From 67c5a402fd1d2c9b7ce70b98c4fca2fd972312c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hans-Christoph Steiner Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 02:20:47 +0000 Subject: replaced with vanilla help files svn path=/trunk/; revision=14607 --- externals/vanilla/timer-help.pd | 176 ++++------------------------------------ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 161 deletions(-) (limited to 'externals/vanilla/timer-help.pd') diff --git a/externals/vanilla/timer-help.pd b/externals/vanilla/timer-help.pd index b5d819a2..0f7b3829 100644 --- a/externals/vanilla/timer-help.pd +++ b/externals/vanilla/timer-help.pd @@ -1,161 +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 timer 3 12 0 18 --204280 -1 0; -#X obj 0 394 cnv 3 550 3 empty \$0-pddp.cnv.inlets inlets 8 12 0 13 --228856 -1 0; -#N canvas 52 245 494 368 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 logical 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 0 470 cnv 3 550 3 empty \$0-pddp.cnv.outlets outlets 8 12 0 -13 -228856 -1 0; -#X obj 0 512 cnv 3 550 3 empty \$0-pddp.cnv.argument arguments 8 12 -0 13 -228856 -1 0; -#X obj 0 539 cnv 3 550 3 empty \$0-pddp.cnv.more_info more_info 8 12 -0 13 -228856 -1 0; -#X text 98 516 (none); -#N canvas 73 345 428 246 Related_objects 0; -#X obj 1 1 cnv 15 425 20 empty \$0-pddp.cnv.subheading empty 3 12 0 -14 -204280 -1 0; -#X text 8 2 [timer] Related Objects; -#X obj 135 35 metro; -#X obj 72 35 realtime; -#X obj 24 35 timer; -#X obj 183 35 delay; -#X text 22 162 The best places to find information about Pd's libraries -is:; -#X text 22 182 www.puredata.org and click on "Downloads" then "Software" -; -#X text 24 197 or; -#X text 21 212 iem.kug.ac.at/pdb/; -#X text 22 120 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 22 70 Externals; -#X obj 24 95 pddp/helplink iemlib/t3_timer; -#X restore 102 597 pd Related_objects; -#X obj 78 403 cnv 17 3 25 empty \$0-pddp.cnv.let.0 0 5 9 0 16 -228856 --162280 0; -#X text 98 478 float; -#X obj 78 479 cnv 17 3 17 empty \$0-pddp.cnv.let.0 0 5 9 0 16 -228856 --162280 0; -#X obj 78 434 cnv 17 3 25 empty \$0-pddp.cnv.let.1 1 5 9 0 16 -228856 --162280 0; -#X text 168 478 - upon sending the "flush" message to the left inlet -\, [bag] will output each value in the order it was received.; -#X obj 482 3 timer; -#X obj 455 20 pddp/pddplink http://wiki.puredata.info/en/timer -text -pdpedia: timer; -#X msg 104 180 bang; -#X msg 79 158 bang; -#X obj 79 202 timer; -#X floatatom 79 224 0 0 0 0 - - -; -#X text 151 226 Output is in milliseconds; -#X text 114 158 Click here to start or reset; -#X text 74 111 The [timer] object measures elapsed logical time. Logical -time moves forward as if all computation were instantaneous and as -if all [delay] and [metro] objects were exact.; -#X text 142 181 Click here to get elapsed logical time. Click again...and -again...to see periodic measurements from the start or reset time. -; -#X text 77 250 NOTE: Unlike most other objects in Pd \, the right inlet -of [timer] is the hot one (i.e. \, a bang to it triggers the output). -; -#X text 98 402 bang; -#X text 168 402 - an initial "bang" to the left inlet starts the timer. -Subsequent "bangs" reset the timer.; -#X text 98 433 bang; -#X text 167 433 - a bang to the right inlet causes the elapsed time -to be output (in milliseconds).; -#N canvas 94 193 428 419 Time_Objects 0; -#X text 21 38 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 22 123 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 23 182 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 24 341 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 2 [cputime] Why the Discrepencies Between Clocks?; -#X restore 102 548 pd Time_Objects; -#N canvas 73 72 428 495 Time_Measurements 0; -#X text 21 38 [timer] works like essentially like a stop-watch. Once -it starts \, you can continue to "poll" the [timer] to view the elapsed -time.; -#X text 20 135 As stated above \, [timer] measures "logical" time. -This value may be slightly different that CPU time or "real" time. -PD offers two objects which measure CPU time and "real" time. See the -reference documents for those objects for more information.; -#X obj 25 304 bng 15 250 50 0 empty empty empty 0 -6 0 8 -262144 -1 --1; -#X floatatom 25 448 0 0 0 0 - - -; -#X floatatom 110 448 0 0 0 0 - - -; -#X floatatom 172 448 0 0 0 0 - - -; -#X text 21 211 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 23 464 Logical Time; -#X text 170 464 Real Time; -#X text 109 464 CPU Time; -#X obj 40 340 bng 15 250 50 0 empty empty empty 0 -6 0 8 -262144 -1 --1; -#X text 45 298 1 Measures elapsed time between two "bangs" from a [trigger] -object.; -#X text 60 332 2 Measures the amount of time Pd requires to turn on -DSP and start an oscillator.; -#X obj 84 372 bng 15 250 50 0 empty empty empty 0 -6 0 8 -262144 -1 --1; -#X text 21 85 The odd aspect about comparing [timer] to a stop-watch -is that a stop-watch can be stopped! [timer] can only be started or -reset. It cannot be stopped.; -#X text 105 364 3 Measures the amount of time Pd requires count to -three...please wait for approximately 3 seconds.; -#X obj 1 1 cnv 15 425 20 empty \$0-pddp.cnv.subheading empty 3 12 0 -14 -204280 -1 0; -#X text 8 2 [timer] Related Objects; -#X obj 25 408 time_measurements; -#X connect 2 0 18 0; -#X connect 10 0 18 1; -#X connect 13 0 18 2; -#X connect 18 0 3 0; -#X connect 18 1 4 0; -#X connect 18 2 5 0; -#X restore 102 572 pd Time_Measurements; -#X text 11 23 measure logical time; -#X obj 4 597 pddp/pddplink pddp/help.pd -text help; -#X connect 16 0 18 1; -#X connect 17 0 18 0; -#X connect 18 0 19 0; +#N canvas 440 273 514 280 10; +#X msg 60 146 bang; +#X msg 30 115 bang; +#X obj 30 175 timer; +#X obj 66 15 timer; +#X text 111 16 - measure logical time; +#X floatatom 30 206; +#X text 71 113 Click here to reset; +#X text 98 147 Click here to get elapsed logical time; +#X text 27 232 Output is in milliseconds; +#X text 6 51 The timer object measures elapsed logical time. Logical time moves forward as if all computation were instantaneous and as if all "delay" and "metro" objects were exact.; +#X text 319 260 updated for Pd version 0.25; +#X connect 0 0 2 1; +#X connect 1 0 2 0; +#X connect 2 0 5 0; -- cgit v1.2.1