[PD] [PD-announce] Pd-0.40.3-extended-rc1 released

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this is great hans!

Hans-Christoph Steiner(e)k dio:
> 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
> 
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