Finally, it's done! The most polished release of Pd yet. We are further refining Pd into a truly powerful and usable programming platform.
http://puredata.org/downloads/
This release is dedicated to Jamie Tittle, aka tigital, who recently died of cancer. He was a long time and key contributor to Gem and Pd in general, even while he was in the hospital undergoing treatment. He is sorely missed in this community, and I am sure by many others.
Some highlights of this release:
* more functional namespace tools ([declare] and [import])
* new appearance designed to enhance readability
* GLSL shader support in Gem
* usability improvements
* on Mac OS X, you can now build "standalone" applications
* standard locations for user-installed externals
* many bug fixes
Here's the rough changelog:
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next visual appearance designed for readability
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default locations for user-installed externals, helpfiles, etc.
GNU/Linux: /usr/local/lib/pd-externals and ~/pd-externals
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
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improved Cut/Copy/Paste support for working in object and message boxes
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fixed Cut/Copy/Paste for the Pd window's console
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[declare] and [import] now sorted out for loading (but much work needs to be done before there namespace support is complete)
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"File -> Save As" defaults to the Home folder (~/) on Mac OSX
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new patches default to the folder last saved in
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included pgp_opengl aka 3dp on GNU/Linux and Mac OS X
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'hardware' and 'deprecated' removed from libraries loaded by default
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On Debian/Ubuntu, the packages now install into /usr rather than /usr/local
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On Mac OS X, you can now build "standalone" applications from the File menu.
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bug fixes and clean up of [hid] and mapping externals
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included config in Info.plist for the Spotlight Importer
KNOWN BUGS
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check http://puredata.info/dev/bugtracker before reporting bugs
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Escape, Enter, and Ctrl/Cmd-W don't close the Path and Startup preferences
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pdp_opengl is alpha and will definitely crash Pd
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loading pdp_opengl will crash Pd if X11 is not open before trying to load it
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the GUI runs slower in some situations