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author | Hans-Christoph Steiner <eighthave@users.sourceforge.net> | 2010-12-13 02:20:47 +0000 |
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committer | Hans-Christoph Steiner <eighthave@users.sourceforge.net> | 2010-12-13 02:20:47 +0000 |
commit | 67c5a402fd1d2c9b7ce70b98c4fca2fd972312c5 (patch) | |
tree | 3dd968ecdff0767718cc6cbaa41ea95cb5c03036 /externals/vanilla/cputime-help.pd | |
parent | 60a6ee6cf6b7c626067769e35d88f13853414d18 (diff) |
replaced with vanilla help files
svn path=/trunk/; revision=14607
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diff --git a/externals/vanilla/cputime-help.pd b/externals/vanilla/cputime-help.pd index c1395fca..c0a0f43a 100644 --- a/externals/vanilla/cputime-help.pd +++ b/externals/vanilla/cputime-help.pd @@ -1,167 +1,15 @@ -#N canvas 0 0 555 619 10; -#X obj 0 595 cnv 15 552 21 empty \$0-pddp.cnv.footer empty 20 12 0 -14 -228856 -66577 0; -#X obj 0 0 cnv 15 552 40 empty \$0-pddp.cnv.header cputime 3 12 0 18 --204280 -1 0; -#X obj 0 359 cnv 3 550 3 empty \$0-pddp.cnv.inlets inlets 8 12 0 13 --228856 -1 0; -#N canvas 52 242 494 360 META 0; -#X text 12 125 LIBRARY internal; -#X text 12 165 WEBSITE http://crca.ucsd.edu/~msp/; -#X text 12 25 LICENSE SIBSD; -#X text 12 145 AUTHOR Miller Puckette; -#X text 12 205 HELP_PATCH_AUTHORS This help patch was updated for Pd -version 0.35 test 28 by Dave Sabine as part of a project called pddp -proposed by Krzysztof Czaja to build comprehensive documentation for -Pd. Jonathan Wilkes revised the patch to conform to the PDDP template -for Pd version 0.42.; -#X text 12 5 KEYWORDS control time; -#X text 12 45 DESCRIPTION measure CPU time; -#X text 12 65 INLET_0 bang; -#X text 12 85 INLET_1 bang; -#X text 12 105 OUTLET_0 float; -#X text 12 185 RELEASE_DATE 1997; -#X restore 500 597 pd META; -#X obj 0 433 cnv 3 550 3 empty \$0-pddp.cnv.outlets outlets 8 12 0 -13 -228856 -1 0; -#X obj 0 476 cnv 3 550 3 empty \$0-pddp.cnv.argument arguments 8 12 -0 13 -228856 -1 0; -#X obj 0 504 cnv 3 550 3 empty \$0-pddp.cnv.more_info more_info 8 12 -0 13 -228856 -1 0; -#X obj 78 368 cnv 17 3 17 empty \$0-pddp.cnv.let.0 0 5 9 0 16 -228856 --162280 0; -#X text 98 480 (none); -#X text 98 442 float; -#N canvas 48 338 428 252 Related_objects 0; -#X obj 125 35 metro; -#X obj 62 35 realtime; -#X obj 14 36 timer; -#X obj 173 35 delay; -#X text 11 170 The best places to find information about Pd's libraries -is:; -#X text 8 192 www.puredata.org and click on "Downloads" then "Software" -; -#X text 10 207 or; -#X text 10 222 iem.kug.ac.at/pdb/; -#X text 12 121 This object is only offered in Pd only if you have downloaded -and properly installed the appropriate library. These objects may or -may not exist in a single library.; -#X text 11 71 Externals; -#X obj 1 1 cnv 15 425 20 empty \$0-pddp.cnv.subheading empty 3 12 0 -14 -204280 -1 0; -#X text 7 1 [cputime] Related Objects; -#X obj 11 91 pddp/helplink iemlib/t3_timer; -#X restore 102 597 pd Related_objects; -#X obj 471 3 cputime; -#X obj 445 20 pddp/pddplink http://wiki.puredata.info/en/cputime -text -pdpedia: cputime; -#X msg 122 156 bang; -#X msg 83 134 bang; -#X floatatom 83 200 0 0 0 0 - - -; -#X text 155 202 Output is in milliseconds; -#X text 118 134 Click here to start or reset; -#X text 78 57 The [cputime] object measures elapsed CPU time. CPU time -is the amount of time your computer's CPU requires to perform a task --- that's a short definition.; -#X obj 83 178 cputime; -#X text 160 157 Click here to get elapsed CPU time. Click again...and -again...to see periodic measurements from the start or reset time. -Be patient.; -#X obj 78 400 cnv 17 3 17 empty \$0-pddp.cnv.let.1 1 5 9 0 16 -228856 --162280 0; -#X text 98 399 bang; -#X text 168 442 - the elapsed time in milliseconds arrives at the outlet -when the right inlet receives a bang.; -#X text 80 264 NOTE: Unlike most other objects in Pd \, the right inlet -of [cputime] is the hot one (i.e. \, a bang to it triggers the output). -; -#N canvas 70 46 428 538 Time_Measurements 0; -#X obj 30 395 time_measurements; -#X obj 30 291 bng 15 250 50 0 empty empty empty 0 -6 0 8 -262144 -1 --1; -#X floatatom 30 437 0 0 0 0 - - -; -#X floatatom 116 436 0 0 0 0 - - -; -#X floatatom 183 436 0 0 0 0 - - -; -#X text 27 208 In the example below \, I've created an abstraction -which will force each of Pd's stop-watches \, [timer] [cputime] and -[realtime] to measure various processes and report the elapsed time. -Click on each [bng] to begin the process and wait for the results. -Notice the discrepancies in the results.; -#X text 28 455 Logical Time; -#X text 181 455 Real Time; -#X text 115 455 CPU Time; -#X obj 45 327 bng 15 250 50 0 empty empty empty 0 -6 0 8 -262144 -1 --1; -#X text 50 285 1 Measures elapsed time between two "bangs" from a [trigger] -object.; -#X text 65 319 2 Measures the amount of time Pd requires to turn on -DSP and start an oscillator.; -#X obj 89 359 bng 15 250 50 0 empty empty empty 0 -6 0 8 -262144 -1 --1; -#X text 27 487 This document was updated for Pd version 0.35 test 28 -by Dave Sabine as part of a project called pddp proposed by Krzysztof -Czaja to build comprehensive documentation for Pd.; -#X text 110 351 3 Measures the amount of time Pd requires count to -three...please wait for approximately 3 seconds.; -#X text 27 35 [cputime] works like essentially like a stop-watch. Once -it starts \, you can continue to "poll" [cputime] to view the elapsed -time.; -#X text 27 82 The odd aspect about comparing [cputime] to a stop-watch -is that a stop-watch can be stopped! [cputime] can only be started -or reset. It cannot be stopped.; -#X text 26 132 As stated above \, [cputime] measures "CPU" time. This -value may be slightly different than "logical" time or "real" time. -PD offers two objects which measure "logical" time and "real" time. -See the reference documents for those objects for more information. -; -#X obj 1 1 cnv 15 425 20 empty \$0-pddp.cnv.subheading empty 3 12 0 -14 -204280 -1 0; -#X text 7 1 [cputime] Time Measurements; -#X connect 0 0 2 0; -#X connect 0 1 3 0; -#X connect 0 2 4 0; -#X connect 1 0 0 0; -#X connect 9 0 0 1; -#X connect 12 0 0 2; -#X restore 102 537 pd Time_Measurements; -#N canvas 70 77 428 430 Time_Objects 0; -#X text 21 37 In a fantasy world \, computers could exist somehow beyond -the restrictions of time and digital computation could be performed -in ZERO time. However \, that is not the case. Instead \, every process -within Pd and within your operating system requires at least a few -nanoseconds of your CPU's time.; -#X text 22 122 The [timer] object is like a clock that is not constrained -to the regular laws of physics and the universal space-time continuum. -It reports "time" measurements as only Pd can see them!; -#X text 23 181 The [cputime] object is like a clock that measures how -much time your CPU actually required to carry out your request. Keep -in mind however that your CPU is busy doing many things simoultaneously -\, so even though a process might take 5 minutes to complete \, your -CPU does not pay full attention to that process for the entire 5 minutes. -Instead \, it simply begins the process \, then refers back to that -process from time to time until the it is complete. In other cases -\, your CPU might require a full 5 minutes while Pd might report that -merely a few milliseconds have passed. This type of discrepancy depends -heavily on your computer's hardware and the type of processing it is -performing.; -#X text 24 350 The [realtime] object is as much like your own wrist -watch as Pd can possibly manage. It measures time according to your -operating system's internal clock.; -#X obj 1 1 cnv 15 425 20 empty \$0-pddp.cnv.subheading empty 3 12 0 -14 -204280 -1 0; -#X text 7 1 [cputime] Why the Discrepencies Between Clocks?; -#X restore 102 512 pd Time_Objects; -#X text 101 561 A patch using [cputime] can be found in the Pure Documentation -reference folder 7.stuff/tools/load-meter.pd; -#X obj 78 442 cnv 17 3 17 empty \$0-pddp.cnv.let.0 0 5 9 0 16 -228856 --162280 0; -#X text 11 23 measure CPU time; -#X text 98 367 bang; -#X text 168 367 - an initial bang to the left inlet starts the timer. -Subsequent bangs reset the timer.; -#X text 168 399 - a bang to the right inlet causes the elapsed time -to be output (in milliseconds).; -#X obj 4 597 pddp/pddplink pddp/help.pd -text help; -#X connect 13 0 19 1; -#X connect 14 0 19 0; -#X connect 19 0 15 0; +#N canvas 302 232 550 286 12; +#X msg 74 144 bang; +#X msg 30 115 bang; +#X floatatom 30 206 0 0 0; +#X text 71 113 Click here to reset; +#X text 27 232 Output is in milliseconds; +#X obj 30 175 cputime; +#X text 124 144 Click here to get elapsed CPU time; +#X text 6 51 The cputime object measures elapsed CPU time \, as measured by your operating system. This appears to work on NT \, IRIX \, and Linux \, but not on W98.; +#X obj 66 15 cputime; +#X text 123 16 - measure CPU usage; +#X text 297 261 updated for Pd version 0.33; +#X connect 0 0 5 1; +#X connect 1 0 5 0; +#X connect 5 0 2 0; |