<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><DIV>What does your abstraction do?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>-Jonathan<BR></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma>
<HR SIZE=1>
<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Jack <jack@rybn.org><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Dan Wilcox <danomatika@gmail.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B> brandt@subnet.at; Ingo Scherzinger <ingo@miamiwave.com>; Roman Haefeli <reduzierer@yahoo.de>; pd-list <pd-list@iem.at><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Sun, June 6, 2010 12:24:00 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [PD] Patch Tracker WAS no reverb or delwrite~, delread~ working with -nogui onUbuntu 10.04<BR></FONT><BR>Le samedi 05 juin 2010 à 23:02 +0200, Dan Wilcox a écrit :<BR>> Here's my try for this case: <BR>> * problem: the help system is not consistent or effective in how<BR>> information is formatted and displayed <BR>> * possible requirements: <BR>>
* help files as patches (more intuitive) <BR>> * each object's arguments, inlets, and outlets should be<BR>> clearly explained <BR>> * meta information should be encoded to allow a keyword<BR>> searching system to index help patches <BR>> * each library should contain the author's contact<BR>> information <BR>> * time frame for a resolution: 3 months<BR>> <BR>I agree.<BR>In possible requirements, i will add :<BR>- help file (as patches) should be accessible by a web site to embed it<BR>in a web page (like Pd Flossmanual). Therefore the help (on the web)<BR>should be always up to
date.<BR><BR>I have developped a PHP script for this problem (I can share this script<BR>with the GEM rectangle object). It only needs a very simple pure Pd<BR>abstraction. I have to revise the layout.<BR>We need to work together (with motivated people) to define this help<BR>because there are other good ideas.<BR>++<BR><BR>Jack<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR><A href="mailto:Pd-list@iem.at" ymailto="mailto:Pd-list@iem.at">Pd-list@iem.at</A> mailing list<BR>UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list<BR></DIV></DIV></div><br>
</body></html>