Type text to be displayed in another render window?

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prismspecs

Type text to be displayed in another render window?

in General Discussion • Other • 6 months ago

Hey all,

I'd like to have two windows, which would run on two monitors. The big monitor (projected) would be a nice clean full screen render surface, the other would be to input text that is to be displayed on my big screen. What's the best way to go about this?

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GoToLoop

Re: Type text to be displayed in another render window?

6 months ago

What about 2 separate Processing programs running at the same time?

prismspecs

Re: Type text to be displayed in another render window?

6 months ago

What's a good way to pass strings between them?

GoToLoop

Re: Type text to be displayed in another render window?

6 months ago

Well, I got no advanced experience in Java yet. But here's my take on it:

You can establish a communication thru' a text file.

1 app saves on it and the other 1 keeps reading it from time to time.

A more sophisticated and better solution is a local network communication!

PhiLho

Re: Type text to be displayed in another render window?

6 months ago

Yes, Processing sketches can communicate with the Network library, see the Client and Server sketches.
OSC can be an alternative, etc.
The text solution explained by GoToLoop has an advantage: you actually need only the main sketch, and you can type the text is a simple text editor!

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