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diff --git a/desiredata/doc/1.manual/x1.htm b/desiredata/doc/1.manual/x1.htm deleted file mode 100644 index a9d8caaf..00000000 --- a/desiredata/doc/1.manual/x1.htm +++ /dev/null @@ -1,150 +0,0 @@ -<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"> - -<HTML> - <HEAD> - <TITLE>Pd Documentation 1</TITLE> - <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html"> - <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="pdmanual.css" media="screen"> - </HEAD> - -<BODY> - -<H2>Pd Documentation chapter 1: introduction</H2> - -<P> -<A href="index.htm#s1"> back to table of contents </A> -<BR><BR> -</P> - - -<P> -This is the HTML documentation for the Pd computer program. -Pd is free and can be downloaded from the internet; -go to - <A href="http://www.crca.ucsd.edu/~msp/software.html"> - http://www.crca.ucsd.edu/~msp/software.html</A> -to get it. -<H3> <A name=s1> 1.1. guide to the documentation </A> </H3> - -<P> Pd's documentation consists of: - -<UL> -<LI> this HTML manual -<LI> "reference" patches, one for each kind of object in Pd -<LI> "example" patches showing how to do things -<LI> sample C code -</UL> - -<P> -This manual has five sections: - -<OL> -<LI> this overview -<LI> <A href="x2.htm"> - a theory of operations, explaining how Pd works </A> -<LI> <A href="x3.htm"> - instructions on installing Pd and getting it to run </A> -<LI> <A href="x4.htm"> how to write C extensions to Pd </A> -<LI> <A href="x5.htm"> release notes and known bugs </A> -</OL> - -<P> In order to consult the reference and example patches, you'll first have -to get Pd started as explained in this manual. - -<P> -For a list of all the objects you can use in Pd, see the text file, -"0.INTRO.txt" in the directory, "../5.reference". To get help on any -Pd object you can right click on it; or you can browse the help patches -by choosing "Pure Documentation..." in the Pd help menu and looking in -5.reference. - -<P> -The example patches are also available from the "Pure Documentation..." item -in Pd's -"help" menu. The example patches appear in subdirectories named -"2.control.examples", "3.audio.examples" and "4.fft.examples." Some additional -patches in "7.stuff" might also be helpful. - -<P> -To get started writing your own C extensions, refer to chapter 4 of this manual. - -<H3> <A name=s2> 1.2. other resources </A> </H3> - -<P> There is a new Pd community web site, -<a href="http://www.pure-data.info/"> pure-data.info</a>, which aims to be the -central resource for Pd, from documentation and -downloads; to forums, member pages, a patch exchange. - -<P> There is a growing number of Pd-related projects hosted at -<A HREF="http://pure-data.sf.net">SourceForge</A>. This is open to all Pd -developers, and all are encouraged to join; send an email to the pd-dev list -(see below). - -<P> -Most of the interesting resources related to Pd show up on the Pd mailing list, -maintained by Iohannes Zmoelnig. To subscribe or browse the archives -visit: - <A href="http://iem.kug.ac.at/mailinglists/pd-list/"> - http://iem.kug.ac.at/mailinglists/pd-list/</A>. - -. This is the -best source of recent information regarding installation problems and bugs. It -is perfectly reasonable to post "newbie" questions on this list; alternatively -you can contact msp@ucsd.edu for help. - -<P> Many extensions to Pd are announced on the mailing list. In particular, -for people interested in graphics, there is a A 3D graphics rendering package, -named GEM, based on OpenGL, written by Mark Danks, adapted to Linux by -Guenter Geiger, and now maintained by Iohannes Zmoelnig. GEM runs on -Windows and Linux and probably will run with some coaxing on IRIX. You can get -it from: <A href="http://iem.kug.ac.at/GEM">http://iem.kug.ac.at/GEM</A> . - -<P> At least three video processing packages are available for Pd. The oldest -is Framestein, by Juha Vehvilainen. This runs on Windows only: <A -href="http://framestein.org"> http://framestein.org </A>. - -<P> The newer <A> href="http://zwizwa.fartit.com/pd/pdp/overview.html"> PDP -<A> library, by Tom Schouten, and its extension <A -href="http://ydegoyon.free.fr/pidip.html"> PiDiP </A> by Yves Degoyon, run well -in linux and has been ported to Windows and MacOS. Video is extremely fast in -PDP, but is currently limited to 240x320 resolution. - -<P> Mathieu Bouchard has written <A href=http://artengine.ca/gridflow/> -Gridflow </A>, which runs on linux and MacOSX. The mathematical operators are -more powerful than in PDP, and the design makes smarter use of cache behavior -in modern CPUs. - -All this and much more is described in detail at the -<A href="http://puredata.info/community/projects/convention04/"> -first Pd Convention </A>. - - -<P> -Here are some more Pd links (in the order I found them): <BR> - -<a href="http://www.crca.ucsd.edu/~msp"> Miller Puckette's home page</a><br> -<a href="http://gige.epy.co.at/"> Guenter Geiger's home page</a><br> -<a href="http://www.danks.org/mark"> Mark Dank's home page</a><br> -<a href="http://wonk.epy.co.at">Pd page on Wonk (Klaus)</a><br> -<a href="http://iem.kug.ac.at/~zmoelnig/index.html"> - Johannes M Zmoelnig</a><br> -<a href="http://iem.kug.ac.at/~math/pd/"> Norbert Math's Pd page</a> <br> -<a href="http://iem.kug.ac.at/pdwiki/"> -Nicolas Lhommet's WikiWikiWeb page for Pd</a><br> -<a href="http://iem.kug.ac.at/pdb/"> Norbert's searchable list of all known -Pd objects</a><br> -<a href="http://suita.chopin.edu.pl/~czaja/miXed/externs/xeq.html"> -Krzysztof Czaja's MIDI file support </a><br> -<a href="http://www.davesabine.com/media/puredata.asp?action=pddp"> -David Sabine's Pd Documentation Project: -new, highly detailed help windows</a><br> -<a href="http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#pd"> -Fernando Pablo Lopez's augmented Pd RPMs from Planet CCRMA</a><br> -<a href="http://suita.chopin.edu.pl/~czaja/miXed/externs/cyclone.html"> -Cyclone - Krzysztof Czaja's Max compatibility library</a><br> -On-line book project: -<A HREF="http://www.crca.ucsd.edu/~msp/techniques.htm" -<I> Theory and Techniques of Electronic Music </I> <br> - -</BODY> -</HTML> |