Cycling '74 has updated Max/MSP to v5.0.1.
New features and bug fixes
- Fix for crashes and problems when clicking in toolbars of inactive windows when all windows active is on.
- Textedit now enters correct text when the enter key is pressed.
- Object palette no longer gets bigger each time it is opened.
- Script newdefault to thispatcher for UI objects now creates the correct scripting name.
- Timer: help patcher demonstrates the use of the format attribute.
- jit.qt.movie: now accepts dragging image files from the file browser.
- Matrix probe window is now floating.
- Toolbar shows correct enablement when mouse is over toolbar and window is in background.
- New keyboard shortcut: j will make a new object box with jit. inside.
- Poly~: fix for crash with no arguments.
- Poly~: fix for crash changing number of voices with no patcher loaded.
- Script hidden newdefault and script hidden new now create the hidden object.
- Fixed mouse dragging on objects such as number and gain~ to be more like it was in Max 4 for better tablet support.
- Table/itable is now able to display signed values.
- jit.gl.sketch: fix for commands with no arguments being ignored.
- New Latest Support Information command in help menu goes to version-number-specific page on c74 site.
- Standalone: suppressed harmless error messages importing old patches.
- Contents button in documentation window now lists the jitter tutorials.
- Contents button sorts document titles alphabetically in the menu.
- Bogus object color is now customizable in object defaults.
- Key commands now use same format as text in an object box.
- Transport: double-clicking on a transport object opens the GlobalTransport extra.
- Buffer~: fix for byte swapped import message when loading WAVE files on PPC.
- Standalone windows platform doc: corrected and updated for Max 5.
- MSP: fixes for bugs on PPC with vector optimize on.
- Context menu on box and in patcher will now show even if the mouse moves between mouse down and mouse up.
- CMD+click to lock the patcher is now more forgiving to mouse movements.
- Click to edit box text will work even if the click is slow.
- Fixed bug where the wrong file type was being associated with text files whose extension was .pat.
- New Open Online Version button in documentation window toolbar opens the on-line version of the page being viewed in a web browser.
- Proxy icon for window titles of saved documents implemented.
- Closing max while max window is minimized no longer trashes the max window rectangle preference.
- Windows: copying text from text editing windows now copies using correct windows style line endings.
- Error message for bad external object format is now "unknown external object type" not "not available for PowerPC".
- Added jweb to autocompletion list.
- Metro now accepts time values such as 4n, 1.0.240 etc. in its right inlet.
- Added box select-highlight color preference.
- File browser: search menu now lists 'Since Yesterday' as 'Last Two Days'.
- File browser: filtering results modified 'Today' lists results from the current day, and filtering results from the last two days lists results from both today and the day before.
- Textbutton: bang can be send via pvar.
- Tab: bang can be send via pvar.
- Copy Compressed command copies JSON data in a compressed format.
- Can use = menu when editing an object box in presentation mode.
- Tcin and tcout removed from the database.