update to pdlua 0.12.4

Update Makefile.pdlibbuilder

readme

Update pdlua_gfx.h

examples

print info

change ELSE print info

Code_source/Compiled/control/else.c

@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@ void else_obj_about(t_else_obj *x){
     post("\"Live-Electronics-Tutorial\" folder inside the ELSE folder.");
     post("It has a CC license. Please check its README on how to install it!");
     post("-------------------------------------------------------------------");
-    post("- ALSO NOTE: Loading this binary did not install the ELSE library");
-    post("you must add it to the \"path preferences\" in order to load objects");
-    post("without a prefix");
+    post("- ALSO NOTE: Loading this binary did not install the ELSE library,");
+    post("you must add it to the \"path preferences\" or use");
+    post("[declare -path else] to load objects without a prefix");
     post("-------------------------------------------------------------------");
     post("- ALSO ALSO NOTE: Loading this binary did install an object browser");
     post("plugin for Vanilla and ELSE objects when right clicking on a canvas.");
@@ -122,6 +122,5 @@ void else_setup(void){
     pdgui_vmess("load_plugin_script", "s", plugin);
     sprintf(plugin, "%s/browser-merda.tcl", else_obj_class->c_externdir->s_name);
     pdgui_vmess("load_plugin_script", "s", plugin);
-
     pdlua_setup();
 }

Code_source/Compiled/control/lua/Makefile.pdlibbuilder

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Makefile.pdlibbuilder dated 2019-12-21
-version = 0.6.0
+version = 0.7.0
 
 # Helper makefile for Pure Data external libraries.
 # Written by Katja Vetter March-June 2015 for the public domain. No warranties.
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ version = 0.6.0
 # Optional user variables for make command line or environment:
 #
 # - PLATFORM
+# - extension
+# - floatsize
 #
 # Deprecated path variables:
 #
@@ -205,6 +207,19 @@ version = 0.6.0
 # will then be autodefined accordingly. In most cases no other variables need to
 # be overridden.
 #
+# extension:
+# Extension for the external to use. Example: m_amd64
+# A sane default is picked, but it is useful if you want to provide
+# co-installable externals for multiple platforms (for the same operating
+# systems)
+#
+# floatsize:
+# the size of the t_float in bits. Example: 32
+# t_float are usually single precision (32bit), which is the default.
+# For double precision use floatsize=64
+# When building double precision externals, you will want to set the extension
+# as well, e.g. extension=windows-amd64-64.dll (<system>-<cpu>-<floatsize>.<ext>)
+#
 # CPPFLAGS:
 # Preprocessor flags which are not strictly required for building.
 #
@@ -442,6 +457,14 @@ target.arch := $(firstword $(target.triplet))
 ### variables per platform #####################################################
 ################################################################################
 
+#=== flags per floatsize == ====================================================
+floatsize = 32
+ifneq ($(filter-out 32,$(floatsize)),)
+  floatsize.flags = -DPD_FLOATSIZE=$(floatsize)
+else
+  floatsize.flags =
+endif
+
 
 #=== flags per architecture ====================================================
 
@@ -584,14 +607,14 @@ ifeq ($(system), Windows)
   extension = dll
   c.flags :=
   c.ldflags := -static-libgcc -shared \
-    -Wl,--enable-auto-import "$(PDBINDIR)/pd.dll"
+    -Wl,--enable-auto-import "$(PDBINDIR)/pd$(filter-out 32,$(floatsize)).dll"
   c.ldlibs :=
   cxx.flags := -fcheck-new
   cxx.ldflags := -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -shared \
-    -Wl,--enable-auto-import "$(PDBINDIR)/pd.dll"
+    -Wl,--enable-auto-import "$(PDBINDIR)/pd$(filter-out 32,$(floatsize)).dll"
   cxx.ldlibs :=
   shared.extension = dll
-  shared.ldflags := -static-libgcc -shared "$(PDBINDIR)/pd.dll"
+  shared.ldflags := -static-libgcc -shared "$(PDBINDIR)/pd$(filter-out 32,$(floatsize)).dll"
   stripflags = --strip-all
 endif
 
@@ -639,7 +662,7 @@ endif
 CFLAGS = $(warn.flags) $(optimization.flags) $(arch.c.flags)
 
 # preprocessor flags
-cpp.flags := -DPD -I "$(PDINCLUDEDIR)" $(cpp.flags) $(CPPFLAGS)
+cpp.flags := -DPD -I "$(PDINCLUDEDIR)" $(floatsize.flags) $(cpp.flags) $(CPPFLAGS)
 
 # flags for dependency checking (cflags from makefile may define -I options)
 depcheck.flags := $(cpp.flags) $(cflags)
@@ -683,6 +706,7 @@ endif
 ### variables: files ###########################################################
 ################################################################################
 
+object.extension = $(extension).o
 
 #=== sources ===================================================================
 
@@ -709,10 +733,10 @@ all.sources := $(classes.sources) $(lib.setup.sources) \
 
 
 # construct object filenames from all C and C++ source file names
-classes.objects := $(addsuffix .o, $(basename $(classes.sources)))
-common.objects := $(addsuffix .o, $(basename $(common.sources)))
-shared.objects := $(addsuffix .o, $(basename $(shared.sources)))
-lib.setup.objects := $(addsuffix .o, $(basename $(lib.setup.sources)))
+classes.objects := $(addsuffix .$(object.extension), $(basename $(classes.sources)))
+common.objects := $(addsuffix .$(object.extension), $(basename $(common.sources)))
+shared.objects := $(addsuffix .$(object.extension), $(basename $(shared.sources)))
+lib.setup.objects := $(addsuffix .$(object.extension), $(basename $(lib.setup.sources)))
 all.objects = $(classes.objects) $(common.objects) $(shared.objects) \
   $(lib.setup.objects)
 
@@ -723,12 +747,13 @@ all.objects = $(classes.objects) $(common.objects) $(shared.objects) \
 # construct class executable names from class names
 classes.executables := $(addsuffix .$(extension), $(classes))
 
-# Construct shared lib executable name if shared sources are defined. If
-# extension and shared extension are not identical, use both to facilitate co-
-# installation for different platforms, like .m_i386.dll and .m_amd64.dll.
+# Construct shared lib executable name if shared sources are defined.
+# If extension does not end with shared extension, use both to facilitate co-
+# installation for different platforms, like .m_i386.dll and .linux-amd64-32.so
 ifdef shared.sources
-  ifeq ($(extension), $(shared.extension))
-    shared.lib = lib$(lib.name).$(shared.extension)
+  ifneq ($(filter %.$(shared.extension), .$(extension)), )
+    # $(extension) already ends with $(shared.extension), no need to duplicate it
+    shared.lib = lib$(lib.name).$(extension)
   else
     shared.lib = lib$(lib.name).$(extension).$(shared.extension)
   endif
@@ -790,7 +815,7 @@ endif
 
 # store path to pd.dll; if not found, ls will give a useful error
 ifeq ($(system), Windows)
-  pddll := $(shell ls "$(PDBINDIR)/pd.dll")
+  pddll := $(shell ls "$(PDBINDIR)/pd$(filter-out 32,$(floatsize)).dll")
 endif
 
 # when making target all, check if m_pd.h is found and print info about it
@@ -874,8 +899,8 @@ define link-class
   $(compile-$1) \
   $($1.ldflags) $($2.class.ldflags) \
   -o $2.$(extension) \
-  $(addsuffix .o, $(basename $($2.class.sources))) \
-  $(addsuffix .o, $(basename $(common.sources))) \
+  $(addsuffix .$(object.extension), $(basename $($2.class.sources))) \
+  $(addsuffix .$(object.extension), $(basename $(common.sources))) \
   $($1.ldlibs) $($2.class.ldlibs) $(shared.lib)
 endef
 
@@ -949,13 +974,13 @@ endef
 # Three rules to create .o files. These are double colon 'terminal' rules,
 # meaning they are the last in a rules chain.
 
-%.o:: %.c
+%.$(object.extension):: %.c
 	$(call make-object-file,c)
 
-%.o:: %.cc
+%.$(object.extension):: %.cc
 	$(call make-object-file,cxx)
 
-%.o:: %.cpp
+%.$(object.extension):: %.cpp
 	$(call make-object-file,cxx)
 
 
@@ -974,8 +999,8 @@ endef
 # declare explicit prerequisites rule like 'class.extension: object1.o object2.o'
 # argument $v is class basename
 define declare-class-executable-target
-$v.$(extension): $(addsuffix .o, $(basename $($v.class.sources))) \
-  $(addsuffix .o, $(basename $(common.sources)))
+$v.$(extension): $(addsuffix .$(object.extension), $(basename $($v.class.sources))) \
+  $(addsuffix .$(object.extension), $(basename $(common.sources)))
 endef
 
 # evaluate explicit prerequisite rules for all classes
@@ -1005,7 +1030,7 @@ endif
 # argument $1 is input source file(s)
 # dir is explicitly added because option -MM strips it by default
 define declare-object-target
-$(dir $1)$(filter %.o: %.h, $(shell $(CPP) $(depcheck.flags) -MM $1)) $(MAKEFILE_LIST)
+$(dir $1)$(patsubst %.o:,%.$(object.extension):,$(filter %.o: %.h, $(shell $(CPP) $(depcheck.flags) -MM $1))) $(MAKEFILE_LIST)
 endef
 
 # evaluate implicit prerequisite rules when rebuilding everything

Code_source/Compiled/control/lua/README

@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
 Current maintainer: Albert Gräf <[email protected]>
 This source is available on GitHub: https://github.com/agraef/pd-lua
 
-Since the contents of the original README has become rather outdated, I've
-updated the information below.
-
 pdlua works with all Pd flavors out there and makes Pd external programming
 incredibly easy (please check the included examples and the tutorial in the
 corresponding subdirectories). Originally written by Claude Heiland-Allen,
@@ -44,7 +41,7 @@ tutorial first. See:
 https://agraef.github.io/pd-lua/tutorial/pd-lua-intro.html
 
 This contains a fairly gentle introduction to pdlua, walks you through the
-creation of a basic example, and then goes on to cover all major features of
+creation of a basic example, and then goes on to cover most major features of
 pdlua, including the special facilities for tables, clocks, receivers, and
 live-coding, in quite some detail. This will be helpful when embarking on your
 own projects, or trying to make sense of the included examples.
@@ -54,9 +51,7 @@ History and Credits:
 
 pdlua was originally written by Claude Heiland-Allen, with contributions by
 Frank Barknecht and Martin Peach, according to the original source.
-
-Claude's repository is still online at https://code.mathr.co.uk/pdlua; please
-also check Claude's website at https://mathr.co.uk/, and
+Please check Claude's website at https://mathr.co.uk/, and
 https://mathr.co.uk/blog/lua.html for Lua-related content on his blog
 (including pdlua's original announcement).
 
@@ -65,17 +60,17 @@ the history in Pd's old svn repository at SourceForge, including IOhannes
 Zmölnig's loader update for Pd 0.47. See
 https://sourceforge.net/p/pure-data/svn/HEAD/tree/trunk/externals/loaders/pdlua/
 
-The present source is a fork of umlaeute's repository at
-https://anonscm.debian.org/git/pkg-multimedia/pd-lua.git, from which the
-official Debian packages are built. This in turn is apparently based on the
-0.7.3 version of pdlua in Pd's svn repository.
+The present source is a fork of umlaeute's 0.7.3 version in the Debian package
+repository at https://anonscm.debian.org/git/pkg-multimedia/pd-lua.git, which
+in turn was based on the 0.7.3 version of pdlua in Pd's svn repository.
 
-The current version (0.8 and later) is actively maintained by Albert Gräf
-<[email protected]>, with contributions by Claude Heiland-Allen (Lua 5.4
-update, bugfixes), Alexandre Porres (documentation updates), sebshader
-(relative path loading), and Timothy Schoen (plugdata compatibility). This is
-also the version included in Purr Data (https://github.com/agraef/purr-data)
-and Timothy Schoen's plugdata (https://github.com/plugdata-team/plugdata).
+The current version (0.8 and later) is actively maintained by Albert Gräf,
+with contributions by Claude Heiland-Allen (Lua 5.4 update, bugfixes),
+Alexandre Porres (documentation updates, Deken package), sebshader (relative
+path loading), and Timothy Schoen (plugdata compatibility, signal and graphics
+support). This is also the version included in Purr Data
+(https://github.com/agraef/purr-data) and Timothy Schoen's plugdata
+(https://github.com/plugdata-team/plugdata).
 
 Please file bugs and requests at https://github.com/agraef/pd-lua. I maintain
 a lot of packages and thus it may take a while at times, but I look at all the
@@ -86,10 +81,11 @@ Ready-Made Packages:
 
 The latest vanilla binaries for Ubuntu, Mac and Windows can always be found on
 https://github.com/agraef/pd-lua. The same version is also in the Arch
-community repository (maintained by dvzrv, thanks David!). On other Linux
-systems you'll have to compile pdlua yourself from source, which isn't hard to
-do (see below). Also, both Purr Data and plugdata ship with pdlua, so no 3rd
-party package is needed.
+community repository (maintained by dvzrv, thanks David!). Other packages are
+available in Debian (maintained by IOhannes Zmölnig) and Deken (maintained by
+Alexandre Porres). You can also compile pdlua yourself from source, which
+isn't hard to do (see below). Also, both Purr Data and plugdata ship with
+pdlua, so no 3rd party package is needed in those environments.
 
 To enable the pdlua loader in Pd after installation, just add `pdlua` to your
 startup libraries (after adding its parent directory to Pd's search path if