Re: Score Alignment Utility

Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:21:46 -0700 (PDT)

From: Jacob Joaquin <jacobjoaquin@...>

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