[PD-dev] Re: pure devil (fwd)

[Mathieu Bouchard]

On Mon, 8 Aug 2005, Tim Blechmann wrote:
> Mathieu Bouchard wrote:
> > Therefore we do not need libpd for that purpose... but it would still
> > be  cool to have a libpd one day, as an option for those who want it.
> > (Someone  came in _today_ on the channel asking whether there was a
> > libpd)
> well, no idea, that his purpose would be, but it's possible to compile a
> libpd ... no nice api, though ...

Ok, what do you want in the nice API ?

I mean what would be in the libpd API that isn't already in m_pd.h ?

And then there might be nice stuff required for a better API that isn't 
specific to libpd, ... such as publishing stuff from g_canvas.h... (but 
incidentally g_canvas.h corresponds to the part of Pd i am currently 
nuking)

> > For disabling the old Pd GUI, I see these options:
> >   (A) disabling the code using #ifdef
> >   (B) disabling the code by not calling the startup code
> >   (C) disabling the code by ignoring what we can and else calling more
> >       startup code that overwrites the objectmaker entries that we
> >       don't  want
> > (C) is the least "destructive", but sometimes destruction is better...
> > I  don't know which I'd pick, but I'm confident that I/we will figure
> > it out  at the right time.
> B ... makes it possible to stay compatible with miller as long as
> possible ...

Ok, you're right.

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