get version: outputs a version message with three elements. the former leading 0 is not included. GridFlow 9.9 is reported as 9 9 0, the trailing zero being there just in case there are any subreleases anytime in the future. get some global attributes of GridFlow. can also be used to load GridFlow, if there is the correct -path option to find GridFlow, but there is no corresponding -lib option. (see also [import], the Path menu, the Startup menu, pdrc, pdsettings, etc.) get any attribute listed under "outlet 0". the name of the attribute can be given as a \$1 if only that attribute is wanted. if there are no arguments, all attributes are output. the main folder of the currently loaded GridFlow library. this is a folder named 'gridflow' inside a folder found in -path. (unless you didn't install correctly, in which case some things won't work correctly, anyway). "win32" indicates a MS Windows system (with MinGW layer for partial posix emulation) "darwin" indicates a MacOS 10 ("Darwin") system. This has native posix support except for some features that GF doesn't use directly (such as libdl). This does not normally run X11 (though some apps may... Pd-OSX does not require X11 since 2004 or so). Lots of typical linux components are available as part of the base OS, or on the developers tools CD, or in FINK, or in MacPorts. "linux" indicates a Linux system, FreeBSD system, or other. This is currently including anything except "win32" and "darwin". If you need this to be more specific, contact gridflow-dev.