pd(1)

💖 pd(1) — bestie edition 💖

okay so this is the manual for pd, aka Pure Data, and it lives in the General Commands Manual section (section 1, obvs, it's a command) 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

pd — Pure Data 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

pd [OPTIONS]

puredata [OPTIONS]

like, same program, two names, she's versatile 💁‍♀️

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so pd is a graphical programming environment for real-time audio synthesis and related applications ✨ and bestie, she sports a rich set of real-time control and I/O features 👑 no cap, she ate.

if you wanna get a list of allowable arguments to pd, just type:

pd -help

and for more documentation?? either start pd and get help, or consult

http://msp.ucsd.edu/Pd_documentation/index.htm

or lowkey just seek a copy on your own machine 🙈

on Debian, if you've installed the puredata-doc package, you should be able to find it in:

file:///usr/share/puredata/doc/1.manual/index.htm

it's giving "the docs are literally right there" 💖

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

• pdsend(1)
• pdreceive(1)
• pd-gui(1)

the whole friend group fr fr 🫶

GNU · 1996 Mar 20 — that's the source/version and date bestie, shoutout to the GNU girlies and to March 20th, 1996, an iconic day in history ⭐💜 mwah, bye!! 💅✨