[PD] Getting rid of the new help browser

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

Frank Barknecht wrote:
> Hallo,
> Hans-Christoph Steiner hat gesagt: // Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
> 
> 
>>Its a huge improvement on the implementation side of things on Mac
>>OS X.  This help browser is by no means a "finished product".  Its
>>really just the groundwork for the PDDP help browser which will
>>include searching and automatic categorization using meta data.
>>
>>This is written in Tcl/Tk.  It would be much cooler if it was
>>written in Pd.  I think that all of the properties/pref panels in Pd
>>should be written in Pd.  Its that way in Max/MSP...
> 
> 
> Yes, that could be cool for Pd as well, but will it solve my keyboard
> navigation problem? Probably not so soon. :(
> 
> At least Tk should be easy to learn, but unfortunatly this is still on
> my todo-list. The only thing I learned and changed so far is to use a
> double-click to open help patches from the browser. (Line 458: "bind
> $current_listbox <Double-Button-1>  ...")
> 
> I'm still reading the necessary docs on how to bind keyboard events to
> the listbox, so that the arrow keys and first-letter navigation may
> become possible. I really have a sore mouse arm from years of using Pd
> already and the list of patches in "doc" is huge, so I really want to
> get keyboard navigation back. However this might end in reimplementing
> Tk's File Chooser using different widgets... :(

Yes, I miss keyboard nav too, it'll be great if you can add it.  On the 
basic level, Tcl/Tk is simple, but when you want to do more with it, its 
quite whacky...

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