[PD] Re: New PDP/PiDiP for OSX

[Patrick Pagano]

Sevvy!!!

I am so sorry!
I meant  "rats" as an expression similar to "darn"
rats was NOT BY ANY MEANS EVER meant to be a descriptor of you
It was to be "Oh Rats, it won't work for my machine".

Sorry that translated so badly.

sincerely
Patrick



On Wednesday, March 24, 2004, at 06:48 PM, Yves Degoyon wrote:

>
>
> Adam Lindsay wrote:
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> Yves,
>
>
>
> but, by the way, i received some very unfriendly mails
> from MAC users ( consumers ) UNHAPPY with their product
> as if they were writing to a company dealer,
>
>
>
> It's true that there can be some culture shock between the Pd (do-it-
> yourselfers) and the Mac (click, and it just works) communities. I do
> hope you're not discouraged by those folks, but Pat also rightly brings
> up the idea of pent-up demand and excitement.
>
> i ever you're a linux or a mac user, there's no reason to call someone 
> a "rat"
> just because your software doesn't work.
>
>
>
> Anyway, some hints to potential users, and comments to Sevy:
>
> If you get an error message on startup about pdp_text not finding a
> default font, try this:
>
>  sudo cp pdp_pidip_osx/fonts/helmetr.ttf /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/
>
>
>
> that's in the installation notes...
> http://ydegoyon.free.fr/INSTALL_NOTES.txt
>
>
> The nifty pdp_ieee1394 object looks like it isn't re-entrant yet (i.e.,
> you can't create a second pdp_ieee1394 object, even in another patch
> after one has been destroyed). This might show up with a bunch of lines
> like "pdp_ieee1394: SGIdle failed." or "pdp_ieee1394: grabber
> initialization failed". If you run into this, I think the only way to 
> fix
> it is to close pd and restart. It's not pretty, but from the commented-
> out code, it seems like there's some trouble with the implementation.
>
> It's most irritating when trying out all the nifty sample patches!
>
> Can the Gem/OSX folks offer any insight into this?
>
>
> should be the case for pix_video, too, no?
> some code of pix_video did not work also
> because, in pdp, everything is excuted in a thread
> ( i guess it's the more likely reason ).
>
> cheers,
> sevy
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