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<TITLE>Pd Manual 1</TITLE>
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<H2>Pd Manual chapter 1: introduction</H2>
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<P>
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<A href="index.htm#s1"> back to table of contents </A>
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<BR><BR>
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This is the HTML documentation for the Pd computer program.
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Pd is free and can be downloaded from the internet;
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go to
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<A href="http://msp.ucsd.edu/software.html">
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http://msp.ucsd.edu/software.html</A>
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to get it.
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<H3> <A id=s1> 1.1. Guide to Pd's documentation </A> </H3>
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<P> Pd's documentation lives in the "doc" folder of the distribution and consists of:
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<UL>
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<LI>this HTML manual<br>
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<PRE>
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Pd/
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├── doc/
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├── 1.manual/
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</PRE>
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<LI>"reference" (or 'help') patches, for all objects in Pd<br>
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<PRE>
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Pd/
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├── doc/
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├── 5.reference/
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</PRE>
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<LI>"example" patches showing how to do things<br>
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<PRE>
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Pd/
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├── doc/
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├── 2.control.examples/
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├── 3.audio.examples/
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├── 4.data.structures/
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</PRE>
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<LI>sample C code on how to write externals<br>
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<PRE>
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Pd/
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├── doc/
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├── 6.externs/
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</PRE>
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</UL>
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<P>
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This Manual has six sections:
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<OL>
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<LI> this introduction
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<LI> <A href="x2.htm">
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a theory of operations, explaining how Pd works </A>
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<LI> <A href="x3.htm">
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instructions on installing Pd and getting it to run </A>
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<LI> <A href="x4.htm"> externals </A>
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<LI> <A href="x5.htm"> release notes and known bugs </A>
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<LI> <A href="x6.htm"> installing from source </A>
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</OL>
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<P>
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For a list of all the objects you can use menu <b>Help/List of objects</b>. To get help on any
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Pd object you can right click on it; or you can browse the help patches
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by choosing menu <b>Help/Browser</b> and looking in
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"Pure Data/5.reference".
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<P>
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The "example" patches are also available from Pd's browser. They appear in subdirectories
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named "2.control.examples", "3.audio.examples" and "4.data.structures". Some additional
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patches in "7.stuff" might also be helpful.
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<P>
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To get started writing your own C extensions, refer to "6.externs". For more about externals,
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please refer to <A href=x4.htm>chapter 4 </A>of this manual.
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<H3> <A id=s2> 1.2. other resources </A> </H3>
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<P> There is a very extensive Pd community web site,
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<a href="http://www.pure-data.info/"> pure-data.info</a>, which aims to be the central resource for Pd,
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from documentation and downloads; to forums, member pages, and a patch exchange. You can check
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<A href=https://puredata.info/docs/> https://puredata.info/docs/</A> for more documentation.
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<P>
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Most of the interesting news related to Pd shows up on the Pd mailing list,
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maintained by IOhannes zmölnig. To subscribe or browse the archives
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visit:
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<A href="https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list">
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https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list</A>.
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This is the
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best source of recent information regarding installation problems and bugs. It
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is perfectly reasonable to post "beginner" questions on this list; alternatively
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you can contact msp@ucsd.edu for help.
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<P> Many extensions to Pd are announced on the mailing list. In particular,
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for people interested in graphics, there is a 3D graphics rendering package,
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named GEM, based on OpenGL, written by Mark Danks, adapted to Linux by
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Guenter Geiger, and now maintained by IOhannes zmölnig. You can get
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it from: <A href="http://gem.iem.at/">http://gem.iem.at/</A>, via "Find externals" in the
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'Help Menu' or package manager of your Linux distribution. Another option is Ofelia, a Pd external
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that allows you to use openFrameworks and Lua within Pd for creating audiovisual artwork
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or multimedia applications such as games. Get it also via via "Find externals" or from
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<A href="https://github.com/cuinjune/Ofelia">https://github.com/cuinjune/Ofelia</A>.
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