[PD-dev] Displaying Pd GUI through the API?

[Kjetil Matheussen]

libpds can do this:

void libpds_show_gui(pd_t *pd);
void libpds_hide_gui(pd_t *pd);

https://github.com/kmatheussen/libpd
Only linux though.


On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 7:05 PM, Jonathan Wilkes via Pd-dev <
pd-dev at lists.iem.at> wrote:

> Hi Matti,
> I've been porting Pd-l2ork to a different GUI toolkit, and I now have the
> core
> Pd functionality up and running with an abstract API to communicate with
> the
> GUI.  In other words, all the tcl commands inside sys_gui and sys_vgui
> have
> been replaced with a parameterized function call that sends strings,
> numbers,
> floats, and arrays to the GUI.
>
> Even so, Pd is still way too chatty with the GUI-- for example, creating a
> new
> object doesn't just send a single message to the GUI.  It sends at least
> 13
> messages in Pd Vanilla, more if your object has multiple inlets and
> outlets.
> It's not impossible to wrap that, but it is certainly will slow down the
> process.
>
> This is especially true given that Pd has no HIG or spec regarding GUI
> behavior.  You're going to hit some counter-intuitive features of GOP,
> garrays,
> font sizing, and a lot else in the midst of wrapping.
>
> -Jonathan
>
>
> On Tuesday, February 9, 2016 12:18 PM, Matti Viljamaa <mviljamaa at kapsi.fi>
> wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Is it possible to get Pd GUI through Pd API in order to be able to display
> it in a “wrapper program” for Pd?
> We’re looking to develop a wrapper over Pd and we’d like to be able to
> display the Pd Editor as well.
>
> -Matti
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