is there a way to get at these updates without using the autobuild [notice that the ubuntu autobuild fails on Gem avifile..]. I assume that these changes aren't going into the pd cvs on sourceforge..
-Alex On Nov 9, 2007 12:13 PM, Hans-Christoph Steiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Nov 8, 2007, at 4:22 PM, Dafydd Hughes wrote: > > > I may have spoke too soon, but I found the answer to alpha here: > > > >>>>>> http://eds.org/~hans/pdsketch/stupidguitricks.png > > > > Still trying to figure out how the background colour works (can't make > > it go by copying the patch in the screenshot), but the object > > colouring > > came from Hans' themer.pd patch - can't find the original email tho:( > > > Doh! I forgot to check in canvas_name.c, it'll be in tomorrow's > build. Otherwise, you can do this in the meantime: > > [bang( > | > [window_name] > | > [makefilename %s.c] > | > > And that should give you the same thing as canvas_name, IIRC. > > .hc > > > > > > cheers > > dafydd > > > > Phil Stone wrote: > >> Care to let me in on the secret? I was messing with it at lunch, and > >> couldn't for the life of me figure out how to change the background > >> color of an object. > >> > >> > >> Phil > >> > >> Dafydd Hughes wrote: > >>> Forget it. I was indeed missing what was right in front of me. > >>> > >>> Dafydd Hughes wrote: > >>> > >>>> Hey Hans > >>>> > >>>> I'm _dying_to try this, but can't figure out how to access it. Are > >>>> there new commands for the themer patch? Or am I (like usual) just > >>>> missing what's right in front of me? > >>>> > >>>> cheers > >>>> dafydd > >>>> > >>>> Jerome Tuncer wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> In my opinion, this is not _stupid_ GUI tricks at all... > >>>>> > >>>>> Being asked on the differences between Pd and Max/MSP, how many > >>>>> times have I answered starting with "The GUI in pd isn't really as > >>>>> cool and smart as it is in Max/MSP but the DSP capabilities are in > >>>>> the end very similar". > >>>>> > >>>>> My answer to the lack of GUI elegance is very often a salad of > >>>>> overlaying [cnv]'s to make patches look more attractive and thus > >>>>> very often more readable. > >>>>> > >>>>> This kind of effort is not stupid, it is great GUI improvement > >>>>> in my > >>>>> opinion. > >>>>> > >>>>> ++ > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> J? > >>>>> > >>>>> Another off-thread thing : I'm really looking forward to the > >>>>> day pd > >>>>> will not suffer that much from its GUI implementation : simple > >>>>> slider or table visualization/monitoring sometimes being the main > >>>>> reason for a ultra complex DSP patch to bo so heavy on the > >>>>> computer/resources ! (-: > >>>>> > >>>>> Hans-Christoph Steiner a ?crit : > >>>>> > >>>>>> Ok, all this Tcl/Tk has started to rot my brain, so here are some > >>>>>> stupid GUI tricks: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> http://eds.org/~hans/pdsketch/stupidguitricks.png > >>>>>> > >>>>>> - change patch background colors in a patch! > >>>>>> - make your patches transparent! > >>>>>> - use lots of Tcl/Tk config options! > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Works on my machine :D and hopefully tomorrow's auto-builds... > >>>>>> > >>>>>> http://autobuild.puredata.info/auto-build/2007-11-08/ > >>>>>> > >>>>>> (if that link does work, it's not there yet) > >>>>>> > >>>>>> .hc > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>>>> ------- > >>>>>> ---- > >>>>>> > >>>>>> The arc of history bends towards justice. - Dr. Martin Luther > >>>>>> King, Jr. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>>> [email protected] mailing list > >>>>>> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > >>>>>> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> [email protected] mailing list > >>>>> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > >>>>> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > >>>>> > >>> > >>> > >> > > > > -- > > www.sideshowmedia.ca > > skype chickeninthegrass > > > > _______________________________________________ > > [email protected] mailing list > > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/ > > listinfo/pd-list > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ---- > > 'You people have such restrictive dress for women,' she said, > hobbling away in three inch heels and panty hose to finish out > another pink-collar temp pool day. - "Hijab Scene #2", by Mohja Kahf > > > > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
