[PD-dev] release April?

[Dan Wilcox]

Howdy Miller,,

sounds good. I agree with Christof that many of us have Easter vacation coming, so activity may go down.

I can highlight some current PRs.

A fix needed for libpd:

fix pd_this on Windows
https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/pull/2165

A couple of things I would really highlight as they are user experience paper cuts for many people. Plus, both PRs have been in development and use for some time by people doing self-builds and or through pd-next:

add tcl color variables to pd
https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/pull/196

snap to grid
https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/pull/739

There are also a number of gop fixes & updates in Christofs PRs which I think are important as they solve some common issues for people making custom GUIs.

> On Mar 12, 2024, at 12:00 PM, pd-dev-request at lists.iem.at wrote:
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> Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 08:47:51 +0100
> From: Miller Puckette <mpuckette at cloud.ucsd.edu <mailto:mpuckette at cloud.ucsd.edu>>
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> To Pd dev -
> 
> I'm thinking of making a release mid April (assuming things go well) and 
> so I should probably call for a freeze late March.? As usual I plan to 
> merge in "devel" and "Documentation" - in fact I should do a first merge 
> rather soon, assuming things are in a good state for merging.
> 
> I'm planning to add a couple of features: 1. message to Pd to toggle 
> between GUI and no-GUI -- perhaps with a way to reset the GUI startup 
> command -- so that if you have a headless installation that's doing 
> something funny you can pop it open and look; and 2. improvements to the 
> "pointer" object to make it easier to get around data structures, and 
> possibly a menu extension for dragging new "data" onto the screen; 3. an 
> optional pop-up display showing (x,y) coordinates of object or data knob 
> being dragged.
> 
> Incidentally: I just noticed that the IEM slider object (and proabbly 
> other EM GUIs) spits out a number when clicked upon, even if not 
> dragged.? Is this desirable behavior?? It caught me out buit perhaps 
> other users are actually wanting to be able to click on a control to 
> repeat its value.? Hmm..
> 
> cheers
> 
> Miller

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