Puredata.py

"""
name: Puredata

version: 0.4.0-wip

authors:
- Enrique Erne

license: MIT license

"""

from os import system, getcwd
import os, sys, threading

class Puredata(threading.Thread):

	def prepare(self, pd = None, dir = '', file = '', args = '-stderr -nostdpath -rt -send \"pd dsp 1;pd dsp 0;\"'):
		self.pd = pd
		self.file = dir + file
		# args = -stderr -nostdpath -rt -nogui -path <path> -audiobuf <n> -nostdpath -nogui -send \"pd dsp 1;pd dsp 0;\"
		# note in -nogui you can't use -send
		self.args = args
		if pd != None:
			self.pd = pd
		elif sys.platform == 'linux2':
			self.pd = 'pd'
		elif sys.platform == 'darwin':
			self.pd = '//Applications/Pd-0.42-5.app/Contents/Resources/bin/pd'
		elif sys.platform == 'win32':
			self.pd = '%programfiles%\pd\bin\pd.exe'
		return self
		
	def run(self):
		try:
			pdInit = '%s %s' % (self.pd, self.args)
			if (self.file != ''):
				pdInit += ' ' + self.file
			os.system(pdInit)
		except:
			print 'couldn\'t load Pd'
		finally:
			print 'Puredata quit'

if __name__ == '__main__':
	pd = Puredata()
	pd.prepare()
	pd.start()