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| author | Miller Puckette <millerpuckette@users.sourceforge.net> | 2005-05-18 04:28:51 +0000 |
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| committer | Miller Puckette <millerpuckette@users.sourceforge.net> | 2005-05-18 04:28:51 +0000 |
| commit | 388f7a1df37afeed0dd120f8091614a7f6dd91ab (patch) | |
| tree | 8a439951a1c190b1fc786abc4f69b23181c54168 /pd/doc/1.manual/x2.htm | |
| parent | bb13717ae41bfa317e7b84625201279a5a2a09d9 (diff) | |
Damn, edited this before and lost the update. More data features.
Took about 12 patches.
svn path=/trunk/; revision=3006
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diff --git a/pd/doc/1.manual/x2.htm b/pd/doc/1.manual/x2.htm index f68dfe0a..dd33b149 100644 --- a/pd/doc/1.manual/x2.htm +++ b/pd/doc/1.manual/x2.htm @@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ shows up as an input level; many cards have DC levels which show up in the 50s. To see an RMS audio level, select "test audio and MIDI" from the Media menu. The main window display is intended only to help you avoid clipping on input and output. You can turn the peak meters on and off using the -control at bottom left. +control at lower left. -<P> At bottom right is a control to turn audio processing on and off +<P> At lower right is a control to turn audio processing on and off globally. Turning audio off stops the computation and relinquishes any audio devices Pd is using. The "Media" menu is also provided, with accelerators "Control-." to turn audio computation off and "Control-/" to turn it on. When @@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ computation runs late (so that the DAC FIFOs fill and/or the ADC FIFOs empty) or if audio input and output are not running at the same rate. See <a href="x3.htm#s2"> audio and MIDI support </A>. +<P> The bottom part of the Pd window is an area for printout from objects in +patches, and/or for messages from Pd itself. + <P> Pd documents are called "patches" or "canvases." Each open document has one main window and any number of sub-windows. The sub-windows can be opened and closed but are always running @@ -86,9 +89,8 @@ have zero or more inputs and/or outputs, with the inputs on top and the outputs on bottom. <P> -Pd's printout appears on its standard output. Normally, you'll run Pd in a -"shell" or "terminal" window which you'll keep open to see any printout or -error messages. +Pd's printout appears on the main ``Pd" window, +unless you redirect it elsewhere. <H3> <A name="s1.2"> 2.1.2. object boxes </A> </H3> <P> Pd patches can have four types of boxes: <I> object, message, GUI, </I> |