On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 5:29 AM, João Pais <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I notice that pd is much slower now to open up patches with gops, using > cpu at 100% sometimes for 1/2 a minute. is that normal? > after loaded, the patches run as normal. this happens since the > colorscheme option in hcs/sys-gui was introduced (I updated after that) > I think it's related with the number of gops in the patch. I have a kind > of small 4-voice seq utility with several gops on top of each other, and > on xp it takes almost a minute (takes less in ubuntu) > Ha, a minute is nothing : ). I just decided to time the opening of my performance/composition suite (made up of 16 drum modules and a sequencer) and it took...
/fourteen minutes/ and 22 seconds. Is anyone versed enough in Pd's loading sequence to explain how it can run the patch (mostly) flawlessly but take a quarter of an hour to open it? (on a 2.8g mac pro) I'll try it with vanilla sometime when I get the energy to collect the many externals I use. Cheers Luke > XP, 0.40.3-extended-20080603 [with custom colorscheme, but that probably > has nothing to do with it] > > >> For this release, there has been a lot of work in making the GUI and >> user experience much more fluid and easy. There is a new visual look >> that was designed to make patches more readable. Additionally, lots >> of things have been tweaked to make Pd behave more like a normal app. >> There has already been a lot of testing on these builds, so it is >> getting quite close to a final version. (Debian/PowerPC is missing >> now but will come later) >> >> http://at.or.at/hans/pd/installers.html >> >> Here is a partial changelog: >> >> - next visual appearance designed for readability (it can run slower >> on machines < 1 GHz) >> >> - default locations for user-installed externals, helpfiles, etc. >> GNU/Linux: /usr/share/pd and ~/pd >> Mac OS X: /Library/Pd and ~/Library/Pd >> Windows: %ProgramFiles%/Common Files/Pd and %UserProfile%/ >> Application Data/Pd >> >> - lots of standard key bindings added: >> Enter/Return for OK >> Escape for Cancel >> Ctrl/Cmd-W closes all windows >> on Mac OS X, Cmd-` cycles thru open windows >> on Mac OS X, Cmd-m minimizes windows >> Ctrl/Cmd-R raises/lowers Pd window >> Ctrl/Cmd-Shift-R shrinks/grows Pd window >> Ctrl/Cmd-Shift-L clears Pd window's text console >> Ctrl/Cmd-B opens the Help Browser >> >> - you can now use "~" in all paths to mean home folder, and on >> Windows you can use environment variables, lie %UserProfile% in paths >> >> - cut/copy/paste now work directly into text boxes on all platforms >> >> - [declare] and [import] now sorted out for loading, much work needs >> to be done before there namespace support is complete >> >> - "File -> Save As" defaults to the Home folder (~/) >> >> - fixed Cut/Copy/Paste for the Pd window's console >> >> - included pgp_opengl aka 3dp on GNU/Linux and Mac OS X >> >> KNOWN BUGS >> >> - check http://puredata.info/dev/bugtracker before reporting bugs >> >> - Escape, Enter, and Ctrl/Cmd-W don't close the Path and Startup >> preferences >> >> - pdp_opengl is alpha and will definitely crash Pd >> >> - loading pdp_opengl will crash Pd if X11 is not open before trying >> to load it >> >> >> .hc >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> ---- >> >> 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-announce mailing list >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-announce >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pd-list@iem.at mailing list >> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> >> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > > > > -- > Friedenstr. 58 > 10249 Berlin > Deutschland > Tel +49 30 42020091 > Mob +49 162 6843570 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > skype: jmmmpjmmmp > http://www.puredata.org/Members/jmmmp > IBM Thinkpad R51, XP, Ubuntu GG > Pd-Ext-0.39-2-t5, Pd Van 0.40-t2 > > _______________________________________________ > Pd-list@iem.at mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > _______________________________________________ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list