[PD] [PD-announce] Pd-0.40.3-extended-rc1 released

[Rich E]

I noticed that in the latest pd-extended on ubuntu, the arrow doesn't change
direction when you mouse over a GUI object that is editable. Why so?  I
found it useful..

-rich

On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 3:59 AM, Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at eds.org> wrote:

>
> For this release, there has been a lot of work in making the GUI and
> user experience much more fluid and easy. There is a new visual look
> that was designed to make patches more readable. Additionally, lots
> of things have been tweaked to make Pd behave more like a normal app.
> There has already been a lot of testing on these builds, so it is
> getting quite close to a final version. (Debian/PowerPC is missing
> now but will come later)
>
> http://at.or.at/hans/pd/installers.html
>
> Here is a partial changelog:
>
> - next visual appearance designed for readability (it can run slower
> on machines < 1 GHz)
>
> - default locations for user-installed externals, helpfiles, etc.
>  GNU/Linux:  /usr/share/pd and ~/pd
>  Mac OS X: /Library/Pd and ~/Library/Pd
>  Windows: %ProgramFiles%/Common Files/Pd and %UserProfile%/
> Application Data/Pd
>
> - lots of standard key bindings added:
>        Enter/Return for OK
>        Escape for Cancel
>        Ctrl/Cmd-W closes all windows
>        on Mac OS X, Cmd-` cycles thru open windows
>        on Mac OS X, Cmd-m minimizes windows
>        Ctrl/Cmd-R raises/lowers Pd window
>        Ctrl/Cmd-Shift-R shrinks/grows Pd window
>        Ctrl/Cmd-Shift-L clears Pd window's text console
>        Ctrl/Cmd-B opens the Help Browser
>
> - you can now use "~" in all paths to mean home folder, and on
> Windows you can use environment variables, lie %UserProfile% in paths
>
> - cut/copy/paste now work directly into text boxes on all platforms
>
> - [declare] and [import] now sorted out for loading, much work needs
> to be done before there namespace support is complete
>
> - "File -> Save As" defaults to the Home folder (~/)
>
> - fixed Cut/Copy/Paste for the Pd window's console
>
> - included pgp_opengl aka 3dp on GNU/Linux and Mac OS X
>
> KNOWN BUGS
>
> - check http://puredata.info/dev/bugtracker before reporting bugs
>
> - Escape, Enter, and Ctrl/Cmd-W don't close the Path and Startup
> preferences
>
> - pdp_opengl is alpha and will definitely crash Pd
>
> - loading pdp_opengl will crash Pd if X11 is not open before trying
> to load it
>
>
> .hc
>
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