Pd-list June 2015

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some repo house cleaning
by Jonathan Wilkes 10 Jun '15

10 Jun '15

Hi list, tldr; Sourceforge has bundled malware with older Windows binaries for Gimp and apparently moved an old Sourceforge repo for nmap to a mirror where the nmap author does not have access. (Sourceforge claims it never bundles adware with security software, but that isn't at all reassuring.) Please search the web for "sourceforge and gimp" and "sourceforge and nmap" and read a few of the relevant news items for further detailes. Three suggestions: 1) We should migrate away from Sourceforge. 2) We should make sure the current Pd Sourceforge repo doesn't become inactive. 3) Once safely migrated, we should change to the Sourceforge code and release a Pd-extended binary on Sourceforge whose only function is to display a warning message to the user in the main Pd window. The warning should alert the user that Sourceforge is no longer the repo for any flavor of Pd, and that they should uninstall it and scan for malware. 4) We should maintain active accounts on Sourceforge to make sure the current binaries never become a target for delivering malware. I contacted the Oregon State University Open Source Labs, and it looks like they can help us host at least the svn, git repos, and binaries. It may also be possible to have infrastructure for some nightly builds, but since Pd-extended's nightly builds aren't operational atm that's not a priority. If anyone wants to help, take leadership, or perhaps suggest an alternative plan that'd be great. I contacted OSUOSL because they have a long history hosting free software, are non-commercial, and are student-centric. If anyone is thinking, "Why not just move to Github?" the answer is that ten years ago Sourceforge _was_ Github. We see how that is turning out. -Jonathan

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expr "copysign" function doesn't seem to work
by Alexandre Torres Porres 09 Jun '15

09 Jun '15

hi there, I was checking the source of expr (find it attached) and saw this "copysign" function that I needed for a formula, but I can't get it to work/load. I'm trying something like [expr copysign($f1)] and it's not happening. The expr manual page in http://yadegari.org/expr/expr.html tells about this function as well, here it is: copysign() 1 copy sign of a number(added in version 0.4) So it seems I'm supposedly doing the right thing... is it a bug? I'm on extended 0.42 and it says that it's expr version 0.4 when it loads. cheers

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Re: [PD] Pd-list Digest, Vol 123, Issue 48
by Dan Wilcox 09 Jun '15

09 Jun '15

I don’t know if you’ve been following the recent discussions on this list, but there is currently a very similar tool in development: https://github.com/pure-data/deken <https://github.com/pure-data/deken> -------- Dan Wilcox @danomatika <https://twitter.com/danomatika> danomatika.com <http://danomatika.com/> robotcowboy.com <http://robotcowboy.com/> > On Jun 9, 2015, at 10:07 AM, pd-list-request(a)lists.iem.at wrote: > > > From: Flávio Schiavoni <fls(a)rendera.com.br <mailto:fls@rendera.com.br>> > Subject: Re: [PD] Problems with maintaining Pd-extended (was Mess and redundancy...) > Date: June 9, 2015 at 10:10:18 AM EDT > To: pd-list(a)lists.iem.at <mailto:pd-list@lists.iem.at> > > > Hi there, > > As I told it before, a student here is developing a Pure Data Package manager. > The basic idea of the Pure Data package manager is to deal with bundle files. > We are using a zip file for each external or library as the bundle package. > The bundle name will contain the library / external name and also the architecture. > He is studying some software packages to base his development like deb, rpm, xip, nbm, ... > Since we have different types of plugins (tcl/tk, c and pd abstraction), it can have more than one architecture. > I don't know how bad is to call everything a plugin but it is how we are dealing with it. :-) > The bundle also includes help files, license, readme file, a packet descriptor and installation instructions. > The descriptor is a text file with several information like author, architecture, checksum, version, source path, ... > We are developing a "packer" tool to help developers to pack their externals and an installation tool to add / remove plugins. > Next step is to define a remote repository, a repository descriptor and a local repository. > We intend to use HTTP protocol as a default repository server. > Once it is done, we will develop a update tool to add repositories, list repositories' externals and add / remove plugins. > I hope it will be a simple way to distribute plugins and developers will be able to provide their externals to users. > Maybe it will be possible to pack every pd-extended external separately and put it in one or more repositories. > > Again, since it is a final project in our computer science course, it will take some time to get it ready. > I hope you can wait it a little bit more. > I will keep you guys informed about it. > > What do you think about it? > Some suggestions? > > Cheers > > Flávio Schiavoni > > > Em 08-06-2015 19:29, IOhannes m zmölnig escreveu: >> On 06/08/2015 11:55 PM, Alexandre Torres Porres wrote: >>> what do you mean by "monolithic distribution"? >> a single zip-file containing a pd-binary (of extended flavour) and a >> large collection of externals. >> gfmdsaf >> IOhannes >> _______________________________________________ >> Pd-list(a)lists.iem.at <mailto:Pd-list@lists.iem.at> mailing list >> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> >> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list <http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list>

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array instead of table?
by Peter P. 09 Jun '15

09 Jun '15

The helpfile canvas-help, updated for pd 0.46, says that [array] is a newer and better replacement for [table]. Does that also apply to tables holding audio samples, being eventually played back by tabread~ and friends? thx P

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pdtk_undomenu
by Jonathan Wilkes 09 Jun '15

09 Jun '15

Hi Ivica, Wrt the undo/redo logic, what's the point of sending pdtk_undomenu messages with "nobody" as the target? I don't see any place where that gets used. -Jonathan

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haversine formula in Pd
by Max 08 Jun '15

08 Jun '15

I tried to implement the Haversine formula in Pd which should give you the distance in km between two lat long coordinates. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haversine_formula http://www.movable-type.co.uk/scripts/latlong.html One huge obstacle is the imprecision of the 32bit floats, but even without that I can't get the formula to work. I kept 3 failed implementations in the test-case. http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Haversine_formula Could someone give me a hand please?

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[PD-announce] position opening at the iem
by IOhannes m zmoelnig 08 Jun '15

08 Jun '15

the iem has an open position for a senior scientist in the field of "Sonic Interaction Design". requirements are (among others) - Pd knowledge - a finished PhD - some basic German (as the job posting is German only) see: http://www.kug.ac.at/fileadmin/media/direktion_v_75/Dokumente/Mitteilungbla… or (if the above link breaks in your MTA): http://polr.me/iempos2015?tiTV fgmadrt IOhannes _______________________________________________ Pd-announce mailing list Pd-announce(a)lists.iem.at http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-announce

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slide~ (msp) in pd
by peiman khosravi 08 Jun '15

08 Jun '15

Since I'm on a mailing spree: how can I make a pd version of slide~ (MSP), which, according to the msp reference, is a logarithmic lowpass filter for smoothing envelops. Anything similar will do. I'm using vline~ for now to smooth out midi faders but it doesn't feel quite the same. And on a related subject: what is the best way to create an exponential signal ramp? Many Thanks Peiman *www.peimankhosravi.co.uk || RSS Feed<http://peimankhosravi.co.uk/miscposts.rss> || Concert News <http://spectralkimia.wordpress.com/>*

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Re: [PD] expr "copysign" function doesn't seem to work
by Dan Wilcox 08 Jun '15

08 Jun '15

If you don’t want to use the bug tracker, it makes sense to write up a list of expr bugs you’ve found and move the discussion to pd-dev. I think everyone can agree that finding and fixing said bugs is a good thing we would all want to see happen. Nutshell: yes, we can fix it and update it. This is open source which means everyone has the source code, so anyone can download it and modify it to their hearts content. Getting the work back “upstream” into the repository simply means it needs to be done in a way where others can test the updates to verify them. This often does not rely on the original author, especially if they have moved on to others things, but to the maintainers or current people with write access to the repo. Licensing wise, that has been cleared up more than a year ago and it was only an issue where a couple of old headers hadn’t been removed from the files. “Licensing” in this case was only to clarify which license the sources actually had since there were two different ones listed in different places. Both were open source licenses which do not place restrictions on who and what can be updated. -------- Dan Wilcox @danomatika <https://twitter.com/danomatika> danomatika.com <http://danomatika.com/> robotcowboy.com <http://robotcowboy.com/> > On Jun 7, 2015, at 5:49 PM, pd-list-request(a)lists.iem.at wrote: > > From: Alexandre Torres Porres <porres(a)gmail.com <mailto:porres@gmail.com>> > Subject: Re: [PD] expr "copysign" function doesn't seem to work > Date: June 7, 2015 at 5:17:00 PM EDT > To: Jan Baumgart <raga.raga(a)gmx.de <mailto:raga.raga@gmx.de>> > Cc: "pd-list(a)lists.iem.at <mailto:pd-list@lists.iem.at>" <pd-list(a)lists.iem.at <mailto:pd-list@lists.iem.at>> > > > Well, I'm worried about the bugs in expr and that they get fixed actually, there are more bugs I found by the way. Now Shahrokh doesn't seem to be working on it and making updates anymore. I remember I complained about something in 2009 to him and it never got fixed. I could list them all as well, but I won't make a bug report if it can't be fixed... > > So, what could we do? Could we just fix it and update it? Or does he have to do it? > > I remember some issues regarding its license as well, but never really understood them, maybe the license issue prevents people from updating it? >

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[sgn~] bug report
by Alexandre Torres Porres 07 Jun '15

07 Jun '15

Hi, there's a bug in [sgn~] when the block size is equal to 1! I have an attached patch to show this. Not sure if the list is the best channel to report bugs, I assume there had to be a better channel to report, if such one exists, please tell me. cheers

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