Hi All,

I'm happy to announce a new release of blue is now available at:

http://blue.kunstmusik.com

The main feature of this release is a new Clojure SoundObject.
Clojure (http://clojure.org/) is a Lisp language built upon the Java
Virtual Machine.  The Clojure interpreter has been embedded into blue
so projects using Clojure are portable across all platforms and blue
installations without requiring any other things installed.  The
SoundObject editor uses syntax highlighting and parentheses matching.

The other new things include a new ScoreNavigator Dialog
implementation (better performance), and new examples of using
AthenaCL within Blue via External SoundObjects.  (Many thanks to Menno
Knevel for his contributions and working very patiently with me on bug
reports!)

There are currently two more bugs I am trying to work through in the
bug tracker, and once those are complete I will be releasing a 2.4.1
bugfix release.  One other note, I have not yet had time to put a REPL
in for Clojure, but this is high on my list of things to do.  I am
also continuing work on a new modulation system for BlueSynthBuilder
instruments, as well as AudioLayers, to come in the next few major
releases.

Thanks!
steven


>Notes for 2.4.0<
[released 2013.02.05]

NEW

* ClojureObject - SoundObject that uses Clojure (http://www.clojure.org) code
  for generating notes

  * Clojure 1.4.0 is embedded with blue so that user does not have to install
    Clojure themselves, as well as guarantees code to run on every platform

  * Editor has Syntax Highlighting and Parentheses/brace matching

  * Script menu option added to Reinitialize Clojure engine

  * clojureSoundObject.blue added to blue/examples/soundObject

  * clojure-piano-phase.blue added to blue/examples/general; this is a
    translation of reich.cm from Common Music 2.10.0 by Heinrich Taube that
    demonstrates phase technique

* RFE #137 - added temp file check when opening projects that searches for
  leftover tempCsd*.csd files from previous blue sessions (usually only happens
  if blue/csound has crashed).  Offers to delete the temp files after opening,
  also checks if another project in the same folder is currently open and skips
  temp file check

* Added three examples of using AthenaCL with Blue to blue/examples/soundObjects
  folder (external_AthenaCL1.blue, etc.); contributed by Menno Knevel

NEW/FIX

* Bug #80/81: Optimized ScoreNavigatorView: introduced new paintNavigatorView
  to LayerGroupPanels so that they could paint a simplified view for the
  Score Navigator; fixes broken painting and improves issues with time pointer
  rendering triggering frequent paints in the navigator view

FIX

* code completion for BSB Widgets would replace all code after cursor location
  or up until ")" if found, fixed to behave as Csound ORC completion does

One more thing to report, I will be recording a screencast of new
features tonight and will release tomorrow.  Thanks!

On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 12:33 PM, Steven Yi  wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I'm happy to announce a new release of blue is now available at:
>
> http://blue.kunstmusik.com
>
> The main feature of this release is a new Clojure SoundObject.
> Clojure (http://clojure.org/) is a Lisp language built upon the Java
> Virtual Machine.  The Clojure interpreter has been embedded into blue
> so projects using Clojure are portable across all platforms and blue
> installations without requiring any other things installed.  The
> SoundObject editor uses syntax highlighting and parentheses matching.
>
> The other new things include a new ScoreNavigator Dialog
> implementation (better performance), and new examples of using
> AthenaCL within Blue via External SoundObjects.  (Many thanks to Menno
> Knevel for his contributions and working very patiently with me on bug
> reports!)
>
> There are currently two more bugs I am trying to work through in the
> bug tracker, and once those are complete I will be releasing a 2.4.1
> bugfix release.  One other note, I have not yet had time to put a REPL
> in for Clojure, but this is high on my list of things to do.  I am
> also continuing work on a new modulation system for BlueSynthBuilder
> instruments, as well as AudioLayers, to come in the next few major
> releases.
>
> Thanks!
> steven
>
>
>>Notes for 2.4.0<
> [released 2013.02.05]
>
> NEW
>
> * ClojureObject - SoundObject that uses Clojure (http://www.clojure.org) code
>   for generating notes
>
>   * Clojure 1.4.0 is embedded with blue so that user does not have to install
>     Clojure themselves, as well as guarantees code to run on every platform
>
>   * Editor has Syntax Highlighting and Parentheses/brace matching
>
>   * Script menu option added to Reinitialize Clojure engine
>
>   * clojureSoundObject.blue added to blue/examples/soundObject
>
>   * clojure-piano-phase.blue added to blue/examples/general; this is a
>     translation of reich.cm from Common Music 2.10.0 by Heinrich Taube that
>     demonstrates phase technique
>
> * RFE #137 - added temp file check when opening projects that searches for
>   leftover tempCsd*.csd files from previous blue sessions (usually only happens
>   if blue/csound has crashed).  Offers to delete the temp files after opening,
>   also checks if another project in the same folder is currently open and skips
>   temp file check
>
> * Added three examples of using AthenaCL with Blue to blue/examples/soundObjects
>   folder (external_AthenaCL1.blue, etc.); contributed by Menno Knevel
>
> NEW/FIX
>
> * Bug #80/81: Optimized ScoreNavigatorView: introduced new paintNavigatorView
>   to LayerGroupPanels so that they could paint a simplified view for the
>   Score Navigator; fixes broken painting and improves issues with time pointer
>   rendering triggering frequent paints in the navigator view
>
> FIX
>
> * code completion for BSB Widgets would replace all code after cursor location
>   or up until ")" if found, fixed to behave as Csound ORC completion does

Hi Justin,

I've included Clojure 1.4.0 with blue. Regarding clj files, that's a
good question. :)  I had not thought that part through as I had wanted
to get through this first release first.  I imagine the best thing
would be for me to add support for both ~/.blue/clojure/src and
projectDir/src.  It seems like it'd be nice to have a standard for
scripts, whether it's Python, JavaScript, or Clojure, for where to
place external src files.  What would you think about using
.blue/clojure and projectDir/clojure? There's a precedent to with
.blue/pythonLib, so clojureLib could be another option.

Thanks!
steven

On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 5:52 PM, Justin Smith  wrote:
> Some questions about the clojure support:
>
> what version of clojure are you including?
>
> would it be possible to require .clj files from the classpath, and is there
> an appropriate place to put .clj files? (for example if I had some clojure
> utility code I want to have available regardless of the blue project I am
> using, is there something like .blue/src for this sort of thing?)
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 4:34 AM, Steven Yi  wrote:
>>
>> One more thing to report, I will be recording a screencast of new
>> features tonight and will release tomorrow.  Thanks!
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 12:33 PM, Steven Yi  wrote:
>> > Hi All,
>> >
>> > I'm happy to announce a new release of blue is now available at:
>> >
>> > http://blue.kunstmusik.com
>> >
>> > The main feature of this release is a new Clojure SoundObject.
>> > Clojure (http://clojure.org/) is a Lisp language built upon the Java
>> > Virtual Machine.  The Clojure interpreter has been embedded into blue
>> > so projects using Clojure are portable across all platforms and blue
>> > installations without requiring any other things installed.  The
>> > SoundObject editor uses syntax highlighting and parentheses matching.
>> >
>> > The other new things include a new ScoreNavigator Dialog
>> > implementation (better performance), and new examples of using
>> > AthenaCL within Blue via External SoundObjects.  (Many thanks to Menno
>> > Knevel for his contributions and working very patiently with me on bug
>> > reports!)
>> >
>> > There are currently two more bugs I am trying to work through in the
>> > bug tracker, and once those are complete I will be releasing a 2.4.1
>> > bugfix release.  One other note, I have not yet had time to put a REPL
>> > in for Clojure, but this is high on my list of things to do.  I am
>> > also continuing work on a new modulation system for BlueSynthBuilder
>> > instruments, as well as AudioLayers, to come in the next few major
>> > releases.
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>> > steven
>> >
>> >
>> >>Notes for 2.4.0<
>> > [released 2013.02.05]
>> >
>> > NEW
>> >
>> > * ClojureObject - SoundObject that uses Clojure (http://www.clojure.org)
>> > code
>> >   for generating notes
>> >
>> >   * Clojure 1.4.0 is embedded with blue so that user does not have to
>> > install
>> >     Clojure themselves, as well as guarantees code to run on every
>> > platform
>> >
>> >   * Editor has Syntax Highlighting and Parentheses/brace matching
>> >
>> >   * Script menu option added to Reinitialize Clojure engine
>> >
>> >   * clojureSoundObject.blue added to blue/examples/soundObject
>> >
>> >   * clojure-piano-phase.blue added to blue/examples/general; this is a
>> >     translation of reich.cm from Common Music 2.10.0 by Heinrich Taube
>> > that
>> >     demonstrates phase technique
>> >
>> > * RFE #137 - added temp file check when opening projects that searches
>> > for
>> >   leftover tempCsd*.csd files from previous blue sessions (usually only
>> > happens
>> >   if blue/csound has crashed).  Offers to delete the temp files after
>> > opening,
>> >   also checks if another project in the same folder is currently open
>> > and skips
>> >   temp file check
>> >
>> > * Added three examples of using AthenaCL with Blue to
>> > blue/examples/soundObjects
>> >   folder (external_AthenaCL1.blue, etc.); contributed by Menno Knevel
>> >
>> > NEW/FIX
>> >
>> > * Bug #80/81: Optimized ScoreNavigatorView: introduced new
>> > paintNavigatorView
>> >   to LayerGroupPanels so that they could paint a simplified view for the
>> >   Score Navigator; fixes broken painting and improves issues with time
>> > pointer
>> >   rendering triggering frequent paints in the navigator view
>> >
>> > FIX
>> >
>> > * code completion for BSB Widgets would replace all code after cursor
>> > location
>> >   or up until ")" if found, fixed to behave as Csound ORC completion
>> > does
>>
>>
>> Send bugs reports to the Sourceforge bug tracker
>>             https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=81968&atid=564599
>> Discussions of bugs and features can be posted here
>> To unsubscribe, send email sympa@lists.bath.ac.uk with body "unsubscribe
>> csound"
>>
>

Hi All,

I've posted a video that covers the 2.4.0 release:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZnLI7yQTgg

Thanks!
steven


On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 12:34 PM, Steven Yi  wrote:
> One more thing to report, I will be recording a screencast of new
> features tonight and will release tomorrow.  Thanks!
>
> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 12:33 PM, Steven Yi  wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I'm happy to announce a new release of blue is now available at:
>>
>> http://blue.kunstmusik.com
>>
>> The main feature of this release is a new Clojure SoundObject.
>> Clojure (http://clojure.org/) is a Lisp language built upon the Java
>> Virtual Machine.  The Clojure interpreter has been embedded into blue
>> so projects using Clojure are portable across all platforms and blue
>> installations without requiring any other things installed.  The
>> SoundObject editor uses syntax highlighting and parentheses matching.
>>
>> The other new things include a new ScoreNavigator Dialog
>> implementation (better performance), and new examples of using
>> AthenaCL within Blue via External SoundObjects.  (Many thanks to Menno
>> Knevel for his contributions and working very patiently with me on bug
>> reports!)
>>
>> There are currently two more bugs I am trying to work through in the
>> bug tracker, and once those are complete I will be releasing a 2.4.1
>> bugfix release.  One other note, I have not yet had time to put a REPL
>> in for Clojure, but this is high on my list of things to do.  I am
>> also continuing work on a new modulation system for BlueSynthBuilder
>> instruments, as well as AudioLayers, to come in the next few major
>> releases.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> steven
>>
>>
>>>Notes for 2.4.0<
>> [released 2013.02.05]
>>
>> NEW
>>
>> * ClojureObject - SoundObject that uses Clojure (http://www.clojure.org) code
>>   for generating notes
>>
>>   * Clojure 1.4.0 is embedded with blue so that user does not have to install
>>     Clojure themselves, as well as guarantees code to run on every platform
>>
>>   * Editor has Syntax Highlighting and Parentheses/brace matching
>>
>>   * Script menu option added to Reinitialize Clojure engine
>>
>>   * clojureSoundObject.blue added to blue/examples/soundObject
>>
>>   * clojure-piano-phase.blue added to blue/examples/general; this is a
>>     translation of reich.cm from Common Music 2.10.0 by Heinrich Taube that
>>     demonstrates phase technique
>>
>> * RFE #137 - added temp file check when opening projects that searches for
>>   leftover tempCsd*.csd files from previous blue sessions (usually only happens
>>   if blue/csound has crashed).  Offers to delete the temp files after opening,
>>   also checks if another project in the same folder is currently open and skips
>>   temp file check
>>
>> * Added three examples of using AthenaCL with Blue to blue/examples/soundObjects
>>   folder (external_AthenaCL1.blue, etc.); contributed by Menno Knevel
>>
>> NEW/FIX
>>
>> * Bug #80/81: Optimized ScoreNavigatorView: introduced new paintNavigatorView
>>   to LayerGroupPanels so that they could paint a simplified view for the
>>   Score Navigator; fixes broken painting and improves issues with time pointer
>>   rendering triggering frequent paints in the navigator view
>>
>> FIX
>>
>> * code completion for BSB Widgets would replace all code after cursor location
>>   or up until ")" if found, fixed to behave as Csound ORC completion does