[PD] can't see objects Pd-0.40.3-extended-20071230-windowsxp-i386.exe

[Martin Peach]

Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
> Ok, got a bit closer on this one, finally.  It seems that all of the  
> code is the same up thru tcl_mess() in t_tkcmd.c.  Once the tcl data  
> from sys_vgui() is sent to the tcl process and chopped up into  
> distinct commands, tcl_mess() is used to send the command to the Tcl  
> process ("tk_pdinterp" is the tcl process, "s" is the command):
> 
>      result = Tcl_Eval(tk_pdinterp,  s);
> 
> I tried to print out "s" here, but I couldn't get it to show up.  It  
> seems that stderr is a bit strange on Windows.  My hunch is that  
> something on Windows is eating the "$", and therefore causing this  
> problem.
> 
> Anyone know a way to get this to show up on the Windows console:
> 
>      fprintf(stderr, "tcl_mess: %s\n", ms);
> 

Try running pd from a .bat file.
Or fprint(stdout... instead.

Martin