Missing Links

[mwvdlee]

update: Found one that has Vista and 7 as well. Not as easy to read but maybe we could make a list of all these?
http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/appendix/fonts.htm

Thanks!
I've tried quickly crossing all lists, but it turns out the situation is a bit more complex than I thought.
Either way, the following are supported in every version starting Win95.

Arial
Courier New
Tahoma
Times New Roman

Since the SM website claims SM requires atleast Win2000 or XP, I guess the list can be a bit longer if we drop all older versions of windows.

[aliasant]

I made a "Windows Only Font Selector" tp solve some of the Font problems here:http://synthmaker.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=8934

[infuzion]

I'm rather certain that 98%+ of SM users will have the Symbols font. Interestingly, the Pi symbol is mapped to the letter "p" there.

I don't Those reskinned Pi and 2Pi's show as " " and "2 " on my system
The "Symbol" font is indeed installed on all Windows systems (atleast upto XP: http://www.kayskreations.net/fonts/fonttb.html).
What's interresting though, is that it doesn't show up in the "System Fonts" module inside Synthmaker.
Possibly this is an issue of different fonts and/or different OS's? I use XP Home. On my system the Symbol font's filename is "SY______.PFM", perhaps you have a .TTF file?
A quick check seems to imply that only TTF fonts are shows in System Fonts, and even then only certain members of font families. If you can indeed use only TTF's, then that limits the number of fonts you can expect to be installed on all Windows systems.

What version of Windows are you running? Did you install Office, Adobe stuff?...
This sounds like a bug to me.

[mwvdlee]

What version of Windows are you running? Did you install Office, Adobe stuff?...
This sounds like a bug to me.

I'm running XP Home here, with Office, Photoshop, reader and a bunch of other programs.
Just checked the font, the location appears to be "P:\Reader 8.0\Resource\Font\PFM", which probably means it indeed isn't the default Symbols font Perhaps the old Symbols font was accidentally deleted in some way.
I just installed the Symbol font, so I guess I WILL be copying you're Pi symbols into the next MissingLinks Thanks!

[trogluddite]

the following are supported in every version starting Win95.

Arial
Courier New
Tahoma
Times New Roman

Very timely post - I'm just ready to release my first ever public beta - then it suddendly occured to me; will everyone have the Tahoma font, or willl I have to reformat my entire GUI to use Arial?!

Thanks for the info,

The Luddite

[mwvdlee]

Version 0007:

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Here's what's new:
* Changed skins of Pi constants (by Infuzion)
+ Registry modules (USE WITH CAUTION!)
+ Math: Scale
+ Time: Unix Time (http://www.unixtimestamp.com/index.php)
+ Time: Performance Time

Unix Time isn't corrected for GMT sadly enough (since I don't know timezone), but local time only. Fortunately, that's how actual Unix computers usually do it too

The registry modules are pretty basic. Be careful with the "delete" modules. I mean, seriously, be careful. No warranty, absolutely none whatsoever. This stuff can seriously mess up your registry if used the wrong way. In fact, I suggest you not use the "delete" modules at all.

[mwvdlee]

NEW RELEASE

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version 0008
* Changed Registry Get temporary filename to allow other types of discovery in threads.
+ Lookup: Windows version-specific font lists.
+ CSV: List to CSV module
+ GUI: Area Add
+ GUI: RGB-to-HSL and HSL-to-RGB
+ Analysis: Performance and difference readouts

I've included my own version of the fonts lists, based on my own research. It's fonts are a bit different from Aliasant/Infuzion's and it's just a basic list; no wireless comms or other fancy stuff.
If you want flashy lights or other color animation, it's probably easier to do in HSL color space than RGB. Although obviously with more overhead. HSL is also a bit more intuitive to people who aren't used to any particular color space (i.e. your typical user).
The rest is just generally useful modules.

[aliasant]

Just found the "on every true and false" modules but I think we have them already
Search for False and True in the toolbox.
Unless yours work differently ?

Nice update though!
Just wish we had a better toolbox/search/list system. So hard to save all the nice modules you guys are giving us in a fast finding system.

[trogluddite]

Nice work!
Had a couplle of attempts at RGB>HSL myself, but the maths beat me every time! Very useful indeed!

[infuzion]

Thanks for your hard work mwvdlee.

Just wish we had a better toolbox/search/list system. So hard to save all the nice modules you guys are giving us in a fast finding system.

I collect related modules in their own .OSM to help organize them. For instance, I have an OSM for just filter, anther just for OSC/LFO, one has only knobs/sliders, & another just for maths:

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The 2 interconnected modules on the upper-right are RGB-HSV converters that came out like 4.5 years ago.

[mwvdlee]

Version 0009:

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Changelog (also in the OSM itself):
+ INI: Parse, Write, Get Value triggerred.
+ Analysis: Counter (click to reset!)
+ GUI: Wireless Cache, Color preview, Blenders
+ Math: Blenders, Crop
+ Arrays: Repeaters
* Fixed bug in Compare: String comparisons; were triggered twice
* Fixed bug in File: Split Path; incorrect handling of missing folder or filename
* Fixed issue in File: Split Path; too many output triggers
* Fixed issue in INI: Load; test comments first or = is recognized.
* Fixed issue in INI: Get Keys/Value; trigger on change of INI.
* Added skins to many existing components
* Fixed bug in Math: Poly XOR and converted to ASM.

Nothing spectacular, mostly just generic-like modules that I needed myself, fixes based on practical use and some fun experimental modules.

For the nerds; the blenders use a method that is little known but roughly 25% faster (depending on the programming language, how it's compiled and on what architecture) than blending the usual way. You can use this trick in code and asm too. Simply put: (A * ratio) + (B * (1 - ratio)) == A - ((A - B) * ratio).

[infuzion]

I like the look of some of the new skins, like the Iterate Array. I wonder if the use of the database symbol for an array a good idea?
Also, I think one can add Areas together just by linking their Outs both into the same In, just like green link-addition.

I knew I'd regret showing you that you can skin modules someday; now everyone's HD are going to fill up faster.

[stw]

(A * ratio) + (B * (1 - ratio)) == A - ((A - B) * ratio).

In that case this should rather equal to : B+(A-B)*ratio.
Sorry for being fussy...
However, thanks for sharing.

[mwvdlee]

In that case this should rather equal to : B+(A-B)*ratio.

Well, you get the point; it's one less operator and one of the few "old-skool" optimizing tricks that's still worth the effort.
I'm one of those copy+paste developers; make something work well once, then just C+P and never think about it ever again

[exonerate]

Thanks for these modules mwvdlee some really useful ones.

I noticed in some array modules you assign the array to another array, obviously to get the size. You do this in "List to CV" and "iterate array" for example. This is unnecessary you can get the size directly from the original array by connecting an integer component to the array connector

Also in the group Trigonometry the module "Hypot" is not connected up.

Cheers

Exo