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diff --git a/desiredata/doc/1.manual/x1.htm b/desiredata/doc/1.manual/x1.htm new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a9d8caaf --- /dev/null +++ b/desiredata/doc/1.manual/x1.htm @@ -0,0 +1,150 @@ +<!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> |