[PD-dev] search plugin in Pd-extended

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

What's the pd.info stuff?

.hc

On Nov 16, 2012, at 12:42 AM, Jonathan Wilkes wrote:
> 
> But how do I keep the pd.info stuff in sync with your changes?
> 
> -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 10:07 PM
>> Subject: Re: [PD-dev] search plugin in Pd-extended
>> 
>> 
>> I just checked in some changes to search-plugin to try the translation stuff.
>> First, I added [_ ""] to most of the strings there.  The rest I left 
>> because
>> they'll need a little more work.  Then I added a 'po' folder with a 
>> Makefile
>> to generate the translations.  I mostly did this to have a dev environment for
>> trying out having translation support for plugins.
>> 
>> .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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