[PD] more to translate: the new documentation system (aka search-plugin)

[Jonathan Wilkes]

----- Original Message -----

> From: Kyriakos Tsoukalas <subscriber at labyrinthos.gr>
> To: Pierre-Olivier Boulant <po.boulant at free.fr>
> Cc: "pd-list at iem.at list" <pd-list at iem.at>
> Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2012 7:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [PD] more to translate: the new documentation system (aka search-plugin)
> 
> Hi
> 
> On Dec 22, 2012, at 10:37 PM, Pierre-Olivier Boulant wrote:
> 
>>  Hi,
>> 
>>  I'm starting the translation in French.
>>  I found this wierd one:
>> 
>>>  performance some sort of analysis on the incoming signal or value
>> 
>>  Should it read "performs" ?

It shold read "perform".  Also should probably remove "some sort of" from the description.

Btw-- Here are the current results I have for objects tagged with "analysis".
If anyone can find more objects that need the tag "analysis", or a more
refined short description of "analysis" please let me know:

bonk~  
an attack detector for small percussion instruments 
Keywords: signal analysis

choice  
search for a best match to an incoming list 
Keywords: control storage analysis list_op

fft~  
Fourier analyses
Keywords: signal block_oriented analysis

fiddle~  
pitch estimator and sinusoidal peak finder 
Keywords: signal analysis

pique  
find peaks in an FFT spectrum
Keywords: control analysis

sigmund~  
sinusoidal analysis and pitch tracking
Keywords: signal analysis

maxlib/beat  
beat tracker
Keywords: control analysis

maxlib/chord  
tries to detect chords
Keywords: control analysis

maxlib/edge  
detect rising or falling edge in floats
Keywords: control analysis

maxlib/gestalt  
gestalt detection for monophonic melodies 
Keywords: control analysis MIDI

maxlib/history  
calculates the average of the floats that came in within the last N milliseconds
Keywords: control analysis

maxlib/pitch  
get info about pitch
Keywords: control analysis MIDI

maxlib/rhythm  
detects the beat of rhythmic patterns
Keywords: control analysis

maxlib/score  
score follower that tries to match incoming MIDI data to a score stored in an array
Keywords: control MIDI analysis

maxlib/temperature  
output number of input changes in N ms
Keywords: control analysis

> I also gazed on
> - store or manipulate an anything

An "anything" is any message that is accepted by the anything method
of a class.  I suppose I should shield this ugly terminology from the
user as much as possible.

Possible alternatives:
"store or manipulate messages" <-- too vague?
"store or manipulate any type of message" <-- what's a message "type"?  Doesn't include gem messages or GF grids...

> - provide trogonometric functionality (trigonometric?)

Better:
"provide trigonometric functionality"  <-- maybe "function" or "functions" or "function(s)"?

-Jonathan