[PD] Pd-ext 0.43.4 Tcl Invalid Command Name error

Hans-Christoph Steiner hans at at.or.at
Fri Jan 11 15:32:38 CET 2013


Can you post the patch that triggers this problem?

.hc

On Jan 11, 2013, at 5:40 AM, Marco Donnarumma wrote:

> Hey,
> 
> I'm keeping trying my patches with the new pd-ext to report back.
> 
> From time to time when launching my Xth Sense patch this error appears:
> 
> (Tcl) INVALID COMMAND NAME: invalid command name ".x9c4d3b0.c"
> while executing
> ".x9c4d3b0.c create image 900 776 -image a4304c0PHOTOIMAGE -tags a4304c0PHOTO
>  ("uplevel" body line 283)
>  invoked from within
> "uplevel #0 $cmds_from_pd"
> 
> as far as I can understand, it might be related to nested GOP subpatches.
> In fact, the GUI freezes (although data crunching still works).
> Then Pd can't be close (although still running properly), and you end up killing it.
> 
> I've got GOP abstractions embedded in a parent GOP abstraction, and I load the latter into a parent GOP, which in turn is loaded into a subpatch.
> 
> I know it sounds clumsy, but modularity like this works nicely for updating the whole software without changing the main patch.
> 
> It worked perfectly fine with pd-ext 0.42.5.
> 
> any idea if I'm doing something wrong, or Pd does?
> 
> thanks!
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Marco Donnarumma
> New Media + Sonic Arts Practitioner, Performer, Teacher, Director.
> Embodied Audio-Visual Interaction Research Team.
> Department of Computing, Goldsmiths University of London
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Portfolio: http://marcodonnarumma.com
> Research: http://res.marcodonnarumma.com
> Director: http://www.liveperformersmeeting.net
> _______________________________________________
> Pd-list at iem.at mailing list
> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.puredata.info/pipermail/pd-list/attachments/20130111/5caf31b2/attachment.htm>


More information about the Pd-list mailing list