[PD] [PD-announce] pd 0.47-0test2 released

[Miller Puckette]

OK.. I added a 0.46 compatibility mode to get the old, strange behavior :)

On Sat, Apr 30, 2016 at 05:42:55PM +0200, Roman Haefeli wrote:
> On Fri, 2016-04-29 at 15:49 -0700, Miller Puckette wrote:
> > It looks like the new color handling has made teh "color" message work
> > more coherently.  In the past, if "color" had two arguments they were
> > interpreted as background, foreground, and label color, but if only
> > two were supplied theyt were the foreground and label colors (without
> > setting background color). 
> 
> Actually, a color message with two arguments sets background and label,
> leaving foreground color unchanged (in Pd <= 0.46).
> 
> >  I think the old behavior is horribly confusing.
> 
> Until now, I wasn't aware that all iemguis behave the same regarding
> colors. The new behavior would have worked for old versions of Pd, but
> it never occurred to me, since the documentation for  [cnv] clearly
> suggests using only two arguments (background, label), while all other
> iemguis require three arguments. Thus, I used only two arguments
> whenever setting the label color for [cnv]s dynamically. The change of
> behavior breaks quite a few patches of mine. This doesn't mean I'm
> opposed to introducing sanity in that matter (it's quite easy to fix),
> but I'm wondering how many other patches with non-trivial GUI designs
> would be affected.
> 
> > I'm not sure whether to consider it a bug or a 'feature' - and whether
> > back compatibility is more important than making the color-settings sane.
> 
> I'm not even sure what is more sane. The new behavior forces the use of
> a redundant middle argument when setting the label of a [cnv].
> 
> Roman
> 
> 
>  
> > On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 10:47:38PM +0200, Roman Haefeli wrote:
> > > I'm glad to see the release that includes deken is out now.
> > > 
> > > One minor thing still apparent in the test2 release: The second argument
> > > of the 'color' message to a [cnv] object does not change the text color
> > > anymore in Pd 0.47. Text color can be changed by providing a _third_
> > > argument, though. 
> > > 
> > > See attached patch.
> > > 
> > > Cheers and thanks for all the work gone into that release,
> > > Roman
> > > 
> 



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