@hans said:

Finally, it's done! The most polished release of Pd yet. We are further refining Pd into a truly powerful and usable programming platform.

http://puredata.org/downloads/

This release is dedicated to Jamie Tittle, aka tigital, who recently died of cancer. He was a long time and key contributor to Gem and Pd in general, even while he was in the hospital undergoing treatment. He is sorely missed in this community, and I am sure by many others.

Some highlights of this release:

* more functional namespace tools ([declare] and [import])
* new appearance designed to enhance readability
* GLSL shader support in Gem
* usability improvements
* on Mac OS X, you can now build "standalone" applications
* standard locations for user-installed externals
* many bug fixes

Here's the rough changelog:

• next visual appearance designed for readability

• default locations for user-installed externals, helpfiles, etc.
  GNU/Linux: /usr/local/lib/pd-externals and ~/pd-externals
  Mac OS X: /Library/Pd and ~/Library/Pd
  Windows: %ProgramFiles%/Common Files/Pd and %UserProfile%/Application Data/Pd

• lots of standard key bindings added:
  Enter/Return for OK
  Escape for Cancel
  Ctrl/Cmd-W closes all windows
  on Mac OS X, Cmd-` cycles thru open windows
  on Mac OS X, Cmd-m minimizes windows
  Ctrl/Cmd-R raises/lowers Pd window
  Ctrl/Cmd-Shift-R shrinks/grows Pd window
  Ctrl/Cmd-Shift-L clears Pd window's text console
  Ctrl/Cmd-B opens the Help Browser

• you can now use "~" in all paths to mean home folder, and on Windows you can use environment variables, lie %UserProfile% in paths

• improved Cut/Copy/Paste support for working in object and message boxes

• fixed Cut/Copy/Paste for the Pd window's console

• [declare] and [import] now sorted out for loading (but much work needs to be done before there namespace support is complete)

• "File -> Save As" defaults to the Home folder (~/) on Mac OSX

• new patches default to the folder last saved in

• included pgp_opengl aka 3dp on GNU/Linux and Mac OS X

• 'hardware' and 'deprecated' removed from libraries loaded by default

• On Debian/Ubuntu, the packages now install into /usr rather than /usr/local

• On Mac OS X, you can now build "standalone" applications from the File menu.

• bug fixes and clean up of [hid] and mapping externals

• included config in Info.plist for the Spotlight Importer

KNOWN BUGS

• check http://puredata.info/dev/bugtracker before reporting bugs

• Escape, Enter, and Ctrl/Cmd-W don't close the Path and Startup preferences

• pdp_opengl is alpha and will definitely crash Pd

• loading pdp_opengl will crash Pd if X11 is not open before trying to load it

• the GUI runs slower in some situations

The new visual style is very nice indeed,