Method: Scruby::Audio::Server#boot

Defined in:
lib/scruby/audio/server.rb

#boot ⇒ Object

Boots the local binary of the scsynth forking a process, it will rise a SCError if the scsynth binary is not found in /Applications/SuperCollider/scsynt (default Mac OS path) or given path. The default path can be overriden using Server.scsynt_path=(‘path’)

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# File 'lib/scruby/audio/server.rb', line 41

def boot
  raise SCError.new('Scsynth not found in the given path') unless File.exists?( @@sc_path )
  Thread.new do
    path = @@sc_path.scan(/[^\/]+/)
    @server_pipe = IO.popen( "cd /#{ path[0..-2].join('/') }; ./#{ path.last } -u #{ @port }" )
    loop { p Special.new(@server_pipe.gets.chomp) }
  end unless @server_pipe        
end