PlugData v0.5

New version with many new features and bug fixes.

This is not production ready yet, and considering the large number of changes, there will probably still be some bugs. Let me know if you find any!

IMPORTANT:
If you've used previous versions of PlugData, it is recommended to refresh your externals folder. To do this, remove the "Abstractions" and "Documentation" folders from the following location:
MacOS: ~/Library/PlugData/
Linux: ~/.config/PlugData/
Windows: %APPDATA%\PlugData\

Because there are many changes in this version, it breaks compatibility with older versions. If you are using an older version of PlugData in a DAW project, you'll have to save the pd patch, remove PlugData from the project, upgrade PlugData and re-add PlugData in the project. I'll start providing legacy support once we're past the alpha stage.

Features:

• Relative grid for aligning objects
• Light mode for better pd compatibility
• New look
• A DAW transport object: [playlist]
• Settable tail length for plugins
• Undo/Redo for changing connection paths (work-in-progress)
• Updated ELSE to 1.0-rc1

Fixes:

• Many improvements to pd patch rendering
• Fixed DAW crashes when saving/loading presets
• Fixed fullscreen bug
• Fixed externals not loading on Linux
• PlugDataInfo comment now hidden in pd patches
• Clearer feedback on temporary lock
• Using to front now actually moves the object to front in pd patch (warning: this can impact the order of evaluation)
• Fixed wrong number of radiobox elements
• Fixed crash when renaming objects
• Fixed crash on tab close
• Many other fixes!

Thanks to @ludnny and @FlachyJoe for reporting many of these bugs!

Known Issues:

• Externals are broken on Windows

• Can only open 1 project at a time, it can open (but not save) help files and abstractions.

• Problems with Bitwig and Cubase (at least with earlier versions)

• Broken Pd objects:

  • [text define]

• Broken ELSE objects:

  • [canvas.edit] (and possibly more canvas related objects)
  • [store]
  • [rec]