[chuck-users] running chuck as a process with no terminal?

[Cesare Marilungo]

altern wrote:
> hi
>
> joerg piringer wrote:
>   
>> yes, i use wxExecute (the c++ version).
>> you can also capture the output with it but i don't know how this works 
>> in wxPython. sometimes the two APIs are quite different.
>>     
>
> yes it does work fine with wxpython, i tested it briefly today.
>
>   
>> i think there are examples of wxPython and opengl if you download the 
>> wxPython-Demo & examples. i've only tried pygame/SDL & wxPython which 
>> works fine.
>>     
>
> Yes i know about those examples but i want something more complex which 
> involves using sizers and grids and there it gets more confusing.
>
>   
>> your project sound interesting so far. what do you try to achieve? just 
>> being curios...
>>     
>
> ok here you are some info : I am working in two levels, on the one hand 
> i am part of this project to develop experimental interfaces for music . 
> www.ixi-software.net
> as a part of that we have been developing over the last couple of years 
> a python graphic toolkit to create our applications, this is the result 
> so far http://www.ixi-software.net/mirra
> It uses pygame by default but in a second step of the development I want 
> to be able to have a opengl canvas in a specific area of the application 
> and have normal wxpython GUI elements such as buttons, menus, drag and 
> drop etc... This is where i am now.
>   

Hey.
I've done a similar thing. Except it runs on top of SDL and it is also 3D:

http://www.cesaremarilungo.com/sw/devachan

Give it a try. It could be modified to draw on a wxwidget with very 
minimal effort. Unfortunately the MacOsX support is still a bit 
incomplete. It works but it is a poor hack.

By the way, now I'm working again in python. I'm realizing a 2d library 
to make some audio applications (even to interact with chuck, of course) 
using the pygtk library and cairo for the drawings.

My advice, if you don't need 3d is to avoid opengl and try something 
like cairo, which is more suited for this purpose. You'll get better 
support for fonts and such and it is more stable than opengl especially 
when you're using it as an interface to make music in realtime.

Ciao,

c.


> Up to now i was working on PD for the sound engine using OSC to 
> communicate. But recently I decided to give a go to ChucK as I was 
> frustrated with some issues on PD. Since I discovered the joys of ChucK 
> I am working towards integrating Mirra+ChucK, this is the application i 
> am developing at the moment where I am testing the whole system. 
> http://devel.goto10.org/svn/ixi/python/slicer
> The chuck patch is in the data folder, not very complex stuff yet. 
> Hopefully once I get the wxpython right again (it was ok but stopped 
> working at some point) it will have a menu, status bar and importing 
> dialogues. And again all this has to work in all platforms ...
>
> :)
>
> enrike
>
>   
>> best
>> joerg
>>
>>
>> altern wrote:
>>     
>>> ok, i found it, i guess it is
>>>
>>> wx.Execute
>>>
>>> thanks for the pointer, i just need to fix now the wxpython support on 
>>> my system. I am doing opengl graphics on a canvas within a wxpython 
>>> window and i never get it right...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> altern wrote:
>>>       
>>>> hi joerg
>>>>
>>>> do you remember the command to achieve this?
>>>>
>>>> thanks
>>>>
>>>> enrike
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> joerg piringer wrote:
>>>>         
>>>>> what GUI toolkit do you use?
>>>>> in wxPython there's a possibility to start a process without a 
>>>>> terminal window and capture it's output.
>>>>> i used this with OSCSurface. it's written in c++ & wxWidgets but it 
>>>>> should be similar in wxPython.
>>>>> link:
>>>>> http://joerg.piringer.net/index.php?href=software/oscsurface.xml&mtitle=software 
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> best
>>>>> joerg
>>>>>
>>>>> altern wrote:
>>>>>           
>>>>>> hi
>>>>>>
>>>>>> i am launching chuck from python (i have a python GUI and chuck works as
>>>>>> sound engine). When I run chuck from python it opens a terminal, I would
>>>>>> like to hide this. I use python os.spawnv command for this.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In PD there is a startup flag -nogui that launches pd as a process with
>>>>>> no console whatsoever, only visible via top or process list. Anything
>>>>>> like that in ChucK? i have checked the documentation for the virtual
>>>>>> machine but i could not see anything in this direction.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Another important issue i am having is that as soon as the chuck 
>>>>>> terminal loses the focus the sound stops. So when I select the python 
>>>>>> window the sound stops. Is there any way to avoid this?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am working on xp at the moment, so i havent tested if this happens as
>>>>>> well on linux or osx.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have very limited access to internet for a few days so i cannot search
>>>>>> on the mailing list archive or the forum about this issue. Sorry.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> thanks
>>>>>>
>>>>>> enrike
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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