thanks for the quick reply Derek. ill try what you suggest instead. john
Jonesints On 09/01/2008, Derek Holzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi John, > > John Cohen wrote: > > Ive had no problem with pd so far but recently i tried creating the > > "counter" object and I've always had the same error "couldn't create > > counter. I'm pretty certain the object exists in pd since i saw it in a > > couple of tutorials.. > > am i missing a special library to get this object? > > Well, ermm, several actually. In a way. The problem is that the > namespace for [counter] is a bit polluted, meaning that there are > different versions of [counter] in different libraries which do > different things. I don't recall which libraries have one, so I never > use any of them! > > In the help files, help/2.control.examples/05.counter.pd and > 06.more.counters.pd are the standard ways of counting. See also the help > file for [mod]. > > > also, i would very much want to see a list of objects available in pd. i > > haven't seen one so far, so its difficult to know what objects are > > installed and i can count with! > > thanks for your help > > There's one for the core PD objects in help/5.reference/0.INTRO.txt > Externals change from time to time, making it difficult to keep > everything current. Here's a(n incomplete) list I made some time back: > > http://flossmanuals.net/PureData/ListofObjects > > best, > d. > > -- > derek holzer ::: http://www.umatic.nl ::: > http://blog.myspace.com/macumbista > ---Oblique Strategy # 54: > "Do something sudden, destructive and unpredictable" >
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