Hi, I'd like to test this. Can I install it alongside my other pd installation or will installing this take over other installations of pd-extended?
If it is possible, how do I go about doing this? cheers, martin On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 10:20 PM, Ivica Ico Bukvic <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear fellow Pd enthusiasts, > > I am pleased to report that earlier today L2Ork released latest snapshot > of its own variation of pd-extended 0.42.5. While we are working hard on > submitting isolated patches upstream (some of which have been already > submitted), many more need to be isolated before they can be provided in > a useful format. Another roadblock is that we are still stuck on 0.42.5 > which makes patch integration so much more difficult into the 0.43 > branch. > > That said, we would love to get some feedback/testers. The tarball is > for *linux only* clients (a good number of optimizations have not been > tested on other platforms and there are already known issues, > particularly in respect to pd.tk file). > > Some of the notable improvements include much faster editor (instead of > redrawing we tag and move objects wherever possible while still allowing > for legacy movement of objects not conforming to the pd vanilla > gobj_displace format), bunch of usability improvements (e.g. custom > color picker with color storing and hex editing), per-canvas toggling of > menu and background color (see Abstractions), universal shortcuts, > different scrolling algorithm. Likewise, the UI is entirely revamped to > better fit the "Gnome-ish" feel. Jack connectivity algorithm also is > automated and compensates for changes in srate, etc. > > At any rate, there are bunch of other little/big fixes I honestly cannot > recall. These improvements are a product of a year of use within the > context of a 15-member laptop orchestra taking into an account feedback > from students/participants, including also my latest hac-a-thon this > past week that involved overhauling redraw to improve editor speed. So, > if any of you would be so kind as to give it a stab and provide any > feedback, that would be most appreciated. > > You can get the latest snapshot from > http://l2ork.music.vt.edu/main/?page_id=56 > > The source tarball also includes prebuilt binaries, so assuming you have > an intel machine with Ubuntu 9.10, it should "just run." (cd pd/bin/ > followed by ./pd). Otherwise, you may have to rebuild it (standard > pd-extended 0.42.x procedure). > > Your feedback, particularly bug-reports are most appreciated. > > Best wishes, > > Ico > > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list >
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