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@@ -23,16 +23,18 @@ Check out the sample patches and scripts
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-Installation:
+INSTALLATION
+============
PD version >= 0.38 - Add "py" to the Startup items ("binaries to load") and add the folder "scripts" to the pd search path.
-PD version < 0.38 - Load it as i library with e.g. "pd -lib py -path scripts"
+PD version < 0.38 - Load it as a library with e.g. "pd -lib py -path scripts"
Max/MSP - Copy py-objectmappings.txt into the init folder and py.mxe (Windows) or py.mxo (OSX) into the externals folder.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-Description:
+DESCRIPTION
+===========
With the py object you can load python modules and execute the functions therein.
With the pyext you can use python classes to represent full-featured pd/Max message objects.
@@ -45,11 +47,12 @@ Known bugs:
- With standard PD 0.37, threaded py scripts will cause "Stack overflows" under some circumstances
-> use PD 0.38 or the devel_0_37 cvs branch instead
- It has been reported that pyext crashes on AMD64 with SSE enabled (for these CPUs, disable the respective compiler flags)
+- Threading in pyext obviously crashes under linux with Python version 2.4.2 (only)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
BUILDING from source
---------------------
+====================
You will need the flext C++ layer for PD and Max/MSP externals to compile this.
See http://grrrr.org/ext/flext
@@ -198,7 +201,6 @@ TODO list:
bugs:
- crashes with long Python printouts
-- pybase::GetModulePath should also look for .pyc and .pyo
general:
- Documentation and better example patches