I am cc'ing the list since this is of general interest. People at ZHdK helped me find this bug while I was there in Zürich, it should be fixed in the most recent nightly builds.
.hc On Jun 12, 2008, at 9:51 AM, Kjetil Falkenberg Hansen wrote: > Hi, sorry if I breach any emailing policies by answering to you > directly... > > I tried the latest version, and as far as I can tell everything I > use run smoothly, except one. My Arduino-boards (Diecimila) > suddenly stopped sending input to pd (I use your patch and the > standard Firmata). The boards connect, but I get the messages > > [comport] opened serial line device 15 (COM15) > > moocow/string2any 32 -1 > ... couldn't create > [arduino]: version_0.4 > UNKNOWN_INPUT_COMMAND: 6 0 > > Since moocow/string2any doesn't seem to appear in any of the used > patches, I don't know if that's the problem. Hope I was clear > enough in the not-quite-a-bug-report report. I use WinXP. > > Greetings from KTH Stockholm, > Kjetil > > Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote: >> For this release, there has been a lot of work in making the GUI >> and user experience much more fluid and easy. There is a new >> visual look that was designed to make patches more readable. >> Additionally, lots of things have been tweaked to make Pd behave >> more like a normal app. There has already been a lot of testing >> on these builds, so it is getting quite close to a final version. >> (Debian/PowerPC is missing now but will come later) >> >> http://at.or.at/hans/pd/installers.html >> >> Here is a partial changelog: >> >> - next visual appearance designed for readability (it can run >> slower on machines < 1 GHz) >> >> - default locations for user-installed externals, helpfiles, etc. >> GNU/Linux: /usr/share/pd and ~/pd >> Mac OS X: /Library/Pd and ~/Library/Pd >> Windows: %ProgramFiles%/Common Files/Pd and %UserProfile%/ >> Application Data/Pd >> >> - lots of standard key bindings added: >> Enter/Return for OK >> Escape for Cancel >> Ctrl/Cmd-W closes all windows >> on Mac OS X, Cmd-` cycles thru open windows >> on Mac OS X, Cmd-m minimizes windows >> Ctrl/Cmd-R raises/lowers Pd window >> Ctrl/Cmd-Shift-R shrinks/grows Pd window >> Ctrl/Cmd-Shift-L clears Pd window's text console >> Ctrl/Cmd-B opens the Help Browser >> >> - you can now use "~" in all paths to mean home folder, and on >> Windows you can use environment variables, lie %UserProfile% in paths >> >> - cut/copy/paste now work directly into text boxes on all platforms >> >> - [declare] and [import] now sorted out for loading, much work >> needs to be done before there namespace support is complete >> >> - "File -> Save As" defaults to the Home folder (~/) >> >> - fixed Cut/Copy/Paste for the Pd window's console >> >> - included pgp_opengl aka 3dp on GNU/Linux and Mac OS X >> >> KNOWN BUGS >> >> - check http://puredata.info/dev/bugtracker before reporting bugs >> >> - Escape, Enter, and Ctrl/Cmd-W don't close the Path and Startup >> preferences >> >> - pdp_opengl is alpha and will definitely crash Pd >> >> - loading pdp_opengl will crash Pd if X11 is not open before >> trying to load it >> >> >> .hc >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> --- ---- >> >> I spent 33 years and four months in active military service and >> during that period I spent most of my time as a high class muscle >> man for Big Business, for Wall Street and the bankers. - >> General Smedley Butler >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pd-announce mailing list >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-announce >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- The arc of history bends towards justice. - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. _______________________________________________ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list