[PD] Patch background

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On Jul 25, 2005, at 8:58 PM, cdr wrote:

>>> i've a new question. Can I use a jpg or something to put a background
>>> image in my patch?
>
> theres a toxy widget that makes this easy. first make sure your tk  
> install has 'Img' and 'dnd' libraries, you have the widget external  
> and img.wid (in CVS /externals/mixed + /extensions/gui/ix) then create  
> an empty [widget img i1] and you will get the broken-image icon, which  
> you can delete when youre done:
>
> just drag some shit in: http://whats-your.name/pd/gui/img.html
>
> and it might look like this: http://whats-your.name/pd/gui/img.PNG
>
> they output a symbol which is filename sans extension. when clicked..

You've done some really great stuff with the widgets, I'd like to work  
with you to get it included in the distros.   Ideally, they could be  
set up to work like externals as much as possible.  I haven't played  
with [widget] much so I don't know what that entails.  Are you game?

.hc

>
>> goatse
>
> with pleasure



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