saving a patcher as text not working
Hi folks,
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
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.
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.
Old thread I know but I have the same issue more or less.
The thing is, with the readable text format of a .maxpat file the text is getting crazy long (a simple patch is >850 lines) -> not practical to share in a forums post anymore. Or do I miss something/is there a workaround?
OMG
ok, sorry, found it:
Do NOT go to "Save as..."
Inside the patch, select the part you want to share -> Edit -> Copy Compressed
An entry below "Save as..." for that maybe would make sense to prevent some confusion when you do not do that every month :-D