[PD-dev] search plugin in Pd-extended

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

Yes, I think working in the SVN directly there makes a lot of sense.  Please commit there directly, if that works for you.

.hc

On Nov 16, 2012, at 12:47 PM, Jonathan Wilkes wrote:

> 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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