[FM Discuss] can i upload .csd files?

[joachim heintz]

all right - thanks for the explanation.
best -

	joachim


Am 21.07.2010 um 14:22 schrieb adam:

> On Wed, 2010-07-21 at 13:29 +0200, joachim heintz wrote:
>> but is it really difficult to expand the list of accepted file types
>> by ".csd"?
>> actually, there is no difference to .txt files. i can upload a csd-
>> file by appending .txt (for instance myfile.csd.txt), but then the
>> reader must manually erase the .txt before he/she  can use it.
>> if it causes any problems, we must go this way. but if there is a  
>> list
>> of allowed file types like .txt, .png etc, and .csd can just be  
>> added,
>> it would be great for us, and for the readers of the Csound fm  
>> manual.
>>
>
> unfortunately it is a but tricky since the whacky way we have it set  
> up
> means we have to work out where the files actually are in 3 different
> contexts:
> /write
> /read
>
> and then booki...
>
> after booki is here it will be simpler :)
>
> sorry for the inconvenience. I agree with you about the necessity, but
> its not a good idea to host the files right now (we change to booki in
> the next days i hope)
>
> ada
>
>
>> best -
>>
>> 	joachim
>>
>>
>> Am 21.07.2010 um 12:58 schrieb adam:
>>
>>> i think for now its best to host somewhere else...
>>>
>>> the main reason being that we want to change to booki soon and this
>>> will
>>> be another issue we have to deal with which i would rather not at  
>>> the
>>> moment...
>>>
>>> when we have landed in booki we can revisit...
>>>
>>> that ok?
>>>
>>> adam
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, 2010-07-21 at 09:14 +0200, joachim heintz wrote:
>>>> a .csd file is an xml-like text file. it can be opened by any text
>>>> editor. but Csound recognizes these kind of file and can run them
>>>> immediately.
>>>> they are much smaller than images. this is the file which i  
>>>> wanted to
>>>> upload and could not:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> as you see, it has less than 4 kb, and this is the usual size. i  
>>>> just
>>>> produced a really unusual large file, with tons of widgets, and  
>>>> this
>>>> has 180 kb.
>>>>
>>>> perhaps i can explain the reason why i asked. we want to include
>>>> small
>>>> examples in the usual way as formatted text, like here:
>>>> http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/Csound/CSOUNDLANGUAGE
>>>>
>>>> these examples are in "plain" csound, without any wdgets. but we
>>>> would
>>>> like to give more examples just by a link. either more complex
>>>> examples which are too long for putting them in the text, or  
>>>> examples
>>>> in QuteCsound, with widgets (they have their own xml tags and are
>>>> very
>>>> ugly to read). then we could refer quickly, having a readable text
>>>> but
>>>> also a good example collection.
>>>>
>>>> best regards -
>>>>
>>>> 	joachim
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Am 21.07.2010 um 04:43 schrieb Lachlan Musicman:
>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 23:37, adam <adam at xs4all.nl> wrote:
>>>>>> i didnt enable this because i thought it would be a security
>>>>>> issue to
>>>>>> ahve people uploading all sorts of files...any advice on how we
>>>>>> should
>>>>>> deal with this? do i alter the mimetypes to allow specific
>>>>>> filetypes or
>>>>>> do we encourage people to upload content somewhere else and  
>>>>>> link to
>>>>>> it?
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not sure about the security implications of csd files, but it
>>>>> can
>>>>> also be a drain on bandwidth, hard drive and backup resources  
>>>>> for an
>>>>> org with no money....
>>>>>
>>>>> Out of interest, where else could it go? While I know that the
>>>>> internet archive is one place, since that is censored in some
>>>>> countries it may not be ideal.
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't mind either way, so long as it's a consistent policy.  
>>>>> Given
>>>>> tight resources, I would suggest that big media, blobs etc, get
>>>>> stored
>>>>> elsewhere - youtube, last.fm, soundcloud, internet archive - is
>>>>> probably the best bet at the moment, with a view to changing it
>>>>> should
>>>>> resources become more available.
>>>>>
>>>>> cheers
>>>>> L.
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> adam
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, 2010-07-20 at 15:22 +1000, Lachlan Musicman wrote:
>>>>>>> On Tuesday, July 20, 2010, joachim heintz <jh at joachimheintz.de>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> hi floss admins -
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> for the floss csound manual, it would be good if we could
>>>>>>>> upload .csd files and link to them via the "insert File Link"
>>>>>>>> button.
>>>>>>>> if i try it, i get the message:
>>>>>>>> "Cannot upload csd Files. Permission denied."
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'd imagine it's just a mimetype/allowed file type issue. should
>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>> easy enough to solve.
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