[PD] close all patches on quit sourceforge patch

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

yup:

hans at palatschinken bin $ dpkg -l tkpng
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name             Version          Description
+++-================-================-================================================
ii  tkpng            0.9-1ubuntu1     PNG photo image support to Tcl/Tk


Does it not work with Tcl/Tk 8.5?

hans at palatschinken bin $ tclsh
% info patchlevel
8.5.11


.hc

On 10/25/2012 12:11 AM, Ivica Bukvic wrote:
> Do you have tkpng installed as per instructions on pd-l2ork's webpage?
> On Oct 24, 2012 11:57 PM, "Hans-Christoph Steiner" <hans at at.or.at> wrote:
> 
>>
>> Hmm, something different, but still not running:
>>
>> hans at palatschinken bin $ cp ../src/pd.tk .
>> hans at palatschinken bin $ ./pd-l2ork -stderr -d 3
>> set pd_whichmidiapi 2
>> pdtk_pd_startup {Pd version 0.42-6extended-l2ork-20121007
>> } { {OSS 2} {ALSA 1} } { {default-MIDI 2} {ALSA-MIDI 1} } {DejaVu Sans
>> Mono}
>> normal
>> set pd_whichmidiapi 2
>> tcl: /media/share/code/pd-l2ork/pd/bin/pd.tk: can't open script
>> ^CPd: signal 2
>> hans at palatschinken bin $ ls -l /media/share/code/pd-l2ork/pd/bin/pd.tk
>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 hans hans 289074 Oct 24 23:55
>> /media/share/code/pd-l2ork/pd/bin/pd.tk
>>
>>
>>
>> On 10/24/2012 10:56 PM, Ivica Bukvic wrote:
>>> You forgot pd.tk...
>>> On Oct 24, 2012 10:52 PM, "Hans-Christoph Steiner" <hans at at.or.at>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I did:
>>>> cd pd/
>>>> cp tcl/*.tcl bin/
>>>> cd bin
>>>> ./pd-l2ork
>>>>
>>>> and got the same result:
>>>>
>>>> hans at palatschinken bin $ ./pd-l2ork  -stderr -d 3
>>>> set pd_whichmidiapi 2
>>>> pdtk_pd_startup {Pd version 0.42-6extended-l2ork-20121007
>>>> } { {OSS 2} {ALSA 1} } { {default-MIDI 2} {ALSA-MIDI 1} } {DejaVu Sans
>>>> Mono}
>>>> normal
>>>> set pd_whichmidiapi 2
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> .hc
>>>>
>>>> On 10/24/2012 10:16 PM, Ivica Bukvic wrote:
>>>>> If you are not installing it onto system, copy TCL files into the
>> pd/bin
>>>>> dir. Remember, this is a fork of 0.42.
>>>>> On Oct 24, 2012 9:07 PM, "Hans-Christoph Steiner" <hans at at.or.at>
>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I just tried the latest pd-l2ork from git, and it doesn't seem to
>> start
>>>>>> correctly.  I did:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> cd pd/src
>>>>>> aclocal
>>>>>> autoconf
>>>>>> ./configure
>>>>>> make
>>>>>> ../bin/pd-l2ork
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I also tried:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> cd ../bin
>>>>>> ./pd-l2ork
>>>>>>
>>>>>> All I got was a great square window with no menu.  I'm on Linux Mint
>> 13
>>>>>> Maya
>>>>>> amd64, which is basically Ubuntu/Precise.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> .hc
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 10/24/2012 08:47 PM, Ivica Bukvic wrote:
>>>>>>> It is only the draw command, not the communication...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> BTW do either of you know why one would be getting pdtk_post { stack
>>>>>>> overflow } messages? Doors that mean the cpu is unable to handle all
>>>> gui
>>>>>>> requests?
>>>>>>> On Oct 24, 2012 8:32 PM, "Hans-Christoph Steiner" <hans at at.or.at>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks for that info.  Sounds like a good idea in general.  I
>>>> personally
>>>>>>>> can't
>>>>>>>> think of any reason why the DSP would need to be on during the
>>>> quitting.
>>>>>>>>  But
>>>>>>>> for the 'redraw' part, that depends.  If it is literally only
>>>> redrawing
>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>> is suspended, that would be fine.  But if its all Pd<-->GUI
>>>>>> communications,
>>>>>>>> that will probably cause problems.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> .hc
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 10/24/2012 06:02 PM, Ivica Ico Bukvic wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Hans and Iohannes,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The following is FYI.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Several months ago I integrated the close all patches before
>> quitting
>>>>>>>> patch
>>>>>>>>> in pd-l2ork and since then I've been experiencing extremely
>> sporadic
>>>>>>>> crashes
>>>>>>>>> on close that would hang pd-l2ork. Now, I am not sure this is
>> because
>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>> architectural differences between regular pd and pd-l2ork but I
>> doubt
>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>>> since most of the said components are very similar if not
>> identical.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The bottom line is this only occurs on very low-powered machines
>>>> (e.g.
>>>>>>>>> netbook) and relatively large patches and even then it does so very
>>>>>>>>> sporadically. Consequently, I implemented an improvement to the
>>>> closing
>>>>>>>>> mechanism that consists of 2 additional steps and apparently
>>>> alleviates
>>>>>>>> said
>>>>>>>>> problems entirely:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 1) disable further redraws (this prevents calling functions that
>> may
>>>> be
>>>>>>>>> referencing null pointers)--I have a special global var for this
>>>> which
>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>>> also being used to optimize redrawing (many actions in pd-l2ork are
>>>>>>>> several
>>>>>>>>> times faster than regular pd as a result of this
>> implementation--just
>>>>>>>> look
>>>>>>>>> for do_not_redraw call in the source if curious)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 2) suspend dsp before going through the patches (all sub-patches
>> try
>>>> to
>>>>>>>>> suspend it and resume it but for some reason, due to asynchronous
>>>>>> nature
>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>> communication between tcl and c funny things occasionally happen on
>>>>>>>>> low-powered machines, so this way we ensure it is entirely off
>>>>>> throughout
>>>>>>>>> the whole destruction process)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hope this helps!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Ivica Ico Bukvic, D.M.A.
>>>>>>>>> Composition, Music Technology
>>>>>>>>> Director, DISIS Interactive Sound & Intermedia Studio
>>>>>>>>> Director, L2Ork Linux Laptop Orchestra
>>>>>>>>> Head, ICAT IMPACT Studio
>>>>>>>>> Virginia Tech
>>>>>>>>> Dept. of Music - 0240
>>>>>>>>> Blacksburg, VA 24061
>>>>>>>>> (540) 231-6139
>>>>>>>>> (540) 231-5034 (fax)
>>>>>>>>> ico at vt.edu
>>>>>>>>> http://www.music.vt.edu/faculty/bukvic/
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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