mkap7

I'm having trouble with something that used to work fine for me - saving a patcher as a text file. (Basic, I know.) The online documentation says to open a patcher, go to Save As in the file menu, and select the Max text format ( .mxt). But I do not see a Max text format among the choices. Any idea why not?

I'm having trouble with something that used to work fine for me - saving a patcher as a text file.   (Basic, I know.)  The online documentation says to open a patcher, go to Save As in the file menu, and select the Max text format ( .mxt).  But I do not see a Max text format among the choices.  Any idea why not?
Thanks,
-mk


Hi folks,
I'm having trouble with something that used to work fine for me - saving a patcher as a text file. 

saving-a-patcher-as-text-not-working

Save it as a .maxpat file, which should be plain text.

Hmmm.....ok, and I know you can open any .maxpat as a text file......but then what is this Max text format (.mxt)? 

I am not sure, but my suspicion is that it is a holdover from the days when some filesystems only allowed you to have three-character extensions. Just guessing, though.

Edit: Looking around a bit more it appears that .mxt is a pre-JSON text format. Maybe some who was around before version 5 (I believe) will have a more enlightened answer, however.

I am not sure, but my suspicion is that it is a holdover from the days when some filesystems only allowed you to have three-character  extensions. Just guessing, though.

why would you need to save a patch in Max Text format ?

I guess there isn't much need for that if the maxpat file itself is just a text file. (I didn't realize that.) 

I went into the Max help stacks looking for how to share patches, and got onto a page about saving things as a "Max text" file (.mxt).....so that's what I tried to do. I see now that it's not necessary - just open as text, cut and paste.

I guess there isn't much need for that if the maxpat file itself is just a text file.  (I didn't realize that.)  
I went into the Max help stacks looking for how to share patches, and got onto a page about saving things as a "Max text" file (.mxt).....so that's what I tried to do.  I see now that it's not necessary - just open as text, cut and paste.

saving a patcher as text not working