PlugData v0.5.1

[timothyschoen]

New version with many new features and fixes.

Big thanks to @60-hz, @ludnny, @TheGuyWhoo, @porres, @FlachyJoe and @jaffasplaffa for the bug reports and feature requests! Most of the important stuff this release was suggested by you!

Features:

• Support for opening multiple projects in a single window
• Added a package manager for downloading externals, compatible with pd's package repository (C-coded externals only work on Mac and Linux standalone for now)
• Set connection style per individual connection
• Added document browser for easier access to patches and documentation
• Added panel for manipulating and viewing DAW parameters, with a button to add a receive object for each parameter
• Objects created from menu's now stick to your mouse

Other improvements and fixes:

• Power button now synced with pd's dsp state
• Improved numberbox dragging
• Text in objects now has left justification
• Improved grid
• Improved search path component and fixed bug causing paths not to update
• Fixed no window outlines on some Linux distros
• Maximum number of console messages to prevent freezing when console gets spammed
• Fixed some object colour related bugs
• Improved box resize behaviour with text wrapping like in pd
• Added non-zero-value property to toggle
• Message keyboard shortcut now opens texteditor automatically
• Fixed object overlapping bugs
• No edit mode when inside presentation mode
• Better stability in DAW
• Performance improvements
• Fixed various other bugs

Known issues:

• Broken objects: [text define], [netreceive], [store], [rec], [oscilloscope], possibly more.
• Text display problems with some locales
• C-coded externals are broken on windows

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This discussion was created from the release PlugData v0.5.1.