thisProcess.nowExecutingPath remains nil

[LFSaw]

again trying Atom-SuperCollider as my primary IDE which means it has to work as a playground as well.
It really (still and increasingly at the same time) looks amazing, a lot of features I really like, here.

However, I noticed that

thisProcess.nowExecutingPath

returns nil always. This is a feature I am heavily relying on to remotely load script files (with loadRelative )

I am guessing this is due to the absence of Document support for now?

let it shine on!

[woolgathering]

Unfortunately, .nowExecutingPath only works in the SC IDE...

See the docs: http://doc.sccode.org/Classes/Process.html#-nowExecutingPath

[LFSaw]

thanks, @woolgathering :) (and welcome to SC land! )
well, this is an issue then because it basically prevents other editors from working properly. There should be a proper interface for this.

[crucialfelix]

it does set nowExecutingPath when evaluating code on a document

https://github.com/crucialfelix/supercolliderjs/blob/develop/lib%2Fsc%2Finterpret.scd#L17

and then pops it back to its previous value after evaluating.

but you are doing a load and interpret file. can you post a code snippet ?
its sclang that is loading the file, so it should set nowExecutingPath when it evaluates that file.

it is not in the hands of the SC IDE or of (atom)-supercollider-js

[crucialfelix]

Interpreter-executeFile claims to do set it. not sure why you are getting a nil

[LFSaw]

I'm sorry... I got fooled here...
it works with saved files (not with untitled documents, of course...)
However, there is something else strange:

Let's assume there's a fiel a.scd

"b.scd".loadRelative

and a corresponding file b.scd

"Hello".postln

• now, we evaluate the line in a.scd
• it returns [Hello] but the actual postln is omitted.

Also, my Atom-SuperCollider seem to not load the Quarks my SCIDE loads... how do I enable those? just like everything else via Quarks.gui ?

[LFSaw]

Further, Document.new returns

null
     Document.new

I guess because it is not properly implemented for sc.js?

[crucialfelix]

Document got hijacked. It is now only used by the ide for its own window
management.

Thus broke it for all other uses outside of the ide.

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Further,

returns
Th

null
Document.new

I guess because it is not properly implemented for sc.js?

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[LFSaw]

via @danstowell and @muellmusik on the sc-dev list:

excuse my ignorance but is it possible to implement Document support (open, read, etc.) for non-SCide editors?
Yes.
How?
Depends on the editor.
Atom.
Write a Document class which implements whatever communication is needed.
So I guess, I have to implement Document (as I can find it in ScIDE.sc) and exclude the ScIDE.sc and include that one instead?
The exclude/include can be done automatically. The reason that the ScIDE editor code is in a folder called "scide_scqt" is because there's a special flag for the sclang executable "-i" which tells it which IDE is being used. When you're using the standard QT IDE, it passes the flag "-i scqt" at runtime and this means the class code in "scide_scqt" is included and any other "scide_*" is ignored.
So what you should do is put your Document implementation class code in a folder called "scide_atom" and then make sure atom invokes sclang using a flag "-i atom".

Any "already-done" implementations for scvim etc. somewhere?
scvim never had full Document support. Nor did sced I think. scel has the file /editors/scel/sc/Document.sc but I'm no expert on it!

so, I'm guessing, we (I?) have to start implementing that :)

[crucialfelix]

what exactly do you need Document to do ? which methods ?