[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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