[PD] questions about PD-extended 0.43 build on Mac (GUI-oriented)

[Jonathan Wilkes]

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> From: Scott R. Looney <scottrlooney at gmail.com>
>To: pd-list at iem.at 
>Sent: Friday, December 30, 2011 11:40 PM
>Subject: [PD] questions about PD-extended 0.43 build on Mac (GUI-oriented)
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>hey folks, new PD user here, coming from Max 5 on a Mac and trying to rewrite my patch in PD. i read about the new .43 branch builds of pd-extended and how they had a few usability improvements over the older branches. so far i've downloaded the 12/21 and 12/30 builds of pd-extended for Mac. i'll have lots of questions but for now these will suffice:
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>1. is there a way to get the right click context menu for objects working in .43 on the Mac? i read that a GUI plugin is responsible for this, but it seems it should be included in this extended build.

I thought that plugin was somewhere on puredata.info, but I can't find it there when I search for it.


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>2. also read about key bindings-VERY interested in this as i have some RSI issues and shortcuts would be helpful for common tasks.

Most of these should be listed to the right of the option in the menu.  For example, click the "Put" menu in a patch and you'll find the shortcut for creating an object is <Control-1>.


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>3. is there a way to edit GUI characteristics (global font size, key bindings,etc) by changing some items in a config text file? i've read that the rewrite uses Tcl/Tk but i'm not really a programmer though i can edit and modify simple CSS or PHP scripts.


Global font size is saved per canvas.  Click the "Edit" menu, then choose "Font" to bring up the font dialog.

There's no way to change key bindings from within Pd, but they can be found in pd_bindings.tcl.


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>4. lastly - i know the 0.43 branch is considered experimental, but if there's a relatively stable .43 Mac build somewhere that could be recommended it would be appreciated. the Dec 21 build is OK though right-clicking to get Properties or Help lags a lot.
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>thanks in advance,
>scott
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