redirected some error msg. to debug log

Closes: https://git.iem.at/pd/comport/-/issues/12

.git-ci/gitlab-iem.yml

@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
 ---
 include:
   - https://git.iem.at/pd/iem-ci/raw/main/pd-lib-builder/gitlab-iem.yml
+
+version:
+  image: alpine:latest
+  stage: prepare
+  script:
+    - apk add git
+    - .git-ci/version2meta.sh
+  artifacts:
+    paths:
+      - comport-meta.pd
+    when: always
+    name: ${CI_JOB_NAME}

.git-ci/version2meta.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+metafile="comport-meta.pd"
+test -e "${metafile}" || exit 1
+
+version="$1"
+
+if [ "${version}" = "" ]; then
+	version=$(git describe 2>/dev/null)
+fi
+version="${version#v}"
+
+
+if [ "${version}" != "" ]; then
+	sed -e "s|^\(#X text [0-9+-]* [0-9+-]* VERSION\) .*;|\1 ${version};|" -i.bak "${metafile}"
+	rm -fv "${metafile}.bak"
+fi
+

CHANGES.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+1.3 - 2024-10-10
+
+  * update pd-lib-builder
+
+  * extend valid baudrates
+
+  * negative port-numbers at creation time indicate not-to-open
+
+  * help patch update
+
+  * allow to query only USB devices or ports
+    (reduce risks of hanging when trying to open other types of device)
+
+  * allow to lock the opened device, to avoid conflicts with other comports
+
 1.2 - 2022-03-21
 
   * fix building with Pd>=0.52

LICENSE.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 comport - PD External for the serial Ports
 
-Institute for Electronic Music and Acoustics
+iem - Institute of Electronic Music and Acoustics
 Copyright (C) 1998-2005 Winfried Ritsch
  © 2005-2012 Hans-Christoph Steiner
  © 2006-2015 Martin Peach

Makefile

@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@ with-bird=no
 
 class.sources = comport.c
 
+comport.version := $(shell sed -n \
+    's|^\#X text [0-9][0-9]* [0-9][0-9]* VERSION \(.*\);|\1|p' \
+    comport-meta.pd)
+
+cflags = -DVERSION='"$(comport.version)"'
+
+
 datafiles = \
 	comport-help.pd \
 	comport-meta.pd \

README.txt

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 comport - Pd external for unix/windows to use the serial ports
 
  (c) 1998-2005  Winfried Ritsch (see LICENCE.txt)
- Institute for Electronic Music - Graz
+ iem - Institute of Electronic Music - Graz
 
 on Windows the COM0, COM1, ... are used and 
 under Unix devices /dev/ttyS0, /dev/ttyS1, ...

bird/LICENCE.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 bird - PD External for interfacing the flock of birds tracker.
 
-Institute for Electronic Music and Acoustics
+iem -- Institute of Electronic Music and Acoustics
 Copyright (C) 1998-2005 Winfried Ritsch
 
 

bird/README.txt

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 bird - PD external for unix/windows to use the flock of birds
 
  (c) 1998-2005  Winfried Ritsch (see LICENCE.txt)
- Institute for Electronic Music - Graz
+ iem -- Institute of Electronic Music - Graz
 
 the external comport is also needed for interfacing.
 

bird/bird.c

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  Date:  16.01.97
  Author: Winfried Ritsch (see LICENCE.txt)
 
- Institute for Electronic Music - Graz
+ iem -- Institute of Electronic Music - Graz
 
  Desc.:  put the object in a correct parse state and send commands
 

comport-meta.pd

@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 #N canvas 25 49 420 300 META 1;
 #X text 13 41 NAME comport;
 #X text 10 25 AUTHOR Winfried Ritsch and others;
-#X text 10 10 VERSION 1.2;
+#X text 10 10 VERSION 1.3;
 #X restore 10 10 pd META;

comport.c

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* comport - PD external for unix/windows
 
  (c) 1998-2005  Winfried Ritsch (see LICENCE.txt)
- Institute for Electronic Music - Graz
+ iem -- Institute of Electronic Music - Graz
 
  V 1.0
 MP 20060603 memset and memcpy arguments were backwards for Windows version. close_serial doesn't crash now.
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ JZ 20210321 cleanup t_comport struct
 JZ 20210321 use (int) instead of t_float for members where applicable
 JZ 20210321 allow the user to turn ON input processing (again)
 JZ 20210321 allow the user to specify a device pattern as creation argument
+
+JZ 20240926 extend valid baudrates
+JZ 20240926 negative port-numbers at creation time indicate not-to-open
+AR 20241008 allow to query only USB devices or ports
+AR 20241008 allow to lock the opened device (Linux / MacOS)
 */
 
 #include "m_pd.h"
@@ -965,34 +970,6 @@ static void check_lock(t_comport *x)
     }
 }
 
-#if 0
-t_bool check_file_availability(const char *device_name)
-{
-    FILE *fp;
-    int status;
-    char buffer[256];
-
-    snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "fuser %s", device_name);
-    fp = popen(buffer, "r");
-    if (fp == NULL) return 0;
-
-    /*while (fgets(buffer, sizeof(buffer), fp) != NULL)
-    {
-        //printf("%s", buffer);
-    }*/
-
-
-    status = pclose(fp);
-    if (status == -1) {
-        /* Error reported by pclose() */
-    } else {
-        /* Use macros described under wait() to inspect `status' in order
-           to determine success/failure of command executed by popen() */
-    }
-    return 1;
-}
-#endif
-
 static int open_serial(unsigned int com_num, t_comport *x)
 {
     int             fd;
@@ -1362,7 +1339,8 @@ endsendevent:
             err = write(x->comhandle,(char *)x->x_outbuf, x->x_outbuf_wr_index);
             if (err != x->x_outbuf_wr_index)
             {
-                pd_error(x,"[comport]: Write failed for %d bytes, error is %d",err,errno);
+                //pd_error(x,"[comport]: Write failed for %d bytes, error is %d",err,errno);
+                logpost(x,PD_DEBUG,"[comport]: Write failed for %d bytes, error is %d",err,errno);
             }
 #endif /*_WIN32*/
             x->x_outbuf_wr_index = 0; /* for now we just drop anything that didn't send */
@@ -2075,7 +2053,11 @@ void comport_setup(void)
     null_tv.tv_sec = 0; /* no wait */
     null_tv.tv_usec = 0;
 #endif /* NOT _WIN32 */
-    logpost(0, PD_DEBUG, "comport - Pd external for unix/windows\n"
+    logpost(0, PD_DEBUG, "comport - access the serial port from within Pd\n"
-        "LGPL-2.1+ 1998-2022,  Winfried Ritsch and others (see LICENSE.txt)\n"
+#ifdef VERSION
-        "Institute for Electronic Music - Graz");
+        "    version  : " VERSION "\n"
+#endif
+        "    license  : LGPL-2.1+\n"
+        "    copyright: 1998-2024,  Winfried Ritsch and others (see LICENSE.txt)\n"
+        "               Institute of Electronic Music - Graz");
 }