[PD-dev] release April?

[Christof Ressi]

I strongly endorse both PRs :)

Fractional zoom levels would be a game changer! The current integer zoom 
levels are pretty much useless in practice because typical scaling 
factors are more like 125% or 150%.

A knob is such a basic UI element for audio applications. I really think 
this should be part of Pd vanilla and not require some external. It 
isn't (only) about aesthetics; knobs have clear advantages over sliders 
in many situations as they allow to map the same range into a much 
smaller space. Just think about a simple mixer strip!

Christof

On 13.03.2024 12:18, Antoine Rousseau wrote:
> Miller,
>
> Could I also have your feelings about these 2 PR:
>
> - https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/pull/1659: modern canvas zoom 
> and scroll
> - https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/pull/1738: round knob GUI
>
> thanks!
>
> Antoine
>
>
> Le mar. 12 mars 2024 à 08:47, Miller Puckette 
> <mpuckette at cloud.ucsd.edu> a écrit :
>
>     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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