[PD-dev] erase object text

[yvan volochine]

On 04/02/2011 05:38 PM, yvan volochine wrote:
> On 04/01/2011 11:29 PM, yvan volochine wrote:
>> On 04/01/2011 10:43 PM, Miller Puckette wrote:
>>> Can't be done -- the actual text editing is done in Pd and the TCL
>>> code is just to display the current state of affairs down in Pd.
>>>
>>> There might be a way to do it via messages to Pd though -- for instance,
>>> simlulating the necessary mouse/keyboard actions.
>>
>> ah yes, that works if I simulate a double-click.
>
> it seems that simulating the mouse is a bad idea (focus problems).
> how would I go to simulate CTRL-A ??
>
> this does not work:
>
> proc ctrl_all {} {
> ...
> set key "Control_L"
> set a 97
>
> pdsend "$mytoplevel key 1 $key 0"

actually this should be better but it also does not work:

pdsend "$mytoplevel selectall"

in pd, it seems that CTRL-A just "releases" the object.

_y