[PD-dev] Path Dialog and other stuff

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

Yes, the preferences definitely need a UI overhaul.  They should also  
use scrollable textboxes with selectable lines.  A "+" and "-" button  
would probably also be handy, (I guess they would be "add" and "remove"  
on Windows).  The "-" button would delete the currently selected line  
in the textbox.

Also, following the established paradigms for Mac OS X, Windows, GNOME,  
etc., I think that "OK" and "Apply" should save the settings to the  
file.  Then the "Save All Settings" button would be removed.

Lastly, all of the preferences should be in one panel with selectable  
pages using tabs.

I am going to submit a feature request...  I've been meaning to write  
these changes myself, but no time these days.

.hc

On Jan 27, 2006, at 1:48 AM, Mathieu Bouchard wrote:

>
> hey, I was trying to help someone getting PixelTango to run on Windows
> using Hans' Pd 0.38 and I think the "Path..." dialog should have a way  
> to
> select directories using a GUI like [openpanel]'s but that accepts
> selection of directories.
>
> It would help alot because then we wouldn't make mistakes like trying  
> to
> write backslashes inside the paths, instead of slashes.
>
> BTW we didn't get PixelTango to run. After adding a few paths and libs  
> in
> his conf, trying to open the first PixelTango example gives me a  
> segfault,
> and the way Windows reports it, it's all hex codes, so I don't even  
> know
> where the problem might be.
>
> When someone has Pd segfaulting on Windows, what's the quickest route  
> to
> getting a function name or line number name out of the crash? If Pd.DLL
> gets compiled with debugging symbols, would Windows use them instead of
> hex codes?
>
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