...when I right-click on a new canvas window the only options that come up in my context menu are "Properties", "Open" (greyed-out), and "Help"

try "Help"

actually, when I open a brand new window and right-click to get my context menu, clicking "Help" does nothing at all (not even any sort of message in the PD main window (DOS))

I guess from reading the tutorial, it sounded like the right-click menu would contain a list of standard objects that I could "put", in much the same way that Max/MSP does - is this not the case, or am I doing something wrong / missing something? is there a resource out there listing all of the objects available in the standard PD distribution, if I'm going to have to manually type in the name of an object everytime I "put" it?

< - - - - - - (Original post) - - - - - - > I am a new PD user, v0.37.3 on Windows XP... I've been taking a look at Michal Seta's 2001 PD Tutorial @ http://pd.iem.at/pdwiki/index.php?PdTutorialOverview, and I've run into an obstacle - the text of the tutorial reads:

"Right-clicking on the canvas opens a new window with an overview of objects available in the standard pd distribution. This list is divided into several sections such as audio objects, midi, control, glue, math etc."

...just like MAX, right? well, when I right-click on a new canvas window the only options that come up in my context menu are "Properties", "Open" (greyed-out), and "Help"

where are my objects? any assistance out there?

thanks!! < - - - - - - (Original post) - - - - - - >