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

Mon Mar 18 16:58:36 CET 2013

hi olsen

did you install the 64bit version of pd-extended? At the moment Gem is
broken in that version. Try the 32bit version.

m

On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 11:43 AM, olsen <raumkundschafter at hasa-labs.org> wrote:
> Hi Hans
>
> I just got my hands on an OSX 10.7.5 and a 10.6.8 system and with 0.43.4
> there seems to be a problem with Gem - e.g. opening the help of [pix_film]
> gives me the following error:
>
> [pix_film] now mogie decoding backends found
> gemglutwindow
> ... couldn't create
>
> any idea?
>
> thanks & salutis
> Olsen
>
>
>
>
> On 01/29/2013 09:36 PM, Hans-Christoph Steiner 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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