This is a page for notes on what needs to happen for the next Pd-extended release: 0.43. Report any bugs or comments to the pd-list:

http://autobuild.puredata.info/auto-build/latest/

included features

big changes

• GUI Plugins! can customize a wide array of features of the editor

• localizable GUI, already translated to de, el, en_ca, en_gb, es_mx, es_es, fr, hu, it, ja, lv, pt_br, pt_pt, with partial translations to af, az, be, bg, eu, gu he, hi, nl, pa, sq, sv, vi, zh_tw

• Magic Glass to snoop on messages as they pass thru connections

• complete Tcl/Tk 8.5 support and integration

• write objects in Lua and load them like regular objects (pdlua loader)

• pidip removed because of license conflicts

• drastically improved Pd window logging/print performance (1000 lines/sec and you can still patch)

• Ctrl-click/Cmd-click error messages in Pd window to find the object with the error

• five log levels and dynamic filtering of Pd window log (fatal, error, normal, debug, all)

• log library for logging to the Pd window at different levels

• hierarchical display of open subpatches/abstractions in Window menu

• (Windows) TkDND drag-n-drop support for dropping files onto Pd and patch windows

• updated to latest stable portaudio v19-20110326

• (GNU/Linux and Mac OS X ) added IEM's [syslog] object for logging to syslog

• (Windows) zip-only distro with pd-extended.bat file

• write objects in Tcl and load them like regular objects (tclpd loader)

• remove unsupported libraries (see: LibrariesInPdExtended)

• (Windows) fixed unauthorized GUI objects [playlist], [cooled~], etc.

• iemguts library for controlling abstractions and patches from Pd

• mediasettings library for controlling the Audio and MIDI device preferences

• fix type-punned pointer issues in most externals so we can use auto-vectorization

• generate complete Pd window log using File->Save As.. when on the Pd window

• free methods always called on quit, so cameras, network sockets, etc. are properly freed

• (GNU/Linux) realtime mode enabled by default (-rt)

• (GNU/Linux and Mac OS X) [comport] no longer crashes Pd when open USB-serial devices are unplugged

• pathes are no longer saved in the preferences. Use the [path] or [declare -path] objects, or use the standard global install locations

small changes

• added Perf Mode control on the Edit menu

• added Autopatch control on the Edit menu

• added all lowercase aliases to cyclone library for Max/MSP 4.6 compatibility

• Ctrl/Cmd < and > cycle through open windows

• (GNU/Linux and Windows) added Alt shortcuts to menus

• (GNU/Linux and Windows) Navigate menus with arrow keys

• [sys_gui] now outputs a bang when the command completes

• [canvas_name] can query based on inlet, using float as depth and symbol for canvas name

• [tabplay~] can play up to 13.5 hour long tables accurately (up from 6 mins)

• File->Save As..., Edit->Copy, and Edit->Select All now work on the Pd window

planned features

• (Mac OS X) updated ffmpeg and included WebM? and Dirac codecs

planned for 0.44

• Debian/Ubuntu releases as one-library-per-package (in progress)

• xapian documentation search engine

• TkDND drag-n-drop support on all platforms

• (Mac OS X) Navigate menus with arrow keys

• complete 64-bit builds on all platforms