Hi,

I saw once in Max/Msp, people can export their patches in text format then re-import it in Max.

I'm pretty sure that in PD, we can do it too, but how?

For example, I have this copied from obiwannabe site;

#N canvas 0 0 401 227 10;
#X obj 17 69 metro 300;
#X obj 17 93 random 24;
#X obj 17 116 + 48;
#X floatatom 35 141 5 0 0 0 - - -;
#X obj 17 44 tgl 15 1 empty empty empty 0 -6 0 8 -262144 -1 -1 1 1
;
#X obj 17 165 osc~;
#X obj 17 198 dac~;
#X text 45 13 random note;
#X text 96 118 add 48 as lower limit;
#X text 96 70 a timebase generates bang messages;
#X text 96 142 random range is 48 to 71;
#X text 96 94 random number zero to 23;
#X connect 0 0 1 0;
#X connect 1 0 2 0;
#X connect 2 0 3 0;
#X connect 2 0 5 0;
#X connect 4 0 0 0;
#X connect 5 0 6 0;
#X connect 5 0 6 1;

then, how can I make it work in my PD?

thanks!

Just copy it into a file and save it with the .pd extension. Now you should be able to open it in pd. Normally (certainly on obi's site) you can right click the links and choose "save as..." or something like that.

wow! so easy...
thanks for quick reply!

I'm running Pd on Xubuntu Linux Heron Beta (stable will be 08.04), and I'm trying to do the same thing. I have a patch made in Max/MSP by a friend on his Mac. The patch does not load, despite that it's a text file. There are no error messages. I can post the text here, if it would help.

Thanks,

EE