clicks on a subpatch?"
perhaps it can popup another browser window? but i do not know if the main page/patch could communicate with a subpatch in another browser window and if it can "know" that there is a subpatch opened...

Reply to Online canvas tool/editor to show proposed solutions in the answers (as Stackoverflow's code canvas)? on Fri, 29 Nov 2019 01:16:32 GMT

Johnny Mauser — Fri, 29 Nov 2019 01:16:32 GMT

@Jona there is the possibility to "print" a patch as a post scipt document

Reply to Online canvas tool/editor to show proposed solutions in the answers (as Stackoverflow's code canvas)? on Fri, 29 Nov 2019 01:54:24 GMT

Jona — Fri, 29 Nov 2019 01:54:24 GMT

@Johnny Mauser that´s and good to know, obviously i overlooked it until now. would be nice if one could choose another format like jpg. or .pdf.