Category: Code

So here’s what’s new in PixiLang v3.5 (17 aug 2014):

• experimental camera support (for iOS, Android and Linux); API is unstable now; check the camera.pixi example for more details;
• additional parameter (optional) flags has been added to copy();
• additional parameter (optional) offset (write/read offset in bytes) has been added to fgets(), fwrite() and fread();
• additional parameter (optional) max_xsize has been added to print(), get_text_xsize() and get_text_ysize();
• new flag for the copy(): COPY_NO_AUTOROTATE (don’t rotate pixels from GL_SCREEN);
• type DYNAMIC has been removed;
• flags parameter has been added to the thread_create() function; now only one flag available – THREAD_FLAG_AUTO_DESTROY;
• new container flag: GL_NO_ALPHA;
• new data processing operations for the op_cn(): OP_H_INTEGRAL and OP_V_INTEGRAL (running sum), OP_H_DERIVATIVE and OP_V_DERIVATIVE (first difference), OP_H_FLIP and OP_V_FLIP, OP_SUM;
• new function: gl_bind_framebuffer();
• new function: rotate() for rotating the container;
• new function: copy_and_resize();
• new function: get_system_log();
• new sound examples: input_to_output, input_visualizer;
• new graphics examples: camera, filtering.motion_blur2, integral_and_derivative, rotate_container, flip, copy_and_resize, save_avi_mjpeg;
• new OpenGL examples: texture, render_to_texture;
• bugs fixed.

But if you think about it this is a pretty amazing thing. Alex created PixiLang and has used it to bring us a load of other amazing creative tools. I’m not sure I actually know of any other developer who created their own language to make mobile music tools. It’s incredible actually.

Processing and JavaScript app Procoding updates in a big way:

New Features

• Resource Manager to add photos, sounds, fonts, html-snippets, css, scripts, js-libraries, external classes and other media files to sketches
• iCloud Sync across all your iOS Devices
• Export sketches as .js, .pde or as HTML5 project folder (that will run as standalone webapp in most modern browsers!)
• Make screenshots (export to documents or save to camera roll)
• Import and export sketches & screenshots from and to iTunes File Sharing
• You can now use your own templates for new documents by adding a file “default.js” or “default.pde” to your Documents folder (via iTunes sharing or export as js/pde)
• Share & print sketches (iOS 6 only)

Improvements

• Procoding is now just Procoding. New design theme…
• Many internal changes including the new Procoding .pro document file format (see note below)**
• New coverflow-like document overview on iPad
• New document organizing buttons in the iPhone/iPod landscape coverflow view
• JS Checker is now using JSHint and has been improved visually
• Use a customized version of processingjs by adding a file “processing.js” to your Documents folder via iTunes sharing*

Changes

• Procoding now has its own document file format. See notes below
• Sketch covers can now be preserved from being changed individually (“lock cover”). The general preference to lock cover screenshots has been removed. There’s an option to lock the current cover in the canvas action menu
• On the iPhone & iPod the keyboard button has been moved to the new canvas action menu

P5JSSketch gets updated to version 1.1

• iPhone/iPad universal application.
• New gestures.
• More import/export feature.
• Brows and preview other resource. (Images and Texts)
• File name suggestion.
• More import/export option.
• Japanese Help.
• Bug Fixes

And the price has gone back up to $1.99.