<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Therefore my tip-of-the-day patch has at least one sign of civilization.<br><br>-Jonathan<br><br>--- On <b>Thu, 12/9/10, Theron Trowbridge <i><theron.trowbridge@gmail.com></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Theron Trowbridge <theron.trowbridge@gmail.com><br>Subject: Re: [PD] Tip of the Day<br>To: pd-list@iem.at<br>Date: Thursday, December 9, 2010, 8:10 PM<br><br><div id="yiv1833927291">That is why all civilized tip-of-the-day dialog boxes have a don't-do-that (again) button.<br><br><br>-Theron<br>^<br><br><br><div class="yiv1833927291gmail_quote">2010/12/9 Hans-Christoph Steiner <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:hans@at.or.at" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=hans@at.or.at">hans@at.or.at</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="yiv1833927291gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word;"><div><div></div><div class="yiv1833927291h5"><br><div><div>On Dec 6, 2010, at 4:33 PM, András Murányi wrote:</div>
<br><blockquote type="cite"><br><br><div class="yiv1833927291gmail_quote">2010/12/6 Mathieu Bouchard <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:matju@artengine.ca" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=matju@artengine.ca">matju@artengine.ca</a>></span><br><blockquote class="yiv1833927291gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div>On Mon, 6 Dec 2010, András Murányi wrote:<br> <br> <blockquote class="yiv1833927291gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> Annoying for me, even if i'm interested in the software. But that's just me. For those who find it useful, this could be developed into something that can really be started up when pd starts - sounds like a plugin? :op One way is to rewrite it as a plugin, another is to make a plugin which loads the patch at startup. Either way i'd be happy to help you.<br>
</blockquote> <br></div> Btw, it doesn't have to be a gui plugin, it can also be a regular -lib that doesn't contain any externals, but instead, just a single call to canvas_open or similar.<br></blockquote><div>
<br>Yea, but i cannot help Jonathan with that. What "makes it make sense" however, is that it starts up automatically. One can also modify his/her pd icon so that it starts up with the patch.<br> </div><blockquote class="yiv1833927291gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<br> And btw, lots of people use the word «plugin» to mean library or external,</blockquote><div><br>Honestly, you are to first to tell me this, but i'm not so old and haven't really been around the world so much.<br>
</div><blockquote class="yiv1833927291gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> so, if by plugin, you mean gui plugin, you ought to be more specific.<br></blockquote>
</div><br>Sir I will be Sir. Let me add that i'd reserve the name 'plugin' for things that are pluggable into an API and that is something me and Hans may have a different view about - for him (afaiu) it's almost an API, for me hardly an API. Nevertheless, it's cool. (I won't define 'cool' for you :o)</blockquote>
<br></div></div></div><div>hehe, its the beginnings of an API, it definitely needs work. :)</div><div><br></div><div>As for the Tip of the Day thing, they are common in software, so I guess that some people like them. I think the idea is good, but usually the way its presented is not the best. For example, when I start an app, I am usually focused on something that I need to get done, so I don't want to see a Tip of the Day screen. But perhaps there is another better time for that, or it could easily be an item on the Help menu.</div>
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