[PD] [PD-announce] pd 0.43-0 released

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On Mar 23, 2011, at 5:14 AM, Lorenzo Sutton wrote:

> Miller, all other devs, contributors etc.
>
> Thanks for the new release!
>
> Quick feedback from a *very* quick session on Ubuntu 10.04.
>
> Compiled and installed with ./configure --prefix=/home/lorenzo/bin/ 
> pd-vanilla so this is not a full system-wide install test.

Which ./configure?  The one in pd/ or the one in pd/src/?

> - Everything went well audio works with both alsa and jack. alsa- 
> midi also works.
> - Maybe due to specifying the PREFIX I don't get the error dmotd gets
> - Where does pd pick the path for gui-rewrite plugins?

http://puredata.info/docs/faq/how-do-i-install-externals-and-help-files

> In my case it seems to search in /home/lorenzo/src/pd-gui-rewrite/ 
> startup/ which actually relates to another development version I was  
> messing with.

Perhaps that's from your ~/.pdsettings?

> - As for the aesthetics issues. I'm personally happy with the  
> 'standard' white canvas (fonts seem to be erratic at every install):  
> would it make sense to create a simple configuration file in the  
> form param=value holding the values as in he example Hans provided  
> maybe with simpler-to-read entries (making it up):
>
> canvas.bgcolor=#E1E1E1
> canvas.fgcolor=#000000
> canvas.fontface='DejaVu Sans Mono'
> canvas.fontsize=12
> ui.bgcolor=#D3D3D3
> ui.fgcolor=#000000
> ui.fontface='Dejavu Sans'
> ui.fontsize=12

The Tcl/Tk 'option' command is not far off of the above, and its much  
better documented, and well known by many people, so there are more  
people to ask.  Here's an example:

http://pure-data.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pure-data/trunk/scripts/guiplugins/simple_examples/gtklook-plugin.tcl?revision=15040&view=markup

.hc

>
> etc.
>
> That's it for now.
> Ciao,
> Lorenzo.
>
>
> Miller Puckette wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Pd version 0.43-0  is available on http://crca.ucsd.edu/~msp/software.htm
>> or via git from sourceforge:
>> git clone git://pure-data.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/pure-data/ 
>> pure-data
>>
>> cheers
>> Miller
>>
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