Hi,<br>I'd like to test this. Can I install it alongside my other pd installation or will installing this take over other installations of pd-extended?<br><br>If it is possible, how do I go about doing this?<br><br>cheers,<br>
martin<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 10:20 PM, Ivica Ico Bukvic <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ico@vt.edu">ico@vt.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Dear fellow Pd enthusiasts,<br>
<br>
I am pleased to report that earlier today L2Ork released latest snapshot<br>
of its own variation of pd-extended 0.42.5. While we are working hard on<br>
submitting isolated patches upstream (some of which have been already<br>
submitted), many more need to be isolated before they can be provided in<br>
a useful format. Another roadblock is that we are still stuck on 0.42.5<br>
which makes patch integration so much more difficult into the 0.43<br>
branch.<br>
<br>
That said, we would love to get some feedback/testers. The tarball is<br>
for *linux only* clients (a good number of optimizations have not been<br>
tested on other platforms and there are already known issues,<br>
particularly in respect to <a href="http://pd.tk" target="_blank">pd.tk</a> file).<br>
<br>
Some of the notable improvements include much faster editor (instead of<br>
redrawing we tag and move objects wherever possible while still allowing<br>
for legacy movement of objects not conforming to the pd vanilla<br>
gobj_displace format), bunch of usability improvements (e.g. custom<br>
color picker with color storing and hex editing), per-canvas toggling of<br>
menu and background color (see Abstractions), universal shortcuts,<br>
different scrolling algorithm. Likewise, the UI is entirely revamped to<br>
better fit the "Gnome-ish" feel. Jack connectivity algorithm also is<br>
automated and compensates for changes in srate, etc.<br>
<br>
At any rate, there are bunch of other little/big fixes I honestly cannot<br>
recall. These improvements are a product of a year of use within the<br>
context of a 15-member laptop orchestra taking into an account feedback<br>
from students/participants, including also my latest hac-a-thon this<br>
past week that involved overhauling redraw to improve editor speed. So,<br>
if any of you would be so kind as to give it a stab and provide any<br>
feedback, that would be most appreciated.<br>
<br>
You can get the latest snapshot from<br>
<a href="http://l2ork.music.vt.edu/main/?page_id=56" target="_blank">http://l2ork.music.vt.edu/main/?page_id=56</a><br>
<br>
The source tarball also includes prebuilt binaries, so assuming you have<br>
an intel machine with Ubuntu 9.10, it should "just run." (cd pd/bin/<br>
followed by ./pd). Otherwise, you may have to rebuild it (standard<br>
pd-extended 0.42.x procedure).<br>
<br>
Your feedback, particularly bug-reports are most appreciated.<br>
<br>
Best wishes,<br>
<br>
Ico<br>
<br>
<br>
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