v0.9.0-test2

[timothyschoen]

Pre-release version 2 of plugdata v0.9.0

Headlines:

• Huge performance improvements because of GPU accelerated rendering!
• Design improvements: less outlines, smaller toolbar, reorganised statusbar, new about panel.
• Ships with Gem built in. Gem objects need the "Gem/" prefix, unless you add Gem to the list of libraries to load.
• Improved presentation mode
• Added macOS legacy version, recommended when running macOS <10.15 or on Macs from before 2017
• New connection activity display
• Connection arrows drawn between segments when connection is segmented
• Windows build now uses system rounded window border and dropshadow. (Straight for w10)
• Connections can be set behind / in front for both edit & locked mode.
• Can now search for send/receive symbols in patch search panel
• Rewritten tabbar and split view for better stability and maintainability
• Improved patch loading time in DAW.
• Patches load a lot faster now
• Latest ELSE master branch changes, including updated MERDA modules
• Latest pure-data master branch changes
• Improved compatibility with [drawcurve], [fillcurve] and [plot] drawing
• Redesigned GraphOnParent area resizer
• Plugin version now displays the current latency in the statusbar if it has been changed from the default
• Improvements to pd-vanilla compatibility, patches should look even more similar to their vanilla counterparts than before
• Improved Heavy toolchain download speed
• Fixed [keyboard] bugs
• Many bugfixes!
• A lot I'm forgetting here, since this has been 6 months in the making

Breaking changes:

• [cyclone/scope~] and [else/oscope~] have been replaced with [else/scope~]

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This discussion was created from the release v0.9.0-test2.

[AlexMitchellMus]

A few additional changes:

• symbol iolets are now patchable even after a symbol has been set for the iolet
• all objects now correctly hide their symbol iolets
• Keyboard object now only shows octave numbers in edit mode