[PD] Updating Pd-Extended

[Simon Wise]

On 05/03/15 03:43, Martin Peach wrote:
> You can build single libraries in the sourceforge repository at
> http://sourceforge.net/p/pure-data/svn/HEAD/tree/trunk/
> Run make in the externals directory with the name of the library, for
> example 'make cyclone'. The valid commands are all in the
> externals/Makefile.


> A problem with this for WindowsOS is that vanilla is built with MSVC and
> extended with MinGW, they use different c runtime libraries, so some things
> like file operations will crash Pd.

that certainly makes it harder, and means an MSVC set up machine and work-flow 
is required.

Maybe if what is attractive about extended is a unified, libraries-included 
application with an improved GUI it would make more sense to work with the 
pd-l2ork team and build that for windows. They have often expressed a 
willingness to get it built, but a lack of time and a priority to re-base the 
GUI first so that, amongst other things, other OSes are easier.


Simon