[PD-dev] search plugin in Pd-extended
Jonathan Wilkes
jancsika at yahoo.com
Fri Nov 16 06:34:40 CET 2012
----- 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 8:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [PD-dev] search plugin in Pd-extended
>
>
> 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.
Ok, that should work then because I'm not stealing it yet. It just says
"Browser2.0" in the Help menu below it. :)
-Jonathan
>
> 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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