[PD] [PD-announce] Pd-extended 0.43.4 released!

[Tuti]

still didn't try it out but want to say thank you for the great effort!
JoseFornari

On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 6:36 PM, Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at at.or.at> wrote:
>
> Its time to announce the next big Pd-extended release, 0.43.4!  This release
> has the most new features of any release before, so many annoyances are gone,
> many new tools help you patch, and.  There will be more updates to cover some
> of the new features here, in the form of news items on puredata.info, blog
> posts, screencasts and more.
>
>
> Download here for all platforms (Debian, Mac OS X, Mint, Raspbian, Ubuntu,
> Windows, and of course the source code):
> http://puredata.info/downloads/pd-extended/releases/0.43.4
>
> For Debian/Ubuntu/Mint/etc., you can add an apt source by following the
> instructions at the top of the page here:
> http://puredata.info/docs/faq/debian
>
>
> ChangeLog
> -------
>
> Here you can get a good overview in what has changed, so you know where to
> find out more.
>
>
> changes since 0.43.1
> --------------------
>  * search-plugin included by default
>  * improved audio performance on Mac and Windows, Mac now uses half the
>    CPU when idle (portaudio update)
>  * (Windows) full unicode support
>  * support full unicode MIDI device names (portmidi)
>  * many completed translations
>  * many bugfixes
>
>
>
> changes since 0.42.5
> --------------------
>
> == changes to the editor ==
>
>  * GUI Plugins! can customize a wide array of features of the editor
>  * Autotips in Edit Mode to get information about inlets, outlets, and objects
>  * Magic Glass to snoop on messages as they pass thru connections
>  * Search everything! Thanks to Jonathan Wilkes' search plugin, now included
>    by default
>  * full Unicode support throughout Pd (there are still some layout issues
>    with right-to-left alphabets and character-based languages)
>  * fully localizable GUI, with full translations for French, German, Japanese,
>    Italian, and Greek
>  * full interface translations with limited search translation for Catalan,
>    Chinese (China), Chinese (Taiwan), Danish, German, Hungarian, Korean,
>    Portuguese (Brazil), Slovak, Spanish, Spanish (Mexico)
>  * partial translations for: Russian, Turkish
>  * contribute to translations: https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/puredata/
>  * paths are no longer saved in the preferences. Use the [path] or
>    [declare -path] objects, or use the standard global install locations
>  * complete Tcl/Tk 8.5 support and integration
>  * drastically improved Pd window logging/print performance (1000 lines/sec
>    and you can still patch)
>  * Ctrl-click/Cmd-click error messages in Pd window to find the object with
>    the error
>  * five log levels and dynamic filtering of Pd window log ('fatal, error,
>    normal, debug, all')
>  * library loading printed to Pd window at level 'debug' so the Pd window
>    is blank when Pd-extended starts
>  * hierarchical display of open subpatches/abstractions in Window menu:
>    http://puredata.info/dev/NextRelease/window_hierarchy.png
>  * generate complete Pd window log using 'File->Save As..' when on the
>    Pd window
>  * 'File->New' creates the new patch in the folder of the current patch
>  * 'File->Print' now prints the entire canvas rather than just the visible
>     part (thanks Trevor Fancher)
>  * 'File->Save As...', 'Edit->Copy', and 'Edit->Select All' now work on
>    the Pd window
>  * Ctrl/Cmd < and > cycle through open windows
>  * added Autopatch, Autotips, and Perf Mode control on the Edit menu
>  * improved handling of multiple monitors
>  * (GNU/Linux) realtime mode enabled by default (-rt)
>  * (GNU/Linux) window placement logic can be handled in plugin for better
>    support of many Window Managers (`pdtk_canvas_place_window`)
>  * (GNU/Linux and Mac OS X) [comport] no longer crashes Pd when open
>    USB-serial devices are unplugged
>  * (GNU/Linux and Windows) !TkDND drag-n-drop support for dropping files
>    onto Pd and patch windows
>  * (GNU/Linux and Windows) added Alt shortcuts to menus
>  * (GNU/Linux and Windows) Navigate menus with arrow keys
>  * (GNU/Linux and Windows) Pd window and patchses now have a Pd icon
>    when Alt-Tabbing
>  * (Windows) zip-only distro with pd-extended.bat to run without installing
>
> == updates to the core ==
>
>  * updated to latest stable portaudio v19-20110326
>  * free methods always called on quit, so cameras, network sockets, etc.
>    are properly freed
>  * GUI objects no longer send pointless draw updates, reducing GUI load
>  * (Windows) external libraries can now include DLLs in a library folder
>  * [loadbang] has a convenience inlet
>  * sys_open() / sys_close() and sys_fopen() / sys_fclose() functions in
>    m_pd.h for full UTF-8 support in externals that use files
>
>
> == updates to libraries and objects ==
>
>  * added all lowercase aliases to cyclone for Max/MSP >= 4.6 compatibility
>  * fix type-punned pointer issues in most externals so everything is built
>    using auto-vectorization optimization on all platforms
>  * [sys_gui] now outputs a bang when the command completes
>  * [canvas_name] can query based on inlet, using float as depth and symbol
>    for canvas name
>  * [tabplay~] can play up to 13.5 hour long tables accurately (up from 6 mins)
>  * (Windows) fixed 'unauthorized' GUI objects [playlist], [cooled~], etc.
>
> == newly included libraries ==
>
>  * 'pdlua' for loading objects written in Lua like regular objects
>  * 'tclpd' for loading objects written in Tcl like regular objects
>  * 'log' library for logging to the Pd window at different levels
>  * 'iemguts' library for controlling abstractions and patches from Pd
>  * 'mediasettings' library for controlling the Audio/MIDI device preferences
>  * 'pduino' library for controlling Arduino boards via the Firmata protocol
>  * 'syslog' added IEM's object for logging to syslog (GNU/Linux and Mac OS X)
>
>
> == removed libraries ==
>
>  * remove unsupported, unmaintained libraries: controctopus,
>    Externals-HOWTO, flashserver, flatspace, flib, gyre, keyboardkeys,
>    memento, memento-p, nqpoly4, nqpoly~, nusmuk, pixeltango,
>    puremeasurement, rradical, toxy
>    see: [http://puredata.info/docs/LibrariesInPdExtended
>  * pidip removed because of license conflicts
>
>
> For more details, check the complete changelog, see the bottom of
> the release page:
> http://puredata.info/downloads/pd-extended/releases/0.43.4/
>
>
>
> More Details
> ------------
>
> * the Mac OS X PowerPC builds are a bit out of date because the
>   PowerPC build machine died at the end of December.  We're trying
>   to get it back up so we can have up-to-date Mac OS X PowerPC builds!
>
> * the Raspbian build is barely tested, please try it and report back
>   so we can improve things on Raspbian.
>
>
>
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