[PD-dev] search plugin in Pd-extended

[Jonathan Wilkes]

I meant puredata.info, as in the tcl file I uploaded there.
 
I should delete that now and just make changes through
svn, right?
 
-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: Friday, November 16, 2012 12:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [PD-dev] search plugin in Pd-extended
> 
> 
> 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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