Hi Hans, -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [PD] [PD-announce] pd 0.43-0 released From: Hans-Christoph Steiner <[email protected]> To: Lorenzo Sutton <[email protected]> CC: [email protected] Date: 23/03/11 19:02 > > On Mar 23, 2011, at 5:14 AM, Lorenzo Sutton wrote: > >> Miller, all other devs, contributors etc. >> >> Thanks for the new release! >> >> Quick feedback from a *very* quick session on Ubuntu 10.04. >> >> Compiled and installed with ./configure >> --prefix=/home/lorenzo/bin/pd-vanilla so this is not a full >> system-wide install test. > > Which ./configure? The one in pd/ or the one in pd/src/? The one in ./pd-0.43-0 (the top level) generated by running ./autogen.sh > >> - Everything went well audio works with both alsa and jack. alsa-midi >> also works. >> - Maybe due to specifying the PREFIX I don't get the error dmotd gets >> - Where does pd pick the path for gui-rewrite plugins? > > http://puredata.info/docs/faq/how-do-i-install-externals-and-help-files > >> In my case it seems to search in >> /home/lorenzo/src/pd-gui-rewrite/startup/ which actually relates to >> another development version I was messing with. > > Perhaps that's from your ~/.pdsettings? Yes. It's in a pathN (path2) variable. So basically if I understand correctly gui plugins are treated like externals? That is if I place a plugin in /foo/bar and that path is in the ~/.pdsettings file it will be loaded at startup? > >> - As for the aesthetics issues. I'm personally happy with the >> 'standard' white canvas (fonts seem to be erratic at every install): >> would it make sense to create a simple configuration file in the form >> param=value holding the values as in he example Hans provided maybe >> with simpler-to-read entries (making it up): >> >> canvas.bgcolor=#E1E1E1 >> canvas.fgcolor=#000000 >> canvas.fontface='DejaVu Sans Mono' >> canvas.fontsize=12 >> ui.bgcolor=#D3D3D3 >> ui.fgcolor=#000000 >> ui.fontface='Dejavu Sans' >> ui.fontsize=12 > > The Tcl/Tk 'option' command is not far off of the above, and its much > better documented, and well known by many people, so there are more > people to ask. Here's an example: > > http://pure-data.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pure-data/trunk/scripts/guiplugins/simple_examples/gtklook-plugin.tcl?revision=15040&view=markup > Ok, good point, I agree. Probably effort duplication.
Ciao, Lorenzo. > > .hc > >> >> etc. >> >> That's it for now. >> Ciao, >> Lorenzo. >> >> >> Miller Puckette wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Pd version 0.43-0 is available on >>> http://crca.ucsd.edu/~msp/software.htm >>> or via git from sourceforge: >>> git clone >>> git://pure-data.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/pure-data/pure-data >>> >>> cheers >>> Miller >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Pd-announce mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-announce >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> [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 > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > "Free software means you control what your computer does. Non-free > software means someone else controls that, and to some extent controls > you." - Richard M. Stallman > > > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
