every time I save a Max 5 patcher as text I get a very very long text file, starting something like this:

once, I got a patcher from Steven Miller that looked something like this instead:

13609.3oc68s1iiiikketFf4+fPr0hJhrCGo3SQM6hEyzOpt+vL0Bz4Bzenq

EMTDghr7j9ErcjUU8fs+suR5RYKaSIQIKJRayBnxvRgBYxyk7xKIO7b+u

much more compact, can anyone tell me how it's done?

every time I save a Max 5 patcher as text I get a very very long  text file, starting something like this:

 ----------begin_max5_patcher----------
13609.3oc68s1iiiikketFf4+fPr0hJhrCGo3SQM6hEyzOpt+vL0Bz4Bzenq
EMTDghr7j9ErcjUU8fs+suR5RYKaSIQIKJRayBnxvRgBYxyk7xKIO7b+u

saving-max-5-patcher-as-text-text-formatting

There's nothing wrong with the text file you save, that's how it is. People just use the copy compressed format to send patches over email.

If you want it compressed just select whatever you want to send and then choose 'copy compressed' from the Edit menu, then

paste it into an email. That's why it looks scrambled and unreadable.

> Subject: [maxmsp] saving max 5 patcher as text - text formatting?

> every time I save a Max 5 patcher as text I get a very very long text file, starting something like this:

> once, I got a patcher from Steven Miller that looked something like this instead:

> 13609.3oc68s1iiiikketFf4+fPr0hJhrCGo3SQM6hEyzOpt+vL0Bz4Bzenq

> EMTDghr7j9ErcjUU8fs+suR5RYKaSIQIKJRayBnxvRgBYxyk7xKIO7b+u

> much more compact, can anyone tell me how it's done?

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There's nothing wrong with the text file you save, that's how it is. People just use the copy compressed format to send patches over email.
If you want it compressed just select whatever you want to send and then choose 'copy compressed' from the Edit menu, then
paste it into an email.  That's why it looks scrambled and unreadable.

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> Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 16:18:43 +0100
> From: gadi.sassoon@gmail.com
> Subject: [maxmsp] saving max 5 patcher as text - text formatting?
>
>
> every time I save a Max 5 patcher as text I get a very very long  text file, starting something like this:
>
> {
> "patcher" : {
> "fileversion" : 1,
>
> etc.
>
> once, I got a patcher from Steven Miller that looked something like this instead:
>
>  ----------begin_max5_patcher----------
> 13609.3oc68s1iiiikketFf4+fPr0hJhrCGo3SQM6hEyzOpt+vL0Bz4Bzenq
> EMTDghr7j9ErcjUU8fs+suR5RYKaSIQIKJRayBnxvRgBYxyk7xKIO7b+u
>
> etc.
>
> much more compact, can anyone tell me how it's done?
>
> thanks!
> --
> --

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On Jul 8, 2008, at 8:18 AM, Gadi Sassoon wrote:

> once, I got a patcher from Steven Miller that looked something like 

Select everything you want to include, then select Copy Compressed 

> once, I got a patcher from Steven Miller that looked something like  
> this instead:

Select everything you want to include, then select Copy Compressed  
from the edit menu.

Chris Muir
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