Hi everyone,
I've been following the list on the latest updates/builds/etc, and I have to say WOW. Thank you for all these improvements. They contribute greatly to making Pd even more amazing every day.
Thanks for the INSTALL.txt, btw, which made the build pretty straightforward on OSX 10.11.6 (Capitan)*:
git clone https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data.git ./autogen.sh ./configure --enable-jack --with-wish=/usr/bin/wish8.4 --enable-universal=i386 --enable-fftw=/usr/local/bin/fftw make make app
*after upgrading autoconf, automake and libtools using this gist https://gist.github.com/justinbellamy/2672db1c78f024f2d4fe cause I had libtools with 2 different versions :)
Here are some stuff I tested:
from the gui prefs and there is a new submenu for this
I like this. I notice two minor things: -Path preferences get saved and work but are not displayed on the Path dialog or in the Help Browser. -The Log level is not saved in the pref file. However everything else seems to work like a charm, and it's really convenient!! The submenu makes everything more clear, and all these work as expected afaict: save all, save to, load from, forget all...
refreshing the translation files. For translators, there should be new strings to add and other to update (see po/README.txt for details). For users, the menu titles should now be translated for those languages which do so.
I have to admit, I had no idea this existed, and it's pretty nice. This works fine:
$ LANG=fr.UTF-8 open Pd-0.48.0.app
- Some button sizing was fixed in the Find, Audio, MIDI, Path, & Startup
dialogs.
OK
- The HSlider entry in the Put menu had the wrong key-shortcut shown. This
is fixed.
OK
- The Font dialog can now only be opened when a canvas or Pd window is
active as it has no effect on dialogs. Focus handling was also improved.
I guess it's harmless but when focus is on Pd window the Font dialog sill opens but has no effect (or I fail to see it)
- The Find dialog:
- no longer hide after search on macOS
- search string in label now properly truncated for overly long searches
- button placement improved
- entry selection now highlighted on window focus in for keyboardists
The Find dialog is way better now indeed!
- Default macOS Preferences hotkey (CMD+,) now opens Audio dialog instead
of Startup dialog
This seems more appropriate and works fine. Yes
- Audio & MIDI dialogs should no longer open behind if the other is
visible.
Yes.
I really like the keyboard availability for the Browser. I notice two minor things again (now I think I'm just whining):
-MOUSE | KEYS: Entering a directory kinda destroys and creates the windows making a visual burst, like [;pd-foo vis 0, vis 1(.
KEYS:
parent (1.manual) doesn't delete the new created column. It is confusing. It does delete the new column when you go 2 steps back, and it does so without the visual burst.
time is selected with a squared box, but it's not selected in blue, which is confusing because selection actually does takes place (i.e., if the item is not a directory, hitting the 'right' arrow will open it)
Anyway, thanks again, hope this helps!
fede