[PD-dev] pd-gui-rewrite merging in 0.43

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

Hey Miller and all,

Happy New Year!  I just reviewed the C code in the pd-gui-rewrite  
branch.  There are a number of changes to the C code that have been  
included in the pd-gui-rewrite branch.  There are two types of changes  
that are included:

- C changes obviated by the Tcl rewrite, things like calling new  
functions, setting new tags for certain widgets, etc.

- changes needed to sort out building Pd's C code in a more standard  
way.  This goes hand-in-hand with the completely new autotools build  
system.  Things like using the C99 stdint.h for int32_t instead of a  
complicated, custom set of CPP macros.  On that note, I did not change  
the uint32, etc stuff in d_soundfile.c, but I think should use the C99/ 
stdint.h defs there as well.

There are two changesets that are not currently submitted to the patch  
tracker, but if its useful I can submit them.  They are:

- Win32/Cygwin fixes in x_misc.c

- the set-path and set-startup messages in m_glob.c that allows the  
GUI to get the current Path and Startup settings without bringing up  
the dialog window.

I'm going to start in on the TODOs that are scattered thru-out, let me  
know on how best to proceed on merging.

.hc

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