Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote: > > On May 13, 2008, at 10:06 AM, Enrique Erne wrote: > >> Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote: >>> Hey all, >>> I've been fixing quite a lot of bugs in preparation of making the Pd- >>> extended 0.40.3 release. It's getting pretty much ready, so please >>> test it heavily so we can find any outstanding bugs! >>> Jack just pointed out that pdp on Mac OS X/PowerPC is having >>> problems loading videos, and is crashing, so I am working on that now. >>> .hc >> >> >> hi Hans >> >> i have been happily working with pd-0.40-extended (20080222) for quite >> a while. there are some issues though. >> >> Pd-0.40.3-extended-20080504-macosx104-i386 on a osx 10.5.2 >> >> ----------------- >> >> 1) at the moment if one modifies the preferences of i.e. vanilla pd >> the pd-extended looses all path and startup preferences (this is on >> osx i don't know about win or linux). >> >> i would like to propose that >> ~/Library/Preferences/org.puredata.pd.plist will be completely ignored >> by pd-extended. instead only the org.puredata.pd.plist inside the >> pd-extended app should be used. >> this way one could have different working setups. what do you think? > > I think people want to save preferences for Pd-extended too. The > current situation isn't great, that's true. If people want separate > preferences, that might be a possibility in a future Pd-extended release.
ah i forgot that the file inside the app is not save-able > >> >> ----------------- >> >> 2) as i reported earlier >> http://lists.puredata.info/pipermail/pd-list/2008-01/058787.html >> some objects can't create. i think that all of them are know problems. >> for me not be able to use <~ and >~ is _most_ annoying >> (hexloader-something?). i know there are workarounds with expr. >> not including iem-t3 lib is a loss but i can live without it. thou it >> makes around 5 nice netpd patches not usable anymore. > > > You can now file bug reports from the Help menu in Pd-extended. Please > file a bug report for this. i wrote a bug report for iem_t3 i'm not sure about the hexloader. i found this: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1637460&group_id=55736&atid=478070 should i file a new bug report? >> ----------------- >> >> 3) help files >> most help files worked (could create) but some: >> >> iemmatrix/matrix-help.pd >> mtx >> ... couldn't create >> >> mrpeach/packOSC-help.pd >> packOSC >> ... couldn't create >> >> sssad/sssad-help.pd >> sssad key >> ... couldn't create >> libdir_loader: added sssad to the canvas-local path >> sssad key >> ... couldn't create >> >> i wondered why some help files worked and some not. i thought it was >> done by org.puredata.pd.plist settings. so i added sssad >> <key>loadlib40</key> >> <string>sssad</string> >> restarted pd, but the help files still couldn't create. > > please file bug reports for each of these. done > >> >> ----------------- >> >> 4) name clash >> [curve] Gem vs. mapping >> probably some more > > Yeah, that's been around a lot time. > >> >> ----------------- >> >> what are the goals? which externals are supposed to work on default? >> are that the ones in the plist? maybe we should focus on them (before >> i start to open all help files :) ) > > The goal is to fine bugs and fix them :). Some of the bigger well-known > problems will have to wait until the next release. The externals in the > plist should work without a namespace prefix. All included externals > should work. uhm . now i filed bug reports for helpfiles of externals that are not on the plist. but they work with namespace prefix (except iem_t3) > >> ----------------- >> >> thanks for all your work and thanks to all the other devs too! > > > Thanks for your bug reports and your work with Pd! > > .hc > >> >> eni >> > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Terrorism is not an enemy. It cannot be defeated. It's a tactic. It's > about as sensible to say we declare war on night attacks and expect > we're going to win that war. We're not going to win the war on > terrorism. - retired U.S. Army general, William Odom > > > _______________________________________________ PD-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list