[PD-dev] gui stuck issue persists in 0.42.5 pd-extended

[Ivica Ico Bukvic]

Hans and others working on pd-extended,

It appears that the gui gets stuck even in version 0.42.x. Namely, when a lot of gui activity is taking place concurrently (bang buttons, sliders, number boxes), after a while and at seemingly random times even in 0.42.5 pd-extended the gui stops responding. However, if my memory serves me correctly this time it appears that bang buttons and object creation/movement/deletion continues to work but the sliders and number boxes do not reflect any changes (come to think of it I haven't checked the toggle boxes), whereas I remember (potentially incorrectly) that before even bang buttons failed to work. So far the only lead is that in the said configuration we use a lot of sliders while when they are not being used, the system remains stable (or at least stable for as long as we've tested it which amounts to approx. couple minutes of continual data changes/updates).

Could the slider be the potential culprit?

Ivica Ico Bukvic, D.M.A.
Composition, Music Technology
Director, DISIS Interactive Sound & Intermedia Studio
Director, L2Ork Linux Laptop Orchestra
Assistant Co-Director, CCTAD
CHCI, CS, and Art (by courtesy)
Virginia Tech
Dept. of Music - 0240
Blacksburg, VA 24061
(540) 231-6139
(540) 231-5034 (fax)
ico at vt.edu
http://www.music.vt.edu/faculty/bukvic/