[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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