Re: unix pipes for front <--> back end interface?

[David O'Toole]

> In pd you have the engine communicating with the interface thru a socket, 
> currently the interface has been implemented in Tk, but already appeared a
> Gtk+ interface, and even a no-interface interface :)
With the way it's set up right now the frontend must be C or C++. I 
think if the GTK interface is flexible enough and provides different 
views of the data (different little windows) then there won't be as much 
need for alternative pluggable interfaces. If somebody can make a curses 
version work, well, more power to you :-). Not sure how you'd draw the 
unit generator setup in ascii though.