[PD] Windows nightly builds are back

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On Dec 4, 2007, at 8:03 PM, João Miguel Pais wrote:

> by the way, when installing the files and the "file already exists"  
> dialog, please add a "always" button. it's a bit uneffective having  
> to press the y key for several minutes, until all files are there.

Uninstalling first is a solution to this.  Please file a bug report  
on that though.

> weird tcl/tk behaviour here as well.
>
> what does "libdir_loader: added cyclone to the global classpath" mean?

Pd 0.40 adds canvas-local namespaces.  that message means a library  
has been loaded into the global namespace.

> I think the console is a classical feature. the box for it should  
> be checked as standard - anyone can change it to something else  
> afterwards.

Fixed in CVS.

> the edit menu has smaller fonts than the other ones - but only in  
> the main window.

Oops, bug, should be fixed in CVS.

.hc

>
>
> Am 05.12.2007, 01:03 Uhr, schrieb Hans-Christoph Steiner  
> <hans at eds.org>:
>
>>
>> On Dec 4, 2007, at 3:01 PM, Martin Peach wrote:
>>
>>> Mathieu Bouchard wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 4 Dec 2007, Martin Peach wrote:
>>>>> Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>>>>>> Finally, the Windows builds are working again.  I am  
>>>>>> interested to
>>>>>> hear about how the GUI changes work on Windows...
>>>>> All objects except the iemguis are invisible. (WindowsXP)
>>>>
>>>> This can be related to some things:
>>>>
>>>>   1. the update queue mechanism introduced in 0.38 isn't working
>>>> anymore
>>>>      so the queue just builds up without flushing or the queue just
>>>>      doesn't ever build up.
>>>>
>>>>   2. every non-GOP patch gets treated like a GOP drawn in itself.
>>>> If the
>>>>      floatboxes (Ctrl+3) don't get drawn, it's probably not the
>>>> problem.
>>>
>>> Floatboxes don't get drawn. Only the bang, toggle, slider, number2,
>>> radio, vumeter and the data in arrays show up. No patch cords  
>>> either.
>>
>> Very strange that it works fine on Mac OS X and Ubuntu, but not
>> Windows.  I just did some more testing on Mac OS X.  It looks like Tk
>> is not actually drawing to the canvas, since I can change the
>> background color of the canvas, but I don't see anything drawn.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> .hc
>>
>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>   3. new patch colouring mechanism happens to draw white-on- 
>>>> white (I
>>>>      haven't looked at how it works, so I don't know whether it's
>>>> possible
>>>>      that this happens)
>>>>
>>>>   4. Tcl commands are erring, and the errancies are redirected to
>>>> some
>>>>      kind of /dev/null by Windows or by the custom Wish Shell used
>>>> by Pd.
>>>
>>> If I open pd from a command prompt no errors are printed in any
>>> window.
>>>
>>> Martin
>>>
>>
>>
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