bug fix/improvement of select object (http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3605240&group_id=55736&atid=478072)

reverted Miller's proposed patch as it suggests sluggish gui regression based on last 2 L2Ork rehearsals

added Jonathan Wilkes' canvasinfo and pdinfo externals (see http://osdir.com/ml/multimedia.puredata.devel/2007-10/msg00136.html)

1st step in syncing latest pdp and pidip with fixes/changes to make it work with latest version of libs

updated Makefiles for merged libraries, improved gem2pdp config file hopefully fixing Fero Kiraly's build error. Updated pd-l2ork-TODO.txt file reflecting newly synced externals.

fixed stray bug with utf8 support and symbolatom (thanks to Roman for a report). See http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=478072&aid=3160982&group_id=55736 for additional info.

updated mrpeach externals and supporting defs, updated todo for syncing externals, updated makefile for mrpeach

fixed old bug that I somehow missed (thanks to Roman for the report). See http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1936157&group_id=55736&atid=478072 for more info...