Cycling 74 » Topic: where is the mxj post() method?

where is the mxj post() method?

Brad Garton — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 02:30:16 +0000

So I think this actually is a legit question. I’m trying to
encapsulate the armedbear java/common lisp inside mxj, and the loader
is doing some strange stuff when trying to find files. I want to
compile the abcl.jar functions (yay source available!) and print some
info when I run it under mxj, and of course System.out.print doesn’t
work. I use the mxj post() method, but trying to compile the abcl
stuff will give me a ‘method not found’ unless I import it properly.
It doesn’t seem to be in the max jar files, though. What do I need to
import for it to recognize the post() method?

Alternatively, is there a place where System.out.print messages go (I
don’t see them in the console)?

I think I should be able to do this — I’ve been able to run the lisp
with a very generic standalone java app. Not sure why it is having
problems finding the appropriate files under mxj (the abcl.jar file is
in Cycling ’74/java/lib/).

brad

http://music.columbia.edu/~brad

Re: where is the mxj post() method?

topher lafata — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 03:26:09 +0000

We redirect syserr and sysout to max console. In your init method you
can redirect them back to the system console. I forget the details but
but I think it was covered on the list a while ago. T
/* FROM SIDEKICK LX*/

Re: where is the mxj post() method?

nick rothwell / cassiel — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 09:18:03 +0000

On 16 Dec 2007, at 02:30, garton@columbia.edu wrote:

> Alternatively, is there a place where System.out.print messages go
> (I don’t see them in the console)?

By default, System.out and System.err go to the Max status window.

Dumb question: do you mean “print” or “println”? If the former,
perhaps the output isn’t being flushed.

– N.

nick rothwell — composition, systems, performance — http://
http://www.cassiel.com

Re: where is the mxj post() method?

Brad Garton — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 20:35:28 +0000

Thanks Topher, but I can’t find it searching for various ‘out’ related
things on the Cycling ’74 site. Maybe I’m search-challenged. I did
try this:

System.setOut(System.out);

in my object constructor, but System.out.print() still sends stuff to
the mysterious bit-bucket in the sky.

brad

http://music.columbia.edu/~brad

Quoting topher lafata :

> We redirect syserr and sysout to max console. In your init method you
> can redirect them back to the system console. I forget the details but
> but I think it was covered on the list a while ago. T
> /* FROM SIDEKICK LX*/

Re: where is the mxj post() method?

Joshua Kit Clayton — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 21:02:40 +0000

On Dec 16, 2007, at 12:35 PM, garton@columbia.edu wrote:

> Thanks Topher, but I can’t find it searching for various ‘out’
> related things on the Cycling ’74 site. Maybe I’m search-
> challenged. I did try this:
>
> System.setOut(System.out);
>
> in my object constructor, but System.out.print() still sends stuff
> to the mysterious bit-bucket in the sky.

Platform? Max version?

Max console reporting was fixed for MacIntel machines in Max 4.6.3.

-Joshua

Re: where is the mxj post() method?

Brad Garton — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 21:18:43 +0000

Sorry, put that in an earler post. Intel MacBook, OS 10.4.11, Max/MSP
4.6.3. I don’t see any output from System.out.print() in my
Application/Utilities/Console.app.

I got abcl to load and it seems to work ok (yay!) but there are some
serious loading/mem-alloc issues — it takes about 5 minutes to
instantiate an object! I can sit and watch it crunch through the
mbytes. Tried starting with larger max.jvm.option’s set, but it
doesn’t seem to make a difference.

brad

http://music.columbia.edu/~brad

Quoting Joshua Kit Clayton :

>
> On Dec 16, 2007, at 12:35 PM, garton@columbia.edu wrote:
>
>> Thanks Topher, but I can’t find it searching for various ‘out’
>> related things on the Cycling ’74 site. Maybe I’m
>> search-challenged. I did try this:
>>
>> System.setOut(System.out);
>>
>> in my object constructor, but System.out.print() still sends stuff
>> to the mysterious bit-bucket in the sky.
>
> Platform? Max version?
>
> Max console reporting was fixed for MacIntel machines in Max 4.6.3.
>
> -Joshua