[PD-dev] [PD] pd gui

[Ivica Bukvic]

If there a specific object name so that we can grep the source?
On Sep 14, 2014 3:26 PM, "Jonathan Wilkes" <jancsika at yahoo.com> wrote:

> He's probably talking about Miller's new struct field for text, which
> AFAICT stores a binbuf as scalar data.
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> -Jonathan
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>   On Sunday, September 14, 2014 1:58 PM, Ivica Bukvic <ico at vt.edu> wrote:
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> We will merge 0.45+ objects in the upcoming releases. If you can list what
> exactly they are that will greatly help in the process. The latency in
> their adoption is primarily to allow for them to be fully vetted for
> possible bugs and regressions.
>
> Regarding storing text in a datastructure, I am not sure what that exactly
> means but I do use extensively something that may be similar, namely coll
> object from the cyclone library, which allows for a comprehensive storing,
> sorting, and recalling of data.
>
> As for running pd-l2ork on other platfroms, until we complete the qt port,
> there is as of yet unadvertised USB stick version you can download from
> L2Ork's site (see http://l2ork.music.vt.edu/data/pd/ and look for a jumbo
> 6GB image--pd-l2ork would need to be updated to the latest version) that I
> tested with a reasonably large number of windows and OSX laptops with 90%+
> success rate, with only select Dell and OSX machines refusing to boot it
> due to faulty EFI (whether intentional or unintentional), and some of the
> wifi cards not being supported out-of-box.
>
> HTH
>
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> On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 7:23 AM, Colet Patrice <colet.patrice at free.fr>
> wrote:
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> Le 13/09/2014 23:37, Ivica Ico Bukvic a écrit :
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> On 9/13/2014 5:10 PM, Colet Patrice wrote:
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> I don't know the implications of introducing some wizard that rewrite code
> into patches for backward compatibility,
> but the idea looks seducing for me because it might break inertia that
> makes the GUI still looking like patching in the nineties.
>
> Sorry for the cynicism but it's truely a joke we sometimes share when it's
> about pd interface.
>
>  If you would like to contribute to "upgrading" the UI to something more
> contemporary, we could always use more help on pd-l2ork side of things
> where the canvas currently uses SVG for drawing all contents (see
> http://l2ork.music.vt.edu/main/?page_id=2554 for more info). More so, we
> are currently starting to port entire gui to qt library which should make
> things considerably more flexible/efficient...
>
>
>  I'm allready using pd-l2ork on my linux boxes when I don't use stuff we
> can only find in pd-0.45 and greater,
> particulary the ability of storing text in datastructure, and when I don't
> have to rewrite an install script.
>  I'm even advising any new comer using GNU/Linux to use l2ork before he is
> disgusted by the old interface,
> but they are a few, almost all people I know (and sometimes work with)
> that would use pd have OSX or Windows and have no clue about how to install
> l2ork.
>
> This imply a very tiny collaborative field, which doesn't sound really
> reassuring, even if on screenshots this looks great.
> Anyway, the use of qt looks promising and might give to me the opportunity
> of upgrading my pianoroll interface.
>
> Regards,
>
> patco
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>  Best,
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