[PD] Data Structures GOP and installing latest PD

[Jonathan Wilkes]

--- On Mon, 4/4/11, Billy Stiltner <billy.stiltner at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Billy Stiltner <billy.stiltner at gmail.com>
> Subject: [PD] Data Structures GOP and installing latest PD
> To: "pd-list" <pd-list at iem.at>
> Date: Monday, April 4, 2011, 9:37 PM
> Hey
> 
> I didn't know you could GOP data structures.
> This opens up a new world.
> Where is an up to date tutorial on using data structures?

I don't know of an up-to-date tutorial, but there is a tutorial in 
doc/4.data.structures.  Some parts are out of date:

* data is, in fact, persistent when using scalars.  Data is saved along 
with the patch. (Similar to using a "Put" menu array and checking the 
box for "save contents", except that with scalars they always save with 
the patch.)
* the term "template" is used both to describe the subpatch in which the 
data structure ([struct] + any drawing instructions) is defined as well 
as the [struct] object itself.  (I think [struct] used to be named 
[template]...)
* some of the mouse-driven messages (e.g., "click") didn't exist when 
those tutorials were written.  For an up-to-date list see struct-help.pd 
in:

http://pure-data.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pure-data/trunk/doc/pddp/

(all the data structure related objects like [plot], [element], etc. have 
updated documentation if you use the pddp docs from the link above.)

-Jonathan

> 
> I'm about to install PD 0.43. I have a test4 version
> installed as well
> as pdx 0.42.5 and vanilla 0.42.5.
> I have a couple of libraries loaded with vanilla - GEM and
> GGE. How
> will the new version efect these installations?
> 
> Also on LINUX I have with UBUNTU studio 10.10 pd 0.42.5
> with all the
> exts available and then on puredyne I think my vanilla
> installation is
> messed up because I had to edit the config files to get
> pdL2ORK to
> run. Should be fine if I just replace the config files with
> the
> originals.
> 
> Where is some god documentation on installing multiple
> versions of PD.
> What should I look out for when using so many different
> installations.
> 
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