[PD] What version of GEM should I use with pd 0.43-0 vanilla

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On Apr 9, 2011, at 12:49 AM, Patrice Colet wrote:

>
> ----- "Billy Stiltner" <billy.stiltner at gmail.com> a écrit :
>
>> On 4/7/11, patko <colet.patrice at free.fr> wrote:
>
>>> you know when you add an external path it will be available from all
>> pd
>>> versions because
>>> it's litterally a full path name that is added by the new tcl
>> interface, and
>>> because vanilla and extended shares the same config file.
>>> that's why I use to start patches made for vanilla with a .bat
>> script, then
>>> I can set exactly what I need in pd for my application.
>>>>
>>
>>
>> Actually on my machine there are separate registry entries for pdx  
>> and
>> pd.
>> both versions of vanilla I have installed share the same registry
>> entry.
>>
>>
>
> interesting
>
>>
>>>> The problem with using externals with cross platform applications
>> is
>>>> if you don't supply the library on all 3 platforms then there may
>> be
>>>> some people that cant use your patch.
>>>>
>>>
>>> That's why I think that pd-extended should add only externals
>> available on
>>> all 3 platforms.
>>> It's not really the job of patch developpers to provide cross
>> platform
>>> externals and libraries but the job of the external developpers.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Is there a list of externals that work on all 3 platforms?
>
> I don't know if there is such a list, but I'd be glad to add several  
> externals I've been able to compile with my machine,
> and comment about how it has been done, then pdx maintainers could  
> had them to the build farm.
> The problem is that most pdx externals building use a single  
> Makefile for compilation that resides in externals, so it makes tricky
> patch submiting, because it's a lot easier to use the Makefile  
> provided by the dev in most cases (that's happening with  
> unauthorized externals for example).
> I sometimes submit dll's to the list, but it's not really a good  
> thing.
>
> if one is interested I've built these ones lately:
>
> exciter
> filterbank
> formant
> pianoroll
> probalizer
> samplebox
> sonogram
> speex
> spigot~
>
> most just need -liberty in linker flags

I would be great to have this included, please submit a patch to the  
patch tracker :)

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