[PD] call for testers for L2Ork iteration of pd-extended (based on 0.42.x branch)

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

Hey Ico,

Donno if you have ever seen this, but you might be interested in Joe  
Sarlo's GUI patch from way back when:

http://www-crca.ucsd.edu/~jsarlo/pd/

Its got two great ideas that have not been ported forward:

• Patch Cord Viewer: Lets you see what is being sent over a patch  
cord. For signals, shows the maximum value over 2205 samples. Toggle  
with Ctrl+r in edit mode.
• Highlighted Inlets/Outlets: When patching, the inlet and outlet that  
will be connected is highlighted.

.hc

On Nov 20, 2010, at 4:20 PM, Ivica Ico Bukvic wrote:

> Dear fellow Pd enthusiasts,
>
> I am pleased to report that earlier today L2Ork released latest  
> snapshot
> of its own variation of pd-extended 0.42.5. While we are working  
> hard on
> submitting isolated patches upstream (some of which have been already
> submitted), many more need to be isolated before they can be  
> provided in
> a useful format. Another roadblock is that we are still stuck on  
> 0.42.5
> which makes patch integration so much more difficult into the 0.43
> branch.
>
> That said, we would love to get some feedback/testers. The tarball is
> for *linux only* clients (a good number of optimizations have not been
> tested on other platforms and there are already known issues,
> particularly in respect to pd.tk file).
>
> Some of the notable improvements include much faster editor (instead  
> of
> redrawing we tag and move objects wherever possible while still  
> allowing
> for legacy movement of objects not conforming to the pd vanilla
> gobj_displace format), bunch of usability improvements (e.g. custom
> color picker with color storing and hex editing), per-canvas  
> toggling of
> menu and background color (see Abstractions), universal shortcuts,
> different scrolling algorithm. Likewise, the UI is entirely revamped  
> to
> better fit the "Gnome-ish" feel. Jack connectivity algorithm also is
> automated and compensates for changes in srate, etc.
>
> At any rate, there are bunch of other little/big fixes I honestly  
> cannot
> recall. These improvements are a product of a year of use within the
> context of a 15-member laptop orchestra taking into an account  
> feedback
> from students/participants, including also my latest hac-a-thon this
> past week that involved overhauling redraw to improve editor speed.  
> So,
> if any of you would be so kind as to give it a stab and provide any
> feedback, that would be most appreciated.
>
> You can get the latest snapshot from
> http://l2ork.music.vt.edu/main/?page_id=56
>
> The source tarball also includes prebuilt binaries, so assuming you  
> have
> an intel machine with Ubuntu 9.10, it should "just run." (cd pd/bin/
> followed by ./pd). Otherwise, you may have to rebuild it (standard
> pd-extended 0.42.x procedure).
>
> Your feedback, particularly bug-reports are most appreciated.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Ico
>
>
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