how to see the console in Pd for Linux (was Re: [PD] mask videos)

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instaid of just starting pd itself, make a launcher for it and select 'open 
in terminal'

>From: "Andrei R. Thomaz" <andreithomaz at bol.com.br>
>To: zmoelnig at iem.at
>CC: pd-list at iem.at
>Subject: how to see the console in Pd for Linux (was Re: [PD] mask videos)
>Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 11:07:11 -0200
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>hello Iohannes,
>
>I am using the Pure Data in Fedora Linux (PlanetCCRMA RPMs). I can't find 
>the console (but it appears in the windows version); I cann't see any 
>messages exhibited using the print message in linux, but i can see them in 
>Windows. Does anybody know how can I see the console with this version of 
>Pd (PlanetCCRMA in Fedora Core 2) ?
>
>and, yes, the problem must be the dimensions... if the video is 512x524, 
>the mask must be 512x512, too? So, that is the problem, thank you for 
>helping.
>
>[]'s
>andrei
>
>zmoelnig at iem.at wrote:
>
>>Zitiere "Andrei R. Thomaz" <andreithomaz at bol.com.br>:
>>
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>>
>>>hello Iohannes,
>>>
>>>I am sending the patch. The masking works only with images (JPG, TIFF)
>>>
>>>
>>
>>thanks; haven't had time to look at it yet...
>>
>>
>>
>>>with dimensions power of 2. I tried the movies that came with Pd, and 
>>>none worked (I think their dimensiona=s are power of 2).
>>>
>>>
>>
>>what does "not work" mean for you ?
>>_always_ look what the console is saying: useful info/warning/error 
>>messages
>>will appear there ;-)
>>
>>you can only mix (and masking is a form of mixing) to images with 
>>equal(!!!)
>>dimensions.
>>
>>mfg.a.sdr
>>IOhannes
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>>
>>
>>
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