[PD] [PD-dev] working towards Pd-0.40.3-extended

Miller Puckette mpuckett at imusic1.ucsd.edu
Wed Oct 24 03:31:04 CEST 2007


Drat, we need some way to list the available fonts by the appropriate
names so that Tk will find them.  I don't know a simple way to do that
at the moment!

M

On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 06:10:24PM -0700, Luke Iannini (pd) wrote:
> I guess that is not correct, since it changes to the same font no matter
> what I put there.  I do have Bitstream Vera Sans Mono installed.
> 
> On 10/23/07, Luke Iannini (pd) <lukexipd at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > You're right.  It looks like it's using regular Bitstream Vera Sans rather
> > than Mono?I have this line in my .pdrc
> > -font-face "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono"
> > Is that correct?
> >
> >
> > Also, Pd-Extended defaults to Monaco on OS X, which is included, but I
> > don't like it since it is not anti-aliased (I posted about that elsewhere).
> >
> >
> > On 10/23/07, Miller Puckette <mpuckett at imusic1.ucsd.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > > The following lines:
> > >
> > >         sys_fontlist[i].fi_hostfontsize =
> > >             atom_getintarg(3 * best + 2, argc, argv);
> > >         sys_fontlist[i].fi_width = atom_getintarg(3 * best + 3, argc,
> > > argv);
> > >         sys_fontlist[i].fi_height = atom_getintarg(3 * best + 4, argc,
> > > argv);
> > >
> > > are how Pd finds out the actual font size from teh Tk front end; in Pd
> > > extended the font patch comments these lines out, so Pd assumes the font
> > > size is exactly as specified.  This leads to problems like clicking on
> > > one
> > > place and getting text selected in another.  I never understood why the
> > > lines were commented out.
> > >
> > > I'm not sure how wise it is to make a relase of Pd that depends on
> > > having
> > > a particular font installed... looks like this breaks a lot of machines.
> > >
> > >
> > > cheers
> > > Miller
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 08:01:16PM -0400, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Yup, you don't have Bitstream Vera Sans Mono working/installed.  It
> > > > has a distinctive lower L.
> > > >
> > > > .hc
> > > >
> > > > On Oct 23, 2007, at 7:15 PM, Luke Iannini (pd) wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >Here's a new pic demonstrating the issue, by the way (I'll add it
> > > > >to the tracker)
> > > > >The 1px wide canvas is demonstrating where I am clicking, and the
> > > > >actual cursor is visible to show the result.
> > > > >
> > > > >On 10/23/07, Luke Iannini (pd) <lukexipd at gmail.com > wrote:
> > > > >>Sounds good to me!  I think my biggest "blocker"-level issues with
> > > > >>the extended 0.40.3 builds are the mismatched font-cursor handling
> > > > >>in object-boxes with the new fonts, and the inability to use >~/
> > > > >>mtx_*~ and so on (though I believe IOhannes may have fixed that
> > > > >>recently?).
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >What mismatched font cursor handling?  If there's a bug, please
> > > > >report it on the tracker. :-)
> > > > >
> > > > >I did, and apparently it was fixed : ).  Anyway, the description is
> > > > >exactly the same:
> > > > >http://sourceforge.net/tracker /index.php?
> > > > >func=detail&aid=1650752&group_id=55736&atid=478070
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >Can this be reopened or should I submit a new one?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >Cheers
> > > > >Luke
> > > > >
> > > > ><Picture 1.png>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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