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:
- next visual appearance designed for readability
- 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
- improved Cut/Copy/Paste support for working in object and message boxes
- fixed Cut/Copy/Paste for the Pd window's console
- [declare] and [import] now sorted out for loading (but much work needs to be done before there namespace support is complete)
- "File -> Save As" defaults to the Home folder (~/) on Mac OSX
- new patches default to the folder last saved in
- included pgp_opengl aka 3dp on GNU/Linux and Mac OS X
- 'hardware' and 'deprecated' removed from libraries loaded by default
- On Debian/Ubuntu, the packages now install into /usr rather than / usr/local
- On Mac OS X, you can now build "standalone" applications from the File menu.
- bug fixes and clean up of [hid] and mapping externals
- included config in Info.plist for the Spotlight Importer
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
- the GUI runs slower in some situations
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