[PD] Re: New PDP/PiDiP for OSX

[Yves Degoyon]

puede ser una equivocation,
but lib Xv is not delivered in the pdp package,
it should be part of the X server.

ciao,
sevy

Patrick Pagano wrote:

> 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:
>
>     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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