[PD-dev] search plugin in Pd-extended
Hans-Christoph Steiner
hans at at.or.at
Fri Nov 16 02:59:42 CET 2012
For the Pd-extended 0.43 release, I want to keep the old help browser on the
Help menu. Then later, I think it can be removed. Makes for an easier
transition, IMHO.
As for removing menu items, there is a menu command that can do that.
.hc
On 11/15/2012 07:14 PM, Jonathan Wilkes wrote:
> Here's an initial re-refactoring back to the plugin interface:
> https://puredata.info/Members/jancsika/browser2.0plugin/view
>
> Don't use this one yet, because I have some more changes to
> make based on the following question:
> 1) How do I remove the old helpbrowser entry from the
> "Help" menu from inside my plugin?
>
> That way the new helpbrowser will show up for new users, along
> with an accelerator <ctrl-g>, without disturbing old grumps and
> their <ctrl-b> browser.
>
>
> -Jonathan
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at at.or.at>
>> To: Jonathan Wilkes <jancsika at yahoo.com>
>> Cc: "pd-dev at iem.at List" <pd-dev at iem.at>
>> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 9:36 AM
>> Subject: Re: [PD-dev] search plugin in Pd-extended
>>
>>
>> For Pd-extended, I'd much rather keep it as a plugin than make it an
>> internal
>> file. I think it will be much easier for you to work on the search plugin if
>> it stays as a plugin. If its a plugin that's included in Pd-extended, it
>> can
>> be upgraded by the user by just dropping a new version into ~/pd-externals.
>> The dev process will be easier too, since updates won't have to go thru the
>> patch tracker to be accepted into pd-extended.git.
>>
>> For Vanilla, you'll have to ask Miller. I think this same approach could
>> work
>> for vanilla too with the same advantages. All that Miller would need to do to
>> include it is check in the search-plugin into pd/extra/
>>
>> .hc
>>
>> On 11/15/2012 01:45 AM, Jonathan Wilkes wrote:
>>> I already did substantial work on the drop-in replacement for the
>>> helpbrowser based on the feedback I got. I had no idea the
>>> gui-plugin infrastructure was ready to ship actual plugins running
>>> by default in pd-extended.
>>>
>>> -Jonathan
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at at.or.at>
>>>> To: "pd-dev at iem.at List" <pd-dev at iem.at>
>>>> Cc:
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 11:31 PM
>>>> Subject: [PD-dev] search plugin in Pd-extended
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hey Jonathan,
>>>>
>>>> I committed your latest search-plugin.tcl into
>>>> scripts/guiplugins/search-plugin, overwriting my original, simple one.
>> I put
>>>> it there because I'm adding it to Pd-extended. I think it makes
>> sense to
>>>> just
>>>> include your plugin directly rather than as a remixed helpbrowser.tcl.
>> I also
>>>> just committed a check that makes sure that pd-gui doesn't try to
>> load a
>>>> plugin that has already been loaded. That way when you make new version
>> of the
>>>> search plugin, people can just drop it into ~/pd-externals and
>> it'll
>>>> override
>>>> the built-in search-plugin.tcl.
>>>>
>>>> As for scripts/guiplugins/search-plugin, feel free to take that over
>> and do
>>>> whatever you want with it. I can't see a reason to keep the old
>> one around
>>>> any more, your search plugin is very thorough.
>>>>
>>>> .hc
>>>>
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