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+Pd Documentation chapter 1: introduction +
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+This is the HTML documentation for the Pd computer program. +Pd is free and can be downloaded from the internet; +go to + + http://www.crca.ucsd.edu/~msp/software.html +to get it. +

1.1. guide to the documentation

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Pd's documentation consists of: + +

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  • this HTML manual +
  • "reference" patches, one for each kind of object in Pd +
  • "example" patches showing how to do things +
  • sample C code +
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+This manual has five sections: + +

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  1. this overview +
  2. + a theory of operations, explaining how Pd works +
  3. + instructions on installing Pd and getting it to run +
  4. how to write C extensions to Pd +
  5. release notes and known bugs +
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In order to consult the reference and example patches, you'll first have +to get Pd started as explained in this manual. + +

+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. + +

+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. + +

+To get started writing your own C extensions, refer to chapter 4 of this manual. + +

1.2. other resources

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+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: + + http://iem.kug.ac.at/mailinglists/pd-list/. + +. 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. + +

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, was written by Mark Danks, adapted to Linux by +Guenter Geiger, and is 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: http://iem.kug.ac.at/GEM . + +

A video processing package, Framestein, is by Juha Vehvilainen. This runs +on Windows only: http://framestein.org . + +

+Here are some more Pd links (in the order I found them):
+ + Miller Puckette's home page
+ Guenter Geiger's home page
+ Mark Dank's home page
+Pd page on Wonk (Klaus)
+ + Johannes M Zmoelnig
+ Norbert Math's Pd page
+ Thomas Musil's IEMLIB
+ jfm3's Pure Data FAQ and downloads +(also available in Japanese translation).
+ +Nicolas Lhommet's WikiWikiWeb page for Pd
+ Norbert's searchable list of all known +Pd objects
+ +Krzysztof Czaja's MIDI file support
+ +David Sabine's Pd Documentation Project: new, highly detailed help windows
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