On May 17, 2008, at 12:02 PM, Enrique Erne wrote: > Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote: >> On May 13, 2008, at 10:06 AM, Enrique Erne wrote: >>> Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote: >>>> Hey all, >>>> I've been fixing quite a lot of bugs in preparation of making >>>> the Pd- extended 0.40.3 release. It's getting pretty much >>>> ready, so please test it heavily so we can find any outstanding >>>> bugs! >>>> Jack just pointed out that pdp on Mac OS X/PowerPC is having >>>> problems loading videos, and is crashing, so I am working on >>>> that now. >>>> .hc >>> >>> >>> hi Hans >>> >>> i have been happily working with pd-0.40-extended (20080222) for >>> quite a while. there are some issues though. >>> >>> Pd-0.40.3-extended-20080504-macosx104-i386 on a osx 10.5.2 >>> >>> ----------------- >>> >>> 1) at the moment if one modifies the preferences of i.e. vanilla >>> pd the pd-extended looses all path and startup preferences (this >>> is on osx i don't know about win or linux). >>> >>> i would like to propose that ~/Library/Preferences/ >>> org.puredata.pd.plist will be completely ignored by pd-extended. >>> instead only the org.puredata.pd.plist inside the pd-extended app >>> should be used. >>> this way one could have different working setups. what do you think? >> I think people want to save preferences for Pd-extended too. The >> current situation isn't great, that's true. If people want >> separate preferences, that might be a possibility in a future Pd- >> extended release. > > ah i forgot that the file inside the app is not save-able > > >>> >>> ----------------- >>> >>> 2) as i reported earlier >>> http://lists.puredata.info/pipermail/pd-list/2008-01/058787.html >>> some objects can't create. i think that all of them are know >>> problems. for me not be able to use <~ and >~ is _most_ annoying >>> (hexloader-something?). i know there are workarounds with expr. >>> not including iem-t3 lib is a loss but i can live without it. >>> thou it makes around 5 nice netpd patches not usable anymore. >> You can now file bug reports from the Help menu in Pd-extended. >> Please file a bug report for this. > > i wrote a bug report for iem_t3 > > i'm not sure about the hexloader. i found this: > http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php? > func=detail&aid=1637460&group_id=55736&atid=478070 > should i file a new bug report?
hexloader should be included in tomorrow's build. Please test it. The t3 stuff should be in today's build. .hc > > > > >>> ----------------- >>> >>> 3) help files >>> most help files worked (could create) but some: >>> >>> iemmatrix/matrix-help.pd >>> mtx >>> ... couldn't create >>> >>> mrpeach/packOSC-help.pd >>> packOSC >>> ... couldn't create >>> >>> sssad/sssad-help.pd >>> sssad key >>> ... couldn't create >>> libdir_loader: added sssad to the canvas-local path >>> sssad key >>> ... couldn't create >>> >>> i wondered why some help files worked and some not. i thought it >>> was done by org.puredata.pd.plist settings. so i added sssad >>> <key>loadlib40</key> >>> <string>sssad</string> >>> restarted pd, but the help files still couldn't create. >> please file bug reports for each of these. > > done > > >>> >>> ----------------- >>> >>> 4) name clash >>> [curve] Gem vs. mapping >>> probably some more >> Yeah, that's been around a lot time. >>> >>> ----------------- >>> >>> what are the goals? which externals are supposed to work on >>> default? are that the ones in the plist? maybe we should focus on >>> them (before i start to open all help files :) ) >> The goal is to fine bugs and fix them :). Some of the bigger well- >> known problems will have to wait until the next release. The >> externals in the plist should work without a namespace prefix. >> All included externals should work. > > uhm . now i filed bug reports for helpfiles of externals that are > not on the plist. but they work with namespace prefix (except iem_t3) > >>> ----------------- >>> >>> thanks for all your work and thanks to all the other devs too! >> Thanks for your bug reports and your work with Pd! >> .hc >>> >>> eni >>> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ------- Terrorism is not an enemy. It cannot be defeated. It's a >> tactic. It's about as sensible to say we declare war on night >> attacks and expect we're going to win that war. We're not going >> to win the war on terrorism. - retired U.S. Army general, >> William Odom ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- I spent 33 years and four months in active military service and during that period I spent most of my time as a high class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street and the bankers. - General Smedley Butler _______________________________________________ PD-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list