Re: [Bluemusic-users] Score Alignment Utility

[Jan J. H. <jj...@so...>]

...or this might be something for blue? This would be phantastic! I  
would love to have the opportunity of alignment in the score. Also  
changing a whole section of a single p-field.

All the best,


Jan Jacob


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|          space
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spatial electronic composition     |    2nd order ambisonic music

> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:21:46 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Jacob Joaquin <jac...@gm...>
> Subject: [Csnd]  Score Alignment Utility
>
>
> I'm not a fan of typing down-left-space over and over after  
> changing a single
> Csound score pfield. Some time ago, I wrote a Perl script that
> auto-magically does the work for me. I formally started learning  
> Python over
> the weekend, and decided to port my favorite and most used Perl  
> script, whle
> making a few improvements on the way. I figure this might be useful  
> for
> others, so here it is:
>
> scoref.zip
> http://www.thumbuki.com/csound/files/mailinglist/scoref.zip
>
> Here's an example score that displays the unaligned code alongside  
> various
> alignments using the command-line options:
> http://www.thumbuki.com/csound/files/mailinglist/refactored.sco
>
> As for the bigger picture. Scripts that refactor Csound code can be
> incorporated with existing text editors. For example, I use jedit.  
> Jedit
> supports java plugins and beanshell macros.  Though I haven't done  
> this yet,
> my research leads me to believe that I will be able to create a  
> macro that
> aligns any highlighted code at the stroke of a key combo, without  
> having to
> make modifications scorerefactor.py.
>
> In fact, I think I would only have to create a basic beanshell  
> script that
> would be able to run several command-line scripts. Another example  
> of a
> potentially useful script is a script that shifts the start times  
> of a large
> section of score code (I have a perl script for this as well).	These
> scripts, along with scripts developed by others could be loosely  
> integrated
> into other editors. Perhaps QuteSound?
>
> Food for thought, anyways.
>
> Best,
> Jake