pool - data storage
Introduction
- pool can store and retrieve key/value pairs, where a key can be any atom and the value can be any list of atoms.
- pool can manage folders. A folder name can be any atom.
- pool objects can be named and then share their data space.
- clipboard operations are possible in a pool or among several pools.
- file operations can load/save data from disk either in text or XML format.
Documentation
Some frequently asked questions can be found in the FAQ section. For more detailed questions, encouragement or other contributions, please join the ext mailing list.
Be sure to check out the readme.txt for instructions on how to get started with the pool object.
In order to build pool from source, you'll need to download, build and install the flext layer first.
Download
Binary versions for various platforms can be downloaded from http://grrrr.org/ext/beta. A help file for Pure Data can be downloaded here, for Max/MSP here.
For the source code version, i recommend checking out the package from the subversion repository at grrrr.org. If you are new to subversion you can get instructions here.
Support
You can either support the development by giving feedback on the mailing list, by reporting bugs and/or providing patches or by financially supporting the development and maintenance of this project via paypal.
I'm also very happy about examples of artwork done by use of any of my externals.
License
The pool object is covered by the GNU General Public License (GPL).