[PD-dev] "Kaisers neue Kleider" aka PrettyPd with Tile and Chameleon

[Andre Schmidt]

hi,

heres a simple little "how to get pd look pretty"
(but more of a "funtionality test")

tested on ubuntu5.10 (and ubuntu6.06)

0. 
make a directory where you want to work and cd in to it
(and allso download the files in there)

1. 
get puckettes source and compile it:
http://www-crca.ucsd.edu/~msp/Software/pd-0.39-2.src.tar.gz
(note: i didnt do "make install")
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tar -xvzf pd-0.39-2.src.tar.gz
cd pd-0.39-2/src
./configure
make
cd ../..
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2. 
get tile source and compile (+install) it:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/tktable/tile-0.7.2.tar.gz?download
(note: didnt find a way to NOT to do "make install")
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tar -xvzf tile-0.7.2.tar.gz
cd tile-0.7.2
./configure --with-tcl=/usr/lib/tcl8.4 --with-tk=/usr/lib/tk8.4 \
--prefix=/usr
make
sudo make install
cd ..
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3. 
get chameleon source and copy it:
http://kakaroto.homelinux.net/jenglish/Chameleon.zip
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unzip Chameleon.zip -d pd-0.39-2/bin
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4. 
edit the "pd-0.39-2/bin/pd.tk" and add the following:
(like, on the top of the file, but after 1st line)
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lappend auto_path ./Chameleon
package require Chameleon
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5.
run pd and it should look like the image in this mails attachment
(note, left "original", right "chameleon/tile" version)
(note, image in grayscale to save bandwidth, hope not still too big)

X.
if you want to experiment with only tile, add only these lines:
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package require tile
namespace import -force ttk::*
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and first start pd with "wish pd.tk", as you get some errors...
(you have to remove all "-anchor" and "-bd" "-background"...)


more info on tile
http://tktable.sourceforge.net/tile/
http://wiki.tcl.tk/tile

more info on chameleon (look for first post by KaKaRoTo)
http://wiki.tcl.tk/15443



happy summer!
- andre


ps. i propably experiment more with pd and tile (Ttk?) the next days...
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