Let's keep this on the list since it might be of general interest.

On Feb 24, 2006, at 11:37 AM, Scott Petersen wrote:

Hi, Thanks for getting back so quickly. We'll put this one on the
shelf for a bit : D We do try to stay up to date here with the
releases in case of any new goodies for the kids to play with!

I suppose I should have made this clearer. Before, the Pd versions
on my site were "Release Candidates" meaning just working out the
final kinks before making a release on puredata.org. Now, these are
test versions, and I do not recommend them to anyone except those who
want to experiment.

You can get stable versions here:

http://puredata.org/downloads

And speaking of new goodies, I have a question for you. First, we
are very appreciative of your time and effort concerning these
bundles. They are very convenient and user friendly. There is one
object, however, that hasn't seem to make it into the Mac release,
and that is the plugin~ object. I've attempted to recode the linux
version myself, and to get some others interested in doing it with
me, but no one is interested. This is a shame as it's a very
useful little object. I do not know of another object that acts as
a bridge (in PD) between PD and effects plugins. Is it possible
that this could be included in a future bundle?

I've never used [plugin~] so I am unlikely to do the work. But once
someone adds it to the Pd-extended build system, it'll be
automatically included in the builds.

.hc

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