Re: [PD] available objects in pd extended

2008-11-18 Thread Hans-Christoph Steiner
On Nov 1, 2008, at 8:17 AM, Derek Holzer wrote: Hi Jurgen, this list has been described as a moving target here before. It changes quite frequently, and part of the Extended strategy is that the whole distribution is automatically generated from SVN, so unless there was a function

Re: [PD] available objects in pd extended

2008-11-03 Thread Jamie Bullock
Hi Lao, On Sat, 2008-11-01 at 19:55 +0800, Lao Yu wrote: from the ongoing discussion about Max/MSP compatibility I wonder if it would be a good idea to create a list of available objects in the extended version, quite as it exists for vanilla. For someone who is getting acquainted -

Re: [PD] available objects in pd extended

2008-11-03 Thread Martin Peach
Here's a python script to list all the externals in a directory. It goes through all the subdirectories too. Problem with MSW pd externals: they end in '.dll', which could be any shared library. Linux and OSX externals end in '.pd_darwin' or '.pd_linux' so they can't be confused. I tried it

[PD] available objects in pd extended

2008-11-01 Thread Lao Yu
Hi, from the ongoing discussion about Max/MSP compatibility I wonder if it would be a good idea to create a list of available objects in the extended version, quite as it exists for vanilla. For someone who is getting acquainted - like me - it sure would be a useful thing, I mean like

Re: [PD] available objects in pd extended

2008-11-01 Thread Derek Holzer
Hi Jurgen, this list has been described as a moving target here before. It changes quite frequently, and part of the Extended strategy is that the whole distribution is automatically generated from SVN, so unless there was a function somewhere to add the contents of a library to a list it

Re: [PD] available objects in pd extended

2008-11-01 Thread Lao Yu
Derek, I understand that and as pd is still evolving there is nothing wrong or strange about the 'moving target' tag - I'm not even complaining. My thought is, there must be someone who decides to include or not to include a specific external / abstraction in a specific extended version.

Re: [PD] available objects in pd extended

2008-11-01 Thread Derek Holzer
Actually, the way I understand it is that there isn't someone who decides whether something is included. It's an automatic build system, so anything that gets submitted to the SVN can be included automatically. So it would be an extra step for each and every lib author to manually include it

Re: [PD] available objects in pd extended

2008-11-01 Thread João Pais
You should look at http://lists.puredata.info/pipermail/pd-list/2008-10/065799.html. The xls file I put there is probably obsolete by now, but it's the most complete there is - afaik. Maybe some day I make a patch to do this automatically, but that might not come so soon. Hi, from the

Re: [PD] available objects in pd extended

2008-11-01 Thread Lao Yu
João, thanks a lot - I read your message when you posted it but I didn't check the attachment. On the other hand, your message underscores the need of such a document, generated automatically or composed by someone good willing. Tell me if I'm wrong. - For the time being, I'm already