[PD] call for testers for L2Ork iteration of pd-extended (based on 0.42.x branch)

[ALAN BROOKER]

Hi Just to clarify the message
Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x00000011 in ?? ()

is printed on the terminal when ctrl-1 is used

Thanks again
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 10:11 AM, ALAN BROOKER
<alan.brooker2010 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Ico
>
>
> Ive got it working and have loaded some libraries, Gem, Gridflow, Zexy, pdp
> - however PD crashes out when I ctrl-1 to put an object on the canvas.
>
> I've done a backtrace (thanks Mathieu for the tip previously) with the
> following results:
>
> Starting program: /usr/local/bin/pd -oss -channels 2 my-bug-test.pd
> [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
> <init> : Avifile RELEASE-0.7.48-100119-21:44-../src/configure
> <init> : Available CPU flags: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr
> pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext
> fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc nonstop_tsc extd_api
> <init> : 800.00 MHz AMD Phenom(tm) II X2 555 Processor detected
> [New Thread 0xb47e1b70 (LWP 4084)]
>
> Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
> 0x00000011 in ?? ()
> (gdb) where
> #0  0x00000011 in ?? ()
> #1  0x080a94d5 in gobj_displace_withtag (x=0x8206cb8,
>     dx=<value optimised out>, dy=0) at g_editor.c:68
> #2  canvas_displaceselection (x=0x8206cb8, dx=<value optimised out>, dy=0)
>     at g_editor.c:1900
> #3  0x080a98a5 in canvas_motion (x=0x8206cb8, xpos=232, ypos=76, fmod=2)
>     at g_editor.c:2089
> #4  0x080ca4f6 in pd_typedmess (x=0x8206cb8, s=0x8135eb8, argc=3,
>     argv=0xbffff08c) at m_class.c:792
> #5  0x080ca0dc in pd_typedmess (x=0x814ac60, s=0x8135eb8, argc=3,
>     argv=0xbffff08c) at m_class.c:813
> #6  0x080cfbaa in binbuf_eval (x=0x8149688, target=<value optimised out>,
>     argc=0, argv=0x0) at m_binbuf.c:726
> #7  0x080dde5f in socketreceiver_read (x=0x81496a8, fd=6) at s_inter.c:560
> #8  0x080dd81a in sys_domicrosleep (microsec=<value optimised out>,
>     pollem=<value optimised out>) at s_inter.c:198
> #9  0x080de502 in sys_pollgui () at s_inter.c:862
> #10 0x080d9321 in m_pollingscheduler () at m_sched.c:490
> #11 m_mainloop () at m_sched.c:560
> #12 0x080dc8a9 in sys_main (argc=5, argv=0xbffff4e4) at s_main.c:310
> #13 0x080e556b in main (argc=5, argv=0xbffff4e4) at s_entry.c:32
> (gdb)  quit
> A debugging session is active.
>
> Inferior 1 [process 4078] will be killed.
>
> Quit anyway? (y or n) y
> socket receive error: Connection reset by peer (104)
>
> Thanks for your help with this! It's a great package to work from
> Cheers
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 5:29 AM, Ivica Ico Bukvic <ico at vt.edu> wrote:
>
>> > Notice that both [cyclone/Scope~] and [flatspace/entry] have a
>> > bug: a sudden increase in height/width by about 5-10 pixels when you
>> > initially drag to resize.  This makes it difficult if not
>> > impossible to make minor size changes (especially since there is no
>> > Properties dialogue).
>>
>> Good to know. I will look into this when I get there. Currently working on
>> accelerating iemgui objects as well as exposing them to sarlo's highlighting
>> magic.
>>
>> > Wouldn't it be easier just to toggle the text for that menu option
>> > between "Edit mode" and "Run mode"? (That's what they're called in
>> > the manual.)
>>
>> Sure. There are other options, too, like the one 0.43 and now l2ork
>> version of 0.42 uses by changing option's background which works visually
>> relatively well (albeit at the expense of consistency). This is however not
>> the issue. The issue is finding out that after an hour of debugging the
>> problem is not in you or your code but the toolkit you are using and in 2010
>> for a toolkit that has been around for more than a decade that is plainly
>> sad.
>>
>> > How would you go about doing that?
>>
>> A: Ugly path: Isolate pd<->gui hooks and port the entire thing to Qt.
>>
>> B: Better (albeit more time-consuming) path: clean-up code first so that
>> all objects can utilize the same gobj_<whatever> calls and then do the A:
>> (which at that point won't be nearly as ugly or difficult to maintain).
>>
>> FWIW, my first ever GUI app was RTMix I did back in 2001 and it was (and
>> remains) the ugliest hack ever (basically I tried to learn how to program
>> doing that app). Yet, the fact remains even in 2001 qt was way better than
>> what Tk is today. Another advantage is avoiding socket bottlenecks as the
>> entire thing could be done simply in C. License-wise it should be fine and
>> cross-platform-wise miles ahead of Tcl/Tk. Heck, you could even throw in Qt
>> for mobile devices for good measure since that is apparently hot item these
>> days.
>>
>> That said, I need some more time working with Pd code before I can
>> undertake this. Perhaps more importantly, I just need a generous,
>> uninterrupted chunk of time to do this.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Ico
>>
>>
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